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MODULAR AVIONICS [3 records]

Record 1 2017-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The Orbiter middeck provides crew accommodations and contains three avionics equipment bays. Modular stowage lockers are used to store the flight crew's personal gear, mission-required equipment, and experiments. There are 42 identical lockers, which are 11 X 18 X 21 inches. An experiment is either designed to fit inside a locker or replace one or more lockers. Individual microgravity science experiments are flown on a space-available basis in the Orbiter middeck. Few support services are available and, in general, mission parameters are not established by experiments in the middeck.

OBS

orbiter middeck: term officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • orbiter mid deck

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Pour les manœuvres de rentrée et d'atterrissage, leurs co-équipiers [...] se sont installés sur le pont intermédiaire de l'orbiteur.

OBS

pont intermédiaire de l'orbiteur : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

... the aircraft's modular avionics allow the maintainer to pull out a non-functioning module and plug in another rapidly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

L'avionique modulaire va révolutionner la maintenance des équipements électroniques : capable de se réorganiser en cas de panne d'un de ses composants, elle offrira une dégradation douce de ses fonctions, ce qui dopera la disponibilité des avions.

CONT

[...] application des techniques de simulation à événements discrets pour valider des architectures avionique modulaire pour l'aéronautique civile.

PHR

Les ensembles d'avionique modulaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

Lear, which already manufactures the modular integrated avionics group for the rotary-winged drone has also accepted the responsibility of marketing the Sentinel for various other applications in the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Armes de haute technicité
CONT

Lear, qui produit déjà l'avionique modulaire intégrée en cours d'installation sur le Sentinel, a accepté de se charger de la commercialisation de l'engin aux Etats-Unis pour d'autres applications.

Spanish

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