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Record 1 2022-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
OBS

nuclear submarine; SSN: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • nuclear sub-marine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
OBS

sous-marin nucléaire; SSN : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Communications
  • Radiotelephony
DEF

A message reference number assigned within a communication/signal centre.

OBS

[A station serial number] will normally consist only of a number allotted in sequence. However, in those instances where station serial numbers are allotted at more than one position, as prescribed by in-station procedure, a single letter designator follows each number, e.g. 107A, 119B.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmissions militaires
  • Radiotéléphonie
DEF

Numéro de référence de message attribué dans un centre de transmission de message.

OBS

Normalement [le numéro séquentiel de message] comprendra uniquement un numéro attribué dans un ordre déterminé. Néanmoins dans les cas où les numéros de série de station sont attribués à plus d'une position, comme cela est décrit dans la procédure interne à la station, un indicateur comprenant une seule lettre suit chaque numéro, par exemple 107A, 119B.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Submarines (Naval Forces)
OBS

nuclear-powered attack submarine; nuclear attack submarine; SSN: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • nuclear powered attack submarine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sous-marins (Forces navales)
OBS

sous-marin nucléaire d'attaque; SNA : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
  • Spacecraft
OBS

Mission: Space surveillance is a critical part of USSPACECOM's mission and involves detecting, tracking, cataloging and identifying man-made objects orbiting Earth, i.e. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. Space surveillance accomplishes the following: Predict when and where a decaying space object will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere; Prevent a returning space object, which to radar looks like a missile, from triggering a false alarm in missile-attack warning sensors of the U.S. and other countries; Chart the present position of space objects and plot their anticipated orbital paths; Detect new man-made objects in space; Produce a running catalog of man-made space objects; Determine which country owns a re-entering space object; Inform NASA whether or not objects may interfere with the space shuttle and Russian Mir space station orbits.

Key term(s)
  • United States Space Surveillance System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Depuis plusieurs décennies, les États-Unis disposent d'un réseau de surveillance spatiale (Space Surveillance Network (SSN), contrôlé par le United States Space Command) qui leur permet de repérer, de suivre, de cataloguer et d'identifier tous les objets de plus de 10 cm qui se trouvent en orbite terrestre, en s'intéressant plus particulièrement aux satellites opérationnels.

Key term(s)
  • Réseau de Surveillance spatiale
  • Réseau de Surveillance spatiale des États-Unis

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Organization concerned with maintaining the dignity and economic security of senior citizens

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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