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PAYLOAD SUPPORT CENTER [12 records]

Record 1 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Payload Telescience Operations Centre(PTOC) allows the Canadian Space Agency(CSA) team to support Canadian science experiments aboard the International Space Station(ISS). The PTOC provides the team with a direct communications line to NASA's [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Payload Operations Center in Alabama, which makes it possible to support science on the ISS in real time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Astronautique
CONT

Le Centre de télé-exploitation de charges utiles (désigné PTOC pour «Payload Telescience Operations Centre»), permet à l'équipe de l'Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC) d'appuyer les expériences scientifiques canadiennes à bord de la Station spatiale internationale (ISS). Le PTOC offre à l'équipe un lien de communication direct avec le centre de contrôle des charges utiles de la NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration], basé en Alabama, ce qui lui permet de supporter en temps réel les activités scientifiques à bord de l'ISS.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-26

English

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

EXPRESS Rack Simulator. The ERS located in the PSC [Payload Support Center] is composed of three racks. The first is the EXPRESS Rack Mock-up, the second is the data acquisition system rack and the third is the water cooling rack. In addition to being able to accommodate payload that would mechanically interface with the 8/2 ER configuration, the rack will also accommodate different size ISIS drawers. There is a possibility that one of the CSA payloads will use a 12-PU drawer. For this reason the configuration of the EXPRESS Rack Mock-up was chosen to be 4/6, i. e. 4 MDL [Mid-Deck Storage Locker] and 6 ISIS [International Sub-rack Interface Standard] drawers. Essentially, the CSA rack is the bottom portion of the ER with 4 drawers added on the bottom. This configuration will permit the accommodation of single, double and quad MDL as well as 4-PU, 8-PU and 12-PU ISIS drawers. The ERS has the same mechanical interface and front panel layout than the EXPRESS Rack to provide higher fidelity during training for the ISS crew. This also provides a better verification environment. The ERS provides 28V to the payloads rated at 5, 10, 15 or 20 Amps but does not include the RIC or other ER equipment. This is why a Suitcase Simulator will be used to communicate with the payload in the rack.

OBS

EXPRESS rack simulator; ERS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

Le PSC [Payload Support Centre] est situé dans le Centre de soutien des missions de charges utiles à l'ASC [Agence spatiale canadienne] et son accès est contrôlé. Le PSC comprend une aire d'appui aux chercheurs principaux, un banc de montage de charges utiles et un simulateur de bâti EXPRESS situé dans la maquette du laboratoire américain de la Station spatiale internationale.

OBS

simulateur de bâti EXPRESS; ERS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Astronautics
OBS

The Payload Support Center(PSC) is being implemented at the CSA [Canadian Space Agency] to conduct payload activities such as communication protocols verification and procedure validation & verification. The PSC will support crew training and mission simulations. The results of the PSC and DFL tests will be used in the final certification of a payload. In addition, the PSC will play an important role during the on-orbit operation of a payload. The payload flight backup unit or engineering model will be installed in the PSC and will be available to help the payload operators in case of any on-orbit problem. By using a duplicate of the payload in the PSC, the operators, with the help of the technical team, will be able to duplicate the situation and determine the proper corrective procedures. Those procedures will then be either forwarded to the on-orbit crew or to the ground operations personnel to correct the anomaly. The PSC includes the EXPRESS Rack Simulator, the Suitcase Simulator(when required), a workbench area for payload developers and a connection to the CSA Payload Telescience Operations Center(PTOC).

OBS

Payload Support Center; PSC : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group(ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Astronautique
OBS

[...] le Centre de soutien de mission de charges utiles (PMSC) qui se situe au Centre spatial John H. Chapman de l'Agence spatiale canadienne à Saint-Hubert, Québec [...] se compose du Centre de soutien de charges utiles (PSC) et du Centre de télé-exploitation de charges utiles (PTOC). Le PSC a été mis sur pied pour appuyer les activités de certification et d'intégration des charges utiles canadiennes. L'installation permet aux développeurs de charges utiles, aux chercheurs principaux et au personnel chargé de l'exploitation au sol de suivre une formation sur le fonctionnement de leurs charges utiles, de vérifier les procédures d'exploitation et les protocoles de communications, de simuler des missions et d'appuyer des opérations de charges utiles en temps réel à partir de leur poste d'exploitation au sol. Le PSC servira également à l'intégration des échantillons et à des tests de vérifications d'échantillons.

OBS

Centre de soutien des charges utiles; PSC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • PSC

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Record 4 2003-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Astronautics
OBS

The Payload Operations Control Center at the Marshall Space Flight Center is a NASA facility for monitoring, coordinating and controlling on-orbit operations of Spacelab payloads. It is also used for premission test and training activities. The Payload Operations Control Center allows users on the ground to support and interact with onboard mission activities and permits direct communication between the investigator on the ground and flight crew on orbit. It provides ground command capability to operate experiments, manage payload resources and operate payload support equipment. Its facilities and services for instrument monitoring and control are made available to all users who request them. Each user area has a standard set of support equipment and space for special instrument-dedicated ground support equipment. A communication link can be arranged to allow the investigator to perform some or all operations from his own institution.

OBS

Payload Operations Control Center; POCC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • Payload Operations Centre
  • Payload Operation Control Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Astronautique
OBS

Des expériences scientifiques sont toujours menées sous la direction du «Payload Operations Center» au Marshall «Space Flight Center» de la NASA à Huntsville, en Alabama, à l'exception du «Research Facility» qui est supervisée par le «Telescience Support Center» (TSC) du Johnson Space Center, à Houston.

OBS

Centre de contrôle des opérations de charge utile; POCC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • centre de contrôle des opérations de charges utiles

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

[The] EMCS consists of a gas tight incubator containing two centrifuges with space for 4 Experiment Containers on each rotor; also the life support and water supply system, the illumination and the observation system are located on the rotors. External to the incubator are the Standard Payload Computer(SPLC), the gas supply module and the thermal control system. The flight unit is accommodated in an EXPRESS Rack on the International Space Station. Ground controls will be performed in dedicated Experiment Reference Models, one located in Europe, the other at NASA Ames Research Center.

CONT

[The] EMCS is dedicated to experiments on plants, especially multi-generation (seed-to-seed) experiments and studies on gravity effects on early development and growth, on signal perception and transduction in plant tropisms. Experiments with insects or amphibia as well as studies with cell and tissue cultures are also foreseen in EMCS.

OBS

European modular cultivation system; EMCS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

[Le] European Modular Cultivation System (EMCS) [est] destiné à l'étude biologique des plantes (croissance, développement, influence de la microgravité).

OBS

module européen d'étude biologique des plantes; EMCS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Each NASA ISPR provides 1. 6 m³(55. 5ft³) of internal volume. The rack weighs 104 kg(230 lbm) and can accommodate an additional 700 kg(1543 lbm) of payload equipment. The rack has internal mounting provisions to allow attachment of secondary structure. The ISPRs will be outfitted with a thin center post to accommodate sub-rack-sized payloads, such as the 48. 3 cm(19 in) Spacelab Standard Interface Rack(SIR) Drawer or the Space Shuttle Middeck Locker. Utility pass-through ports are located on each side to allow cables to be run between racks. Module attachment points are provided at the top of the rack, and via pivot points at the bottom of the rack. The pivot points support installation and maintenance. Tracks on the exterior front posts allow mounting of payload equipment and laptop computers. Additional adapters on the ISPRs are provided for ground handling.

OBS

international standard payload rack; ISPR: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

ISPR adaptor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Ces bâtis, qui constituent une évolution technologique majeure, sont dénommés ISPR, pour «International Standard Payload Rack». ... Du fait que les modules européen, américain et japonais utilisent le même concept d'ISPR, les bâtis sont interchangeables entre les laboratoires, à l'exception des laboratoires russes qui n'ont pas adopté ce standard. Le [Columbus Orbital Facility] COF peut recevoir simultanément dix bâtis ISPR de type scientifique comportant divers instruments et expériences ainsi que trois bâtis de stockage d'équipements. La capacité de chaque bâti est de 1,5m³ pour une charge maximale de 700 kg.

OBS

bâti de charge utile normalisé; ISPR : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Bâti de stockage, de type scientifique.

PHR

Bâti interchangeable.

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Astronautics
OBS

Within the HOSC [Huntsville Operations Support Center] is the Payload Operations and Integration Center(POIC) that that will provide 24 hour, real-time monitoring of payloads. The POIC manages the execution of on-orbit ISS payloads and payload support systems in coordination/unison with distributed IP [Internet protocol] Payload Control Centers, TSCs and payload unique-remote facilities. Through the POIC Users have several operational options for controlling their payloads, including the use of TrEK through a TSC or directly into the POIC as well as several others.

OBS

Payload Operations and Integration Center; POIC: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • Payload Operations and Integration Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Astronautique
OBS

Centre qui permet d'assurer, en temps réel, la surveillance des charges utiles.

OBS

Centre d'intégration et d'exploitation des charges utiles; POIC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

Destiny Laboratory. The Destiny Laboratory Module is the centerpiece of the International Space Station, where unprecedented science experiments will be performed in the near-zero gravity of space. The lab consists of three cylindrical sections and two endcones with hatches that will be mated to other station components. A 50. 9-centimeter-(20-inch-) diameter window is located on one side of the center module segment. This pressurized module is designed to accommodate pressurized payloads. It has a capacity of 24 rack locations. Payload racks will occupy 13 locations specially designed to support experiments.

OBS

Destiny laboratory module; U.S. laboratory Destiny; Destiny module: terms officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

Key term(s)
  • Destiny lab
  • U.S. laboratory module
  • US Destiny laboratory module
  • US laboratory Destiny

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
CONT

Le laboratoire scientifique américain [est] un module pressurisé, habitable, conçu pour accueillir les charges utiles et les expériences devant s'accommoder d'une atmosphère terrestre. Sa capacité est de 24 bâtis modulables, dont 13 sont spécialement conçus pour recevoir des expériences nécessitant un interfaçage complet avec la station et ses ressources.

OBS

Le module Destiny représente le principal centre d'activités de recherche de la Station spatiale internationale.

OBS

laboratoire Destiny; laboratoire scientifique américain Destiny; module Destiny : termes uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Positionner le laboratoire sur la station.

PHR

Coque extérieure du laboratoire Destiny.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

NASA will also establish, within the POIC [Payload Operations Integration Center], its element-unique payload operations integration functions. Each of these partners will provide personnel to the POIC. These personnel will bring expertise on the accommodations elements and payloads that partner provides, will participate in integrated POIC-based activities and will support real-time on-orbit activities with emphasis on the accommodations elements and payloads each provides.

Key term(s)
  • real time on orbit activity
  • real time on orbit activities
  • real-time on-orbit activity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
Key term(s)
  • activité orbitale en temps réel

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-07-31

English

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

Two types of trainer racks are provided by the EXPRESS Rack Project: a Standalone Trainer and 6 Integrated Trainers. The Standalone Trainer has been delivered to support training of the crew for the early EXPRESS Rack flights.

OBS

Training simulators for all but simple or single-increment payloads will provide high fidelity crew interfaces and will be integrated into he Space Station Training Facility(SSTF)/Payload Training Center(PTC). These simulators will also be used to support simulations integrating the crew and GSP [Global Positioning System]. Simple or single-increment payloads will require a standalone trainer or Computer-Based Trainer(CBT). Special training equipment(e. g., CBT, light weight mockups, videos, etc.) may also be required to support specific payload training objectives.

OBS

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

French

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

simulateur autonome : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The Payload Carriers Team is responsible for MSFC' s [Marshall Space Flight Center] Payload Carriers which is made up of two type of carriers : the Spacelab Logistics Pallet(SLP) and the Multi-Purpose Equipment Support Structure(MPESS). The Payload Carriers "bridge the gap" in payload accommodations available in the Space Shuttle's Payload Bay by providing unique structural, power, data and thermal resources to a variety of payloads. These carriers are designed to transport items safely through the rigors of high acceleration Shuttle launch and the vacuum of space while providing the flexibility to allow the Shuttle to minimize the mass transported to earth orbit.

OBS

Spacelab logistics pallet; SLP: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Le Canadarm2 remettra au bras de la navette une palette Spacelab de 3 000 livres afin de la ranger dans la soute de la navette.

OBS

palette Spacelab; SLP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The POIC is comprised of the Payload Data Services System(PDSS), the Enhanced Huntsville Operation Support Center(HOSC) system(EHS), the payload planning system(PPS), and the enhanced mission communications system(EMCS).

Key term(s)
  • Huntsville operation support centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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