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TRACK MODE OPERATION [9 records]

Record 1 2012-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Embedded GPS INS. The EGI is in an all-attitude navigation system providing outputs of linear and angular acceleration, velocity, position, attitude(roll, pitch, and platform azimuth), magnetic and true heading, altitude, time tags, and time. When installed in the host platforms in the appropriate configuration, the system provides the navigation functions of the equipment it replaces. It uses vehicle electrical power(28 Vdc), turn-on and mode commands, initialization data, and altitude data, as well as Global Positioning System(GPS) satellite inputs for GPS or GPS/Inertial Navigation System(INS) operation, and is able to track five space vehicles simultaneously.

OBS

Attitude. The angle between an imaginary line running from the nose to the tail, and the horizontal. The attitude is judged by the level at which the horizon is seen through the canopy.

Key term(s)
  • all attitude navigation system
  • all attitude reference system
  • all-attitude flight reference system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

GPS et INS intégrés. Le système EGI est un système de navigation toutes attitudes qui fournit un signal d'accélération linéaire et angulaire, de vitesse, de position, d'attitude (roulis, tangage et azimut de plate-forme), un cap magnétique et vrai, l'altitude, les descripteurs temps et l'heure. Lorsqu'il est installé dans les plates-formes hôtes sous sa configuration appropriée, le système fournit les fonctions de navigation de l'équipement qu'il remplace. Il utilise le courant électrique de l'aéronef (28 V CC), les commandements de mise en marche et de mode, les données d'initialisation ainsi que les données d'altitude de même que les entrées satellites du système de positionnement global (GPS) pour le fonctionnement en GPS ou en GPS/système de navigation par inertie (INS) et peut poursuivre cinq véhicules spatiaux simultanément.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A remote sensing instrument whose viewing angle is rotated from right to left.

OBS

Whereas RADARSAT-1 is a solely right-looking system, RADARSAT-2 will be outfitted with an antenna that can be steered electronically to acquire images to either the right or the left of the sub-satellite track... The switch from one look direction to the other is specified to take less than 10 minutes, that is, about one tenth of the time required to complete one full orbit. Although the look direction switching is an operational feature, the right-looking configuration is regarded as the default mode of operation. Hence, it is expected that about 75% of the imaging will be performed in this particular mode. The left-looking mode will be deployed on occasion, primarily to meet data requirements associated with Antarctic mapping and emergency situations(CSA, 2001).

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • left looking sensor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Instrument de télédétection dont l'axe de visée est pivoté de droite à gauche.

OBS

capteur de visée à gauche : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 3 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A remote sensing instrument whose viewing angle is rotated to the right.

OBS

Whereas RADARSAT-1 is a solely right-looking system, RADARSAT-2 will be outfitted with an antenna that can be steered electronically to acquire images to either the right or the left of the sub-satellite track... The switch from one look direction to the other is specified to take less than 10 minutes, that is, about one tenth of the time required to complete one full orbit. Although the look direction switching is an operational feature, the right-looking configuration is regarded as the default mode of operation. Hence, it is expected that about 75% of the imaging will be performed in this particular mode. The left-looking mode will be deployed on occasion; primarily to meet data requirements associated with Antarctic mapping and emergency situations(CSA, 2001).

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • right looking sensor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Instrument de télédétection dont l'axe de visée est pivoté à droite.

OBS

capteur de visée à droite : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 4 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The mission will provide high-resolution radar altimeter measurements over the margins of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets as well as over smaller ice bodies throughout the world. For this purpose, the main payload of the satellite is a new type of radar altimeter that combines several modes of operation : a classical pulse-limited mode; synthetic aperture processing for enhanced along track spatial resolution over sea ice; and interferometric processing with two receiving antennas to acquire across-track measurements over steeply sloping terrain.

Key term(s)
  • pulse limited mode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-02-19

English

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

V-bar : Flight Director Indicator... The V-bar command indicator is a pair of yellow, wedge-shaped V-bars that move up or down to command a climb or descent, and roll left or right to command a bank. The flight director system commands the V-bars to capture and track the selected heading or radio signals; or to maintain a desired pitch angle, glidepath, or an optimum speed during SC(speed command) operation. To satisfy the commands, the aircraft is maneuvered so that the airplane symbol is flown into the V-bars until the two are aligned. Input signals to the V-bars depend upon the mode of operation. The V-bars are biased from view by the instrument failure warning system; when loss of signal occurs, or sensing circuits fail that are associated with the selected mode of operation. They are also out of view when the mode selector control is in the OFF position.

French

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

L'indicateur HZ-4 [horizon directeur de vol] assume deux fonctions. Il réalise la combinaison d'un horizon artificiel et d'un indicateur de tendances du type "zero reader". [...] Les deux barres, verticales et horizontale, sont les barres de tendance liées au calculateur de vol. La barre verticale reçoit les informations du canal de direction, la barre horizontale celles fournies par le canal de profondeur.

CONT

[...], dès que l'avion ne sera plus dans la situation requise, les 2 barres ou repères, appelés BARRES ou REPÈRES DE TENDANCES ne seront plus dans une position médiane vis à vis du cadran de l'indicateur.

OBS

barre de tendance : terme accepté par le Comité d'étude de la terminologie des cartes de travail du DC-9.

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Video Technology
DEF

The signal on the lower edge of videotape that regulates the synchronizing pulses which are necessary during Record and Playback modes.

CONT

The control track is part of an automatic servo system that insures the correct positioning of the video heads relative to the recorded magnetic tracks on the tape during the Playback mode of operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vidéotechnique
OBS

Cette piste est parallèle au sens de la bande. Elle [sert] à mesurer la vitesse du magnétoscope : chaque fois qu'une image est écrite par les têtes rotatives, une impulsion est écrite sur cette piste par une tête fixe. À la lecture, les tops sont comptés et un calculateur transforme le nombre de tops en un intervalle de temps exprimé en heures, minutes, secondes et images.

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

The RAAWS(radar altimeter and altitude warning set) has two modes of operation : search and track. In the search mode, the complete altitude range is searched rapidly for a ground return.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
CONT

Du point de vue utilisation, on distingue deux catégories principales de fonctions qui peuvent être assurées par des radars de types différents ou par un radar unique [...] La fonction surveillance et acquisition, où l'on se propose de détecter et localiser grossièrement tout objectif se trouvant dans un volume d'espace important; [...]

PHR

Mode de surveillance de petites cibles.

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Traffic Control
CONT

During normal RAAWS [radar altimeter and altitude warning set] operation, the search mode is monitored and a system self-test is initiated whenever eight consecutive scans occur without acquiring a track.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
OBS

Le code de source complet est INCAR-SE-220, 1971, 3, 34-41-20, 1.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
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