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ORBITING TELESCOPE [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
DEF

An orbiting telescope that collects light from celestial objects in visible, near-ultraviolet, and near-infrared wavelengths.

OBS

The telescope was launched April 24, 1990 onboard the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery and is operated jointly by NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] and ESA [European Space Agency].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
DEF

Télescope orbital utilisé pour l'observation de la lumière émise par les corps célestes dans les longueurs d'onde du visible, du proche ultraviolet et du proche infrarouge.

OBS

Lancé en orbite le 24 avril 1990 à bord de la navette spatiale américaine Discovery, le télescope est exploité conjointement par la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) et l'Agence spatiale européenne (ESA).

OBS

télescope spatial Hubble : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS).

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

orbiting telescope : an item in the "Astronomical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

télescope satellisé : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement astronomiques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

A reusable free-flying vehicle built by Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm which can be deployed and retrieved by the Space Shuttle's Remote Manipulator System(RMS). The original SPAS, with materials processing and SDI("Star Wars")-related sensor payloads, was carried on three missions but not deployed on the second of these because of an electrical problem with the RMS. ORFEUS(Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer), was a German astronomical payload that flew twice aboard SPAS. The main instrument was a 1-meter telescope with extreme ultraviolet and far ultraviolet spectrometers of high spectral resolution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Remote Control (Telecommunications)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Two contracts were awarded for further studies of an "Earth Orbiting Teleoperator System, "and the X-ray telescope for the U. S. British "Skylark" project was shipped to Australia for launch in the spring of 1976.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Commandes à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

extraterrestre : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Instruments (Astronomy)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory(OAO), series of four orbiting observatories launched between 1966 and 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) to provide astronomical data in the ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths filtered out by the earth's atmosphere. Only two of the four launches were successful, however. OAO-2, launched in 1978, which carried two large telescopes in addition to a cluster of four ultraviolet telescopes, four photoelectric telescopes, and a number of spectrometers and other devices, weighed 4, 200 lb(1, 900 kg) and was the heaviest satellite orbited to that time. Working primarily with ultraviolet radiation, it was able to photograph very young stars. OAO-3, which was also called Copernicus, was launched in 1972. Carrying what was at that time the largest telescope ever orbited and three smaller X-ray telescopes, OAO-3 was primarily used in the study of ultraviolet radiation from interstellar gas and dust and from stars near the edges of the Milky Way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et instruments (Astronomie)
  • Stations orbitales

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

OPT(Orbiting Planetary Telescope) is a 1-meter orbiting telescope proposed as a joint ESA-NASA project. It will be dedicated to planetary projects at multiple wavelengths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale

Spanish

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