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RELAY MIRROR [6 records]

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Record 1 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
OBS

Experiment being developed by Ball Aerospace System Division to demonstrate key ground-based laser weapon system technology.

CONT

The RME successfully demonstrated relay mirror stabilization pointing/tracking, and simultaneous beacon tracking capabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux non canadiens
  • Masers et lasers
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
OBS

Projet de miroir relais : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

OBS

RME : Acronyme spécifique à RADARSAT accepté par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mirrors
  • Interplanetary Space Exploration
  • Meteorology
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

A relay mirror in orbit around the Earth which provides aiming and tracking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaces et miroiterie
  • Exploration interplanétaire
  • Météorologie
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mirrors
  • Weapon Systems
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
CONT

A relay mirror in orbit around the Earth provides aiming and tracking for the beam weapon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaces et miroiterie
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
Key term(s)
  • space based relay mirror

French

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

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
OBS

its optical system consists of a 50 mm primary objective lens, a spherical field mirror, relay lenses, a proprietary, gyroscope-mounted prism, secondary objective lenses, a beam splitter assembly, and the two eye lenses.

OBS

for use on moving platforms causing vibrations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

sorte de longue-vue composée essentiellement d'un objectif, d'un miroir concave, d'un prisme qui corrige les vibrations à l'aide d'un gyroscope et d'un dispositif de vision binoculaire.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Thermonuclear fusion
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

An ultra-high-speed rotating mirror camera(speed about 2000 rev/s) with an array of relay lenses which form a very large number of images on the film of the rapidly-evolving phenomena(plasma movements, shock waves, etc.) observed over very short periods of time(taking rate between 3. 105 and 106 frames/s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Fusion thermonucléaire
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

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