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GENERAL PURPOSE SPACE [3 records]

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Record 1 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
CONT

The purpose of the Intrusion Detection System is to provide security protection for the museum, the employees and the visiting public.... General office space is not considered a high risk area unless it contains collection material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure... is a general purpose, unpressurized payload mounting structure for use in a mixed cargo mode with the Space Transportation System(STS) Orbiter. In the mixed cargo mode, two or more elements share the Orbiter payload bay on the same flight. Payload bay space and standard Orbiter services are divided into quarters to facilitate accommodation of the mixed cargo. Allocations for the MPESS and payload are based on one quarter of the payload bay capabilities.

OBS

multi-purpose experiment support structure; MPESS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
OBS

structure porteuse de charge utile expérimentale multiusage; MPESS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • structure porteuse de charge utile expérimentale multi-usage

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Electronics
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Astronautics
CONT

6 General Purpose Computers, developed by IBM as the AP-101S, are the space qualified systems running in a parallel bus with full redundancy. The 101S consists of a central processor unit, an input/output processor, and 2 cooling fans enclosed in one avionics box.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Applications de l'électronique
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Astronautique
CONT

30 août, sur le pad 39 A, la préparation de Columbia STS 35 a quelques problèmes, un boîtier d'avionique sur la charge utile Astro fonctionne mal.

CONT

L'ATV n'est autre que le prolongement de l'étage supérieur d'une Ariane 5. Il se présente donc sous la forme d'un cylindre de 5,45 mètres de diamètre sur 2,5 mètres de longueur. Il est équipé en standard d'un module de propulsion composé de huit petits moteurs à réaction et d'un module d'avionique qui intègre les réservoirs d'ergols, les circuits électroniques ainsi que les systèmes de régularisation thermique, de production d'énergie et de télécommunications.

Spanish

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