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GAP-FILLER [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

... is facing demands on its weather satellite program from several fronts. The service is planning a gapfiller satellite that would launch as early as 2018 to provide ocean surface vector wind data, for example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
DEF

Satellite qui assure la continuité du service entre la fin d'exploitation, programmée ou accidentelle, d'un satellite et le début d'exploitation de son remplaçant.

OBS

satellite intérimaire : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 28 juin 2017.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-07-04

English

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

A radar used to supplement the coverage of the principal radar in areas where coverage is inadequate.

OBS

gap filler radar: term standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Défense aérienne
DEF

Radar utilisé pour compléter la couverture obtenue par des radars principaux là où celle-ci est insuffisante.

OBS

radar de couverture complémentaire : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Defensa aérea
DEF

Radar empleado para completar la cobertura de los radares principales en las zonas donde esa cobertura es insuficiente.

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