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MISSILE BOOSTER [9 records]

Record 1 2003-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Working inside the giant tank of a... booster... missile, technicians install anti-slosh baffles which minimize shifting of the propellant inside the rocket.

Key term(s)
  • antislosh baffle
  • antisloshing baffle
  • antisurge baffle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Pour les gros missiles il faut éviter que le ballottement des liquides dans les réservoirs ne crée des forces périodiques [...] en installant dans les réservoirs des amortisseurs anti-ballottement.

Key term(s)
  • chicane anti-ballottement
  • dispositif antiballottement

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Space Weapons
DEF

A booster for a ballistic missile that burns out more rapidly than the current minimum time of about three minutes.

Key term(s)
  • fast burn booster
  • fast burning booster

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The AGM-84D Harpoon missile, used for anti-ship warfare, has active-radar systems providing target acquisition and sea-skimming cruise ability.

CONT

the Harpon's active radar guidance, warhead design, and low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory assure high survivability and effectiveness. The missile is capable of being launched from surface ships, submarines, or(without the booster) from aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

BAe's proposed vertical-launch version of the Seawolf close-in defense missile. The complete missile including its booster, is 3 m long, has a 0. 67 m wingspan and weighs 130 kg.

Key term(s)
  • close-in defence missile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

BAe propose une version lancée à la verticale de son missile de défense rapprochée Seawolf.

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The missile is ejected from the launcher-container by the booster stage which burns for only 0, 2 seconds but remains with the missile and carries the missile far enough from the operator for safe initiation of the sustainer stage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The ASMP is the first French air-transportable nuclear weapon using a missile-the others were just bombs.... Its propulsion system is extremely original with a ramjet and a built-in booster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

L'ASMP est la première arme nucléaire aéroportée française utilisant un missile, les autres étaient de simples bombes. [...] Le système propulsif est très original avec un statoréacteur et un accélérateur intégré.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Directional control is the guidance mode used during missile boost engine operation. It is a gyroscope-controlled method of keeping the missile on its aimed course. During this phase, the missile attitude is maintained by a thrust vector control(TVC) system, which consists of four simple on-off valves spaced at 90 degree intervals around the nozzle of the booster thrust chamber.

OBS

These devices are on the Lance tactical missile.

Key term(s)
  • thrust-vector-control actuation system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

Le contrôle de direction est le mode de guidage utilisé pendant le fonctionnement du moteur de démarrage du missile. Il s'agit, par contrôle gyroscopique, de maintenir le missile sur sa trajectoire de visée. Au cours de cette phase, l'attitude du missile est conservée par le système de contrôle du vecteur de poussée (TVC) qui consiste en quatre clapets espacés à des intervalles de 90 degrés sur le pourtour de la tuyère de la chambre de poussée du moteur de démarrage.

OBS

Ces dispositifs se trouvent sur le missile tactique Lance.

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

working inside the giant tank of a... booster, two missile technicians install anti-slosh baffles, which minimize shifting of the propellant inside the rocket.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

pour les gros missiles il faut éviter que le ballottement des liquides dans les réservoirs ne crée des forces périodiques [ en installant dans les réservoirs des amortisseurs de ballottement ]

Spanish

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Record 9 1984-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Directional control is the guidance mode used during missile boost engine operation. It is a gyroscope-controlled method of keeping the missile on its aimed course. During this phase, the missile attitude is maintained by a thrust vector control(TVC) system, which consists of four simple on-off valves spaced at 90 degree intervals around the nozzle of the booster thrust chamber.

OBS

These devices are on the Lance tactical missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

Le contrôle de direction est le mode de guidage utilisé pendant le fonctionnement du moteur de démarrage du missile. Il s'agit, par contrôle gyroscopique, de maintenir le missile sur sa trajectoire de visée. Au cours de cette phase, l'attitude du missile est conservée par le système de contrôle du vecteur de poussée (TVC) qui consiste en quatre clapets espacés à des intervalles de 90 degrés sur le pourtour de la tuyère de la chambre de poussée du moteur de démarrage.

OBS

Ces dispositifs se trouvent sur le missile tactique Lance.

Spanish

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