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TARS [5 records]

Record 1 2024-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations
OBS

One of several ground stations, located in Japan and Australia, for determining the distance to a satellite by the response time to a radio signal, and determining the position of a satellite by triangulation.

CONT

The ground stations other than the CDA [Control and Data Acquisition] were unmanned and known as turn-around ranging stations (TARS) ... This system of three ground stations provided three slant ranges to the satellite that allowed the location of the satellite to be determined geometrically ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes
OBS

Une des stations au sol, situées au Japon et en Australie, permettant par le procédé de triangulation de déterminer la distance d'un satellite (en mesurant le temps de réponse d'un signal radio) et de le localiser.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Air Forces
OBS

technical authorization record set; TARS: term and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Forces aériennes
OBS

dossier d’autorisation technique; DAT : terme et abréviation d’usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Informatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Informatique
Key term(s)
  • SPRAT
  • Système de production de rapports sur les activités de traitement

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
OBS

Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement.

Spanish

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