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KENNEDY SPACE CENTRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Space Centres
OBS

Kennedy Space Center, one of 10 [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)] field centers, is a premier multi-user spaceport with about 100 private-sector partners and nearly 250 partnership agreements.

Key term(s)
  • Kennedy Space Centre
  • John F. Kennedy Space Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Centres spatiaux
OBS

Situé à Merritt Island, en Floride, ce centre de recherche sert d'aire de lancement principale de la NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] pour les vols spatiaux habités depuis 1968.

Key term(s)
  • Kennedy Space Centre

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Rack Level Test Facility is the formal verification tool used for the functional and operational testing of internal payloads. The Rack Level Test Facility will however, be modified to also allow the verification of external payloads and centre-aisle payloads, but this capability does not currently exist. This verification is carried out before installation into the Columbus Laboratory(for the initial internal payload complement), or prior to shipment to the Kennedy Space Centre for installation into the Multi Purpose Logistics Module, for transportation to the ISS.

OBS

rack level test facility; RLTF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

système d'essai niveau bâtis; RLTF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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