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COLUMBUS EXPOSED FACILITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

ISS [International Space Station] provides several provisions to accommodate Earth Observation experiments. The most important are ... 4 EXPRESS Pallet Adapters on the Columbus Exposed Facility (CEF) located at the Starboard End Cone of the Columbus Laboratory. One location accommodates nadir looking instruments, two locations are oriented to starboard and one to zenith. They can all accommodate limb sounding instruments.

OBS

Columbus exposed facility; CEF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

plateforme d'exposition au vide spatial Columbus; CEF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • plate-forme d'exposition au vide spatial Columbus
  • plate-forme CEF

Spanish

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