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GNSS [2 records]

Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) provide accurate position, velocity and time information that is readily accessible at ground level to anyone with a receiver.

OBS

The most commonly known and used satellite navigation system is GPS [American] - but other systems are also available: GLONASS (the Russian system) and EGNOS (the European wide area augmentation system). The European Union and the European Space Agency are now investing in a European satellite navigation system called Galileo.

OBS

global navigation satellite system; GNSS: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
OBS

système mondial de navigation par satellite; GNSS : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lanzamiento y maniobras en el espacio
DEF

Sistema de captura, almacenamiento, comprobación, integración, análisis, tratamiento y presentación de información digital en relación con la navegación (aérea, marítima o terrestre) sobre la tierra.

OBS

Se distingue entre [el] "Sistema de posicionamiento global", de origen [estadounidense], con su versión avanzada denominada "sistema de posicionamiento global diferencial" que emplea una señal correctiva ("diferencial") para mejorar la precisión[,] su homólogo ruso " GLONASS" [y] su homólogo europeo "Galileo".

OBS

sistema global de navegación por satélite: Término y definición propuestos por la Asociación Mundial de la Carretera.

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Record 2 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
OBS

Great Northern Ski Society went bankrupt in 2013. It was then replaced by the Friends of Mount Sima.

Key term(s)
  • Ski Society of the Great Northern

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Ski et surf des neiges
Key term(s)
  • Ski Society of the Great Northern

Spanish

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