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WALLOPS STATION [3 records]

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Record 1 2019-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Space Centres
OBS

[It is] a rocket launch site on the eastern shore of Virginia ... The Wallops facility operated under NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., until it became part of the nearby NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1981.

OBS

In 1974, the Wallops Station was named Wallops Flight Center. The name was changed to Wallops Flight Facility in 1981, when it became part of Goddard Space Flight Center.

Key term(s)
  • Wallops Flight Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Centres spatiaux
OBS

Centre spatial qui, depuis 1981, fait partie des installations du Goddard Space Flight Center de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) et est situé dans l’État de Virginie aux États-Unis.

OBS

En 1974, Wallops Station devient Wallops Flight Center et est rebaptisé Wallops Flight Facility en 1981.

OBS

centre spatial Wallops; centre spatial de Wallops Island : bien que ces termes soient utilisés, ils ne sont pas officiels.

Key term(s)
  • Wallops Flight Centre

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Office Automation
OBS

The GOES WEFAX image products are generated at the NOAA facilities in Suitland, Maryland, and then transmitted on the Facsimile Transmission System to the Wallops Island, Virginia station, which uplinks the signal to the GOES satellites for final distribution to users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Des produits GOES WEFAX sont fabriqués au Centre NOAA de Suitland, Maryland, puis transmis sur le Système de Transmission Fac-similé à la station Virginia, île Wallops, qui émet le signal vers les satellites GOES pour distribution finale aux utilisateur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Teleprinters and Telex Networks
  • Telecommunications Transmission
CONT

Local health departments ... are linked to health care providers, and community health and emergency response agencies through e-mail and a rapid telefax system that is used to communicate information and coordinate an emergency response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléimprimeurs et réseau télex
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
CONT

Des produits GOES WEFAX sont fabriqués [...] puis transmis sur le Système de Transmission Fac-similé à la station Virginia, île Wallops, qui émet le signal vers les satellites GOES pour distribution finale aux utilisateurs.

Spanish

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