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MISSILE WARNING RADAR [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Titles
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Ballistics
OBS

The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System(BMEWS) became the first operational missile detection radar in 1959. The BMEWS system would provide long-range, immediate warning of a missile attack over the polar region utilizing stations in the northern hemisphere.

OBS

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System; BMEWS: designations to be used by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Balistique
OBS

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System; BMEWS : désignations d'usage obligatoire à l'OTAN.

OBS

Système de détection lointaine des missiles balistiques : La traduction littérale est fournie à titre d’information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 2 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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