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BAF [4 records]

Record 1 2005-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres
OBS

The various segments of the booster are carried by a special transporter from the UPG [Guiana propellant] plant to this special building, where they are prepared, assembled in vertical position on their pallets (to which they remain attached throughout the preparation until lift-off) and equipped by the French/Italian company EUROPROPULSION.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux
CONT

L'ELA [Ensemble de Lancement Ariane] 3 a donc été conçu en 4 zones essentielles :-Une zone d’intégration des Étages d’Accélération à Poudre plus industrielle : le Bâtiment d’Intégration des Propulseurs(BIP) ;-Une zone d’intégration du composite inférieur du lanceur : le Bâtiment d’Intégration Lanceur(BIL) ;-Une zone d’intégration complète du lanceur et de ses charges utiles : le Bâtiment d’Assemblage Final(BAF) ;-Une zone de lancement où s’effectuent les opérations de préparation, avec en particulier, le remplissage des réservoirs en ergols cryotechniques et le lancement proprement dit.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
DEF

Bâtiment climatisé permettant l’assemblage du composite supérieur (satellites sous coiffe) sur la partie inférieure du lanceur.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A surcharge expressed either as a percentage of the freight or a price per cargo tonne w/m, added when fuel prices increase above the level allowed for by air or shipping lines in their freight rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • frais de soute
  • BAF

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte por agua
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

Influye en el cálculo del flete.

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Record 4 1996-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

United Nations Development Programme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
OBS

Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
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