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PORTABLE POWER STATION [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Power Stations
CONT

A portable source of power is incredibly handy when [working] at a remote site, especially if it can recharge itself without... batteries or fuel. The ideal portable power station features a charging source(usually a solar panel), storage(usually for batteries), and an inverter [to] run AC [alternating current] equipment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales électriques

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
CONT

In satellite telecommunication, a downlink is the link from a satellite down to one or more ground stations or receivers ...

CONT

The higher power of the RADARSAT-2 downlink will permit the size of the ground station antenna to be substantially smaller and subsequently more affordable. The standard RADARSAT-1 antenna is approximately 10 metres in diameter; this can be reduced down to 3 metres for RADARSAT-2. This will allow the use of portable ground stations.

OBS

downlink: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

PHR

High-power downlink transmitter.

Key term(s)
  • down link
  • down-link

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
DEF

Trajet parcouru par le signal entre un satellite et la station terrestre réceptrice.

CONT

Une densité de puissance plus élevée en liaison descendante permettra l'utilisation d'antennes réceptrices beaucoup plus petites, et par conséquent moins coûteuses. Une antenne réceptrice utilisée pour RADARSAT-1 a un diamètre d'environ 10 mètres; le diamètre de l'antenne peut être réduit à 3 mètres avec RADARSAT-2. Ceci permettra aussi l'utilisation d'antennes réceptrices mobiles.

OBS

liaison descendante : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

PHR

Émetteur haute puissance en liaison descendante.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The Starboard 0(S0) truss segment is the first major element of the International Space Station's enormous exterior framework. The S0 Truss is 13. 4 meters(44 feet) long and 4. 6 meters(15 feet) wide and weighs 12, 247 kilograms(27, 000 pounds). It is the center segment of 11 integrated trusses that will provide the foundation for station subsystem hardware installation, utility distribution, power generation, heat rejection and external payload accommodations. The S0 truss acts as the junction from which external utilities are routed to the pressurized modules by means of EVA-deployed umbilicals. The S0 truss is going to the space station with a complement of pre-integrated hardware to increase ISS functionality, including the Mobile Transporter, the Trailing Umbilical System, the Portable Work Platform, four Global Positioning System antennas, two rate gyros, an Extravehicular Charged Particle Detection System and umbilicals for U. S. on-orbit elements.

OBS

S0 truss; integrated truss structure S0; S0; ITS-S0: terms and abbreviations officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Atlantis (STS-110, mission 8A) rejoignait l'ISS [International Space Station] pour doter la Station d'une nouvelle structure : l'Integrated Truss Structure SO (le segment central de la poutre de 91 m à terme). Cette poutre de 13 m et lourde de 12 tonnes a été fixée au-dessus du laboratoire américain Destiny. Elle servira de base à des dizaines de tonnes d'équipements qui seront installés ces prochaines années : panneaux solaires, appareils de refroidissement et autres systèmes nécessaires au fonctionnement de l'ISS. Enfin, les astronautes d'Atlantis ont installé le transporteur mobile, un petit wagonnet qui doit servir de base mobile pour le bras robotique Canadarm2. Une fois opérationnel, le transporteur mobile circulera le long d'un rail installé le long de la poutre S0.

OBS

poutre S0; segment de poutre intégrée S0; S0; ITS-S0 : termes et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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