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EQUIPMENT BAY [4 records]

Record 1 2017-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The vehicle equipment bay (VEB) is often called the ‘brains’ of a launcher. Situated on top of the main cryogenic stage, it interfaces directly with the upper stage. The VEB is a big cylindrical "basket" ... [It] can autonomously orchestrate all the systems required to control a flight for up to one hour, such as engine ignition, and separation of the boosters and the storable propellant upper stage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)
DEF

Compartiment d’un lanceur où sont regroupés des équipements qui assurent la fourniture d’électricité et d’autres qui contribuent au guidage, au pilotage, à la localisation, à la télémesure, à la télécommande ou à la sauvegarde.

OBS

case à équipements : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 25 juillet 2015.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shunting Operations (Railroads)
OBS

In a tower in Taschereau yard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Triage (Chemins de fer)
CONT

En technique, [...] on dit « réparer une baie d'équipement »; ce n'est pas la baie elle-même qu'on répare, mais l'équipement qu'elle contient. (relation de contenant à contenu)

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

U-2 High Altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft (Dragon Lady), USA. ... A recorder for the ASARS-2 is installed in the equipment bay forward of the main landing gear well. ... The equipment bays E-bay and Q-bay just forward of the main landing gear contain electronics systems and sensor equipment.

CONT

Following Italian tradition, quite powerful ECM is to be housed internally in the equipment bay just forward of the left main undercarriage unit.

CONT

The EA-6B Prowler provides an umbrella of protection over strike aircraft, ground troops and ships by jamming enemy radar, electronic data links and communications. Features: ... A forward equipment bay, and pod-shaped faring on the vertical fin, house the additional avionics equipment.

OBS

equipment bay: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Equipment bay: comprises the electronics (or "avionics") bay (E-bay) and the sensor bay (Q-bay).

PHR

Aft equipment bay, double equipment bay, forward equipment bay, nose equipment bay, rear fuselage equipment bay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
CONT

Le fuselage avait une section transversale presque circulaire, légèrement aplati en dessous. En avant du longeron principal, la partie supérieure du fuselage était constituée d'un compartiment d'équipements de mesure suivi de l'habitacle pressurisé avec un pare-brise moulé et une canopée articulée sur le coté.

CONT

Conformément à la coutume italienne, des systèmes CME puissants seront logés dans la soute à équipements; à l'avant gauche du train d'atterrissage principal.

OBS

compartiment d'équipements : terme normalisé par l'ISO. L'expression «compartiment équipement» est cependant mieux formée.

PHR

Compartiment équipement du nez de l'avion; compartiment équipement du fuselage avant; compartiment équipement du tronçon avant de fuselage.

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The US Airlock can accommodate US EMU's [Extravehicular Mobility Units] and Russian Orlan-M spacesuits. The Airlock [consists] of three major components, the airlock itself which was very similar to the Space Shuttle airlock, the equipment bay which was a short section of module of equal diameter to other US modules, and external air tanks which could be replaced periodically to provide air for the airlock to operate.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
OBS

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

Spanish

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