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MICROWAVE TRACKING SYSTEM [3 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-26

English

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

Doppler Orbitography and Radio Positioning Integrated by Satellite(DORIS) is a highly accurate microwave tracking system which allows the positioning of Envisat in space to be fixed to within a few centimetres.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

Other devices from the lab-automatic tracking radar for the antiaircraft gunners defending London; blind bombing radar that enabled the Allies to bomb in any weather; a microwave early warning system that could detect enemy planes over 100 miles away; and LORAN, a long range navigation system-also played important roles in the Allied victory.

Key term(s)
  • blind-bombing radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

Dans certaines variantes, des armes de plus gros calibre furent aussi installées, et la tourelle ventrale fût très souvent déposée pour permettre l'installation de matériel électronique comme le radar H2S pour le bombardement sans visibilité.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Astronautics
  • Satellite Telecommunications
OBS

The NASCOM network is a global system that provides communications support to all NASA projects. Voice, data, and teletype links are available through the network for connecting the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System(TDRSS) with user spacecraft control centers. Land lines, submarine cables, and microwave/satellite links make up this communications system. The user services available from the Space network, which includes TDRSS and its supporting Goddard elements, are provided through NASCOM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Astronautique
  • Télécommunications par satellite
Key term(s)
  • Réseau de télécommunications de la NASA

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Astronáutica
  • Telecomunicaciones por satélite
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