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SST-1

SST-1, short for Steady State Superconducting Tokamak, is a medium-size superconducting tokamak at the Institute for Plasma Research in Gujarat, India, which produced its first plasma in 2013.

SSVP

SSVP, or Sistema Stykovki i Vnutrennego Perekhoda, is the Soviet and Russian probe-and-drogue docking system that has connected Soyuz and Progress spacecraft to space stations since 1971.

St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

St Augustine's Abbey is a ruined Benedictine monastery in Canterbury, Kent, founded around 598 by St Augustine, a burial place for Kentish kings until its dissolution in 1538.

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

St George's Chapel is the late medieval royal chapel at Windsor Castle, begun in 1475 by Edward IV and the chapel of the Order of the Garter.

St Giles' Cathedral

St Giles' Cathedral, formally the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a Church of Scotland parish church on the Royal Mile, founded in 1124 and known for its crown spire.

St James's Palace

St James's Palace is a Tudor royal palace in Westminster, London, built by Henry VIII between 1531 and 1536 and today the official seat of the British court.

St Mark's Basilica

St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) is the cathedral of Venice and seat of the Patriarch of Venice, begun in 1063 and famous for its Byzantine domes and glass mosaics.

St Martin-in-the-Fields

St Martin-in-the-Fields is an 18th-century Neoclassical Church of England church on the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square, London, designed by James Gibbs and built 1722 to 1726.

St Pancras railway station

St Pancras railway station, officially London St Pancras International, is a central London terminus on Euston Road, opened in 1868 and the Eurostar terminal since 2007.

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin is the Church of Ireland national cathedral of Ireland, founded in 1191, with its present Gothic building dating from 1220 to 1259.

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral of London on Ludgate Hill, designed by Christopher Wren and built from 1675 to 1711 after the Great Fire of 1666.

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne: Anglican cathedral at Flinders and Swanston Streets, seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne. Designed by William Butterfield, built 1880–1891, spires by John Barr completed 1933.

St-Bresson

St-Bresson: ancient mining place in Gard, France, Pleiades place 148179, Barrington Atlas 15 B2, a copper-lead-silver mine of the medieval Hierle district; distinct from the Saint-Bresson commune in Haute-Saone.

St-Sylvestre

St-Sylvestre (Pleiades 167906) is the gazetteer entry for the Pont Romain, an arched stone bridge over the Duzon at Saint-Sylvestre, Ardeche, France; Roman or medieval in date, 13 m arch, Barrington Atlas 17 D4.

St. Alban nuclear power plant

The St. Alban nuclear power plant (French: centrale nucléaire de Saint-Alban) is an EDF nuclear power station in Isère, France, 40 km south of Lyon, with two pressurized water reactors.

St. Clair Power Plant

The St. Clair Power Plant was a coal-fired power plant in East China Township, Michigan, operated by DTE Electric from 1953 until its retirement in 2022.

St. Francis Dam

The St. Francis Dam was a concrete dam near Los Angeles that collapsed in 1928, killing more than 450 people in the second deadliest US dam failure.

St. James (crude oil hub)

St. James, Louisiana, is a major crude oil trading, storage, and distribution hub on the Mississippi River where the Light Louisiana Sweet and Mars grades are priced.

St. Johns River Power Park

St. Johns River Power Park (SJRPP) was a coal-fired power station in Jacksonville, Florida, jointly owned by JEA and Florida Power & Light, operating from 1987 to 2018.

St. Lawrence Seaway

The St. Lawrence Seaway (Voie maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of canals and locks opened in 1959, carrying ocean ships from the Atlantic to Lake Superior.

St. Louis Lambert International Airport

St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) is a public airport 14 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, founded in 1920 by Albert Bond Lambert.

St. Lucie nuclear power plant

The St. Lucie Nuclear Plant is a two-unit nuclear power station on Hutchinson Island on Florida's Atlantic coast, operated by Florida Power & Light, with Unit 1 online in 1976 and Unit 2 in 1983.

St. Mary-le-Bow

St. Mary-le-Bow is a Church of England parish church on Cheapside in the City of London, founded around 1080, whose Bow Bells define a true Cockney.

St. Mary's Church, Tallinn

St. Mary's Church in Tallinn, locally called Toomkirik or the Dome Church, is a Lutheran cathedral on Toompea Hill and the oldest church in mainland Estonia, consecrated in 1240.

St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin

St. Nicholas' Church (German: Nikolaikirche) in Berlin-Mitte, begun around 1230, is one of the city's oldest churches, destroyed in World War II and rebuilt by 1987 as a Stadtmuseum museum.

St. Paul's Chapel

St. Paul's Chapel is a Georgian-style Episcopal chapel at Broadway and Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan, built in 1766 and the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan.

St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica (Basilica di San Pietro) is the papal basilica in Vatican City, Rome, built between 1506 and 1626 over the tomb of Saint Peter.

St. Pierre Cathedral

St. Pierre Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Pierre) names several Saint Peter cathedrals: Geneva's 1160–1230 Protestant cathedral, Beauvais's unfinished 48.50 m-vault Gothic giant, Lisieux's first Norman Gothic cathedral, and Poitiers's Angevin Gothic cathedral.

St. Stephen's Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent István-bazilika) is the largest Roman Catholic church in Budapest and a co-cathedral, built from 1851 to 1905 and named for Hungary's first Christian king.

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna

St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Vienna and seat of its archbishop; its Gothic south tower, 136 meters tall, is Austria's tallest church tower.