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METOP [5 records]

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Record 1 2010-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

IASI, the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer, is a new instrument to be carried on Metop satellites. It will obtain improved atmospheric profiles of temperature and humidity and provide additional information on a range of other geophysical parameters, including atmospheric ozone and some trace gases.... IASI spectral ranges and primary applications :... Temperature sounding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Géophysique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

MIRO (Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter) est un spectromètre-radiomètre millimétrique et submillimétrique (un petit radiotélescope) à deux voies: 1,6 mm et 0,5 mm de longueur d'onde. Les observations continuum effectueront le sondage thermique de la surface et la sous-surface du noyau.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Space Centres
CONT

In the ESTEC Battery Test Centre, accelerated Stentor battery module lifetime tests were carried out for CNES, while the Compact Payload Test Range was used for major antenna, EMC and RFC tests, including those for MetOp.

Key term(s)
  • battery test center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Centres spatiaux
CONT

À La Rochelle, l'EIGSI (École d'ingénieurs en génie des systèmes industriels) développe des activités de contrôle et d'optimisation des systèmes industriels de production informatique intégrée pour les systèmes de transport et de production... Elle abrite un centre d'essais des batteries et des modules de traction destinés au véhicule électrique lié au projet régional VEDELIC (Véhicule démonstrateur laboratoire Lithium Carbone).

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The Initial Joint Polar System will include a NOAA satellite from the USA and a Metop satellite from Europe, in complementary orbits designed to ensure complete global data coverage at intervals of no more than six hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Le diagramme ci-dessus indique le calendrier actuellement prévu (1998), pour une configuration coordonnée de satellites communs aux Etats-Unis et à l'Europe, le Système polaire commun initial (IJPS: Initial Joint Polar System).

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Initial Joint Polar System will include a NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] satellite from the USA and a Metop satellite from Europe, in complementary orbits designed to ensure complete global data coverage at intervals of no more than six hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Astronautique
CONT

Le diagramme ci-dessus indique le calendrier actuellement prévu (1998), pour une configuration coordonnée de satellites communs aux États-Unis et à l'Europe, le Système polaire commun initial (IJPS: Initial Joint Polar System).

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The EUMETSAT Polar System(EPS) is conceived as an integrated end-to-end data system, serving user needs on an operational basis. The initial EPS programme consists of a series of three Metop satellites, to be flown successively in the years from 2005, together with the relevant ground facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Projet qui recouvre le secteur spatial, les lancements et l'exploitation pendant 14 ans des satellites météorologiques operationnels.

OBS

Objet d'une coopération entre l'ASE, EUMETSAT, le Centre national d'études spatiales et la NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).

Spanish

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