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UNIVERSAL DOCKING PORT [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Equipment (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

A single-electrical port ... [that] creates a quick and easy way to link all the body systems - controls, power and heating - to the skateboard [chassis].

OBS

Developed for the AUTOnomy and Hy-wire concept cars by General Motors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement électrique (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Connexion unique qui relie les composantes électriques et électroniques des systèmes de la carrosserie au châssis planche à roulettes des prototypes AUTOnomy et Hy-wire de General Motors.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

In accordance with the latest plan, the FGB-2 [Functional Cargo Block 2] module would dock to the Earth-facing(nadir) port on the Zvezda module, the same port where the UDM module [Universal Docking Module] was expected to dock.

OBS

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

PHR

Unity module’s nadir port.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

Le vaisseau Soyouz TM-32 s'arrime sans problème au port nadir de la Station spatiale internationale [...]

CONT

La nouvelle capsule Soyouz est maintenant bien amarrée au port nadiral du module Zarya [...]

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

According to the construction plan of the International Space Station, the Docking Compartment-1 has to be eventually replaced with a much larger Universal Docking Module, UDM. Launched by the Proton rocket, the UDM would provide life-support capabilities for as many as six crewmembers onboard the Russian segment of the ISS. Prior to UDM arrival, the Docking Compartment-1 would be discarded to free the Earth-facing "nadir" port of the Zvezda service module for the UDM. The new Docking Compartment-2, as well as Russia's future science modules, would then be able to dock to multiple ports onboard the UDM.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
CONT

Un module de service habitable, qui sera le premier élément occupé par un équipage; un module d'amarrage universel qui permettra l'accostage de vaisseaux aussi bien américains (navette) que russes (Soyouz) [...]

Spanish

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