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ASTRONAUTIQUE [26 records]

Record 1 2024-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Astronautics
CONT

Astronautical engineers are specialized aerospace engineers that are responsible for designing, developing and testing vehicles and equipment that operate outside of the earth's atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Astronautique
CONT

L'astronautique est l'étude de la navigation et des technologies nécessaires pour voyager dans l'espace. Les ingénieurs en astronautique conçoivent des véhicules spatiaux et des systèmes de propulsion pour l'exploration spatiale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
DEF

The science of the construction and operation of vehicles for travel in space beyond the earth's atmosphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
CONT

L'astronautique est la branche de la science et de la technique qui traite de l'envoi de vaisseaux [et] de sondes au-delà de l'atmosphère terrestre dans le cadre de l'exploration spatiale [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astronáutica
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Record 3 2010-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
DEF

The period in which space exploration has been possible (i.e. since the launch of Sputnik 1, on October 1957).

OBS

Capitalization. References to cultural ages are usually capitalized. However, contemporary references are not usually capitalized unless they appear together with a capitalized reference. [e.g.:] The course spans the development of civilization from the Stone Age to the Space Age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
CONT

Le Canada s’est impliqué très tôt dans la conquête de l’espace en lançant son tout premier satellite, Alouette, le 29 septembre 1962. Il devenait ainsi le troisième pays à se lancer dans l’ère de l’espace, après les États-Unis et la Russie.

Key term(s)
  • Ère spatiale

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Aeroindustry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
Key term(s)
  • cis-orbital astronautics

French

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

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Astronautics
  • Air Transport
OBS

The nonprofit AIAA is the principal society and voice serving the aerospace profession. Its primary purpose is to advance the arts, sciences, and technology of aeronautics and astronautics and to foster and promote the professionalism of those engaged in these pursuits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Astronautique
  • Transport aérien
Key term(s)
  • Institut américain d’aéronautique et d’astronautique

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Astronautics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Astronautique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Astronáutica
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Record 12 2002-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Space Centres
CONT

ISAS utilizes "aerodynamic lifting bodies" to conduct space research and observations, and is developing launch vehicles and satellites for such purposes. In its former guise as part of Tokyo University Institute of Industrial Science in 1955, the organization conducted the horizontal flight tests of pencil rockets, and as Tokyo University Aerospace Research Center, it launched Japan's first artificial satellite, Ohsumi, in 1970. These entities disappeared in 1981 in a "progressive amalgamation" under the direct control of the Ministry of Education. The head office of ISAS is at Sagamigahara in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the test range is at Uchinoura in Kagoshima Prefecture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Centres spatiaux
CONT

Avec sa seule station de suivi au sol, à Villafranca (Espagne), l'ESA ne pouvait bénéficier que de 13 h d'observation par jour. Un accord est intervenu avec l'Institut de science spatiale et d'astronautique (ISAS) du Japon. Cet accord entérine l'extension du soutien des opérations en vol d'ISO que doit assurer l'ISAS en contrepartie de 0,5 h par jour d'utilisation d'ISO par les scientifiques japonais.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law on Use of Air Space
  • Astronautics
DEF

space law: rules accepted by nations in conducting activities in outer space and on celestial bodies.

CONT

As part of international law, the law of outer space is meant to regulate relations between States, to determine their rights and duties resulting from all activities directed towards outer space and within it and to do so in the interest of mankind as a whole, to offer protection to life, terrestrial and non-terrestrial, wherever it may exist. Outer space is to be viewed as an overall notion and celestial bodies as parts of it.

CONT

The Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University in Montreal is the only place on this planet where an aspiring lawyer can enroll in a full-time post-graduate degree program.

OBS

space law: term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit aérien
  • Astronautique
DEF

Ensemble des règles concernant les relations dans l'espace extra-atmosphérique (ces règles sont, en principe, des règles internationales, parce qu'il s'agit d'un espace accessible à tous et qui ne se trouve sous aucun pouvoir étatique territorial).

OBS

droit astronautique : Ce droit comprendrait «la circulation interplanétaire et intersidérale».

OBS

droit interplanétaire : Ce droit comprendrait «la prise de possession elle-même des lieux sans maîtres extraterrestres et l'exploitation des corps solides».

OBS

droit de l'espace : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 14 1997-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law on Use of Air Space
CONT

The only place on this planet where an aspiring space lawyer can enroll in a full-time post-graduate degree program is the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University in Montreal. Lawyers from 121 countries have graduated from the institute since its beginnings in 1951, and they now work for governments, space agencies, and in private practice.

CONT

Space lawyers focus on commercial contracts and intellectual property rights in communications, remote sensing and manufacturing in microgravity.

OBS

Espionage, breach of contract, homicide - since escaping gravity does not diminish the human capacity for crime - any conflict conceivable on Earth could one day be played out in space, and someone has to ensure that space travellers from countries as different as Canada, Russia, Japan, the U.S. and Europe play by common rules.

Key term(s)
  • intergalactic judge
  • space jury
  • space law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit aérien
OBS

droit aérien, droit spatial

Key term(s)
  • droit astronautique
  • droit spatial

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Astronautics
OBS

Organized in cooperation with the Government of Austria and IAF [International Astronautical Federation], held at Graz (Austria) from 15 to 17 October 1993.

Key term(s)
  • United Nations-International Astronautical Federation Workshop on Organizing Space Activities in Developing Countries
  • UN-IAF Workshop on Organizing Space Activities in Developing Countries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Astronautique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de cursos
  • Astronáutica
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Record 16 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Congress Titles
  • Astronautics
OBS

Montreal, 6-12 October 1991. IAF [International Astronautical Federation]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de congrès
  • Astronautique
OBS

FIA [Fédération internationale d'astronautique]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de congresos
  • Astronáutica
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Record 17 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symposium Titles
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spacecraft
OBS

11-12 February 1985.

Key term(s)
  • International Astronautical Federation / Committee on Space Research symposium on satellite detection of land surface properties
  • COSPAR/IAF symposium on satellite detection of land surface properties

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de symposiums
  • Télédétection
  • Engins spatiaux
Key term(s)
  • Colloque COSPAR/FIA sur la télédétection par satellite des propriétés de la surface terrestre
  • Colloque de la Fédération internationale d’astronautique et du Comité de la recherche spatiale sur la télédétection par satellite des propriétés de la surface terrestre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de simposios
  • Teledetección
  • Naves espaciales
Key term(s)
  • Simposio de la Federación Internacional de Astronáutica y del Comité de Investigaciones Espaciales relativo a la detección por satélites de las características de la superficie terrestre
  • Simposio COSPAR/FIA relativo a la detección por satélites de las características de la superficie terrestre
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Record 18 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Astronautics
OBS

Organized in cooperation with the Government of Austria and IAF, held at Graz (Austria) from October 15 to 17 1993.

Key term(s)
  • United Nations-International Astronautics Federation Workshop on Organizing Space Activities in Developing Countries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Astronautique
Key term(s)
  • Atelier ONU-Fédération internationale d’astronautique sur l'organisation d’activités spatiales dans les pays en développement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de cursos
  • Astronáutica
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Record 19 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • Astronautics
Key term(s)
  • UN/IAF/COSPAR Workshop on Space Technology for Development - Making It Happen

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Astronautique
Key term(s)
  • Séminaire de l’ONU/FIA/COSPAR sur le thème "Les techniques spatiales au service du développement: moyens de concrétiser leur contribution"

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
  • Astronáutica
Key term(s)
  • Curso Práctico de la ONU, la FIA y COSPAR sobre la forma de aplicar tecnologías espaciales al desarrollo
  • Curso Práctico ONU/FIA/COSPAR sobre la forma de aplicar tecnologías espaciales al desarrollo
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Record 20 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Astronautics
OBS

CSA, CIECS, SUPARCO and Thailand MOTC organized the Asia- Pacific Workshop on Multilateral Cooperation in Space Technology and Applications, held at Beijing, 30 Nov-5 Dec 92.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Astronautique
Key term(s)
  • Société chinoise d’astronautique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Astronáutica
Key term(s)
  • Sociedad de Astronáutica China
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Record 21 1993-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 22 1992-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
OBS

held in Montreal in October 1991

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions

Spanish

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Record 23 1986-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
OBS

JOT

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions

Spanish

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Record 24 1985-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
Key term(s)
  • United Auto Workers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Nom changé 1982 de Syndicat international des travailleurs unis de l'automobile, de l'aéronautique, de l'astronautique et des instruments aratoires d'Amérique.

Key term(s)
  • Travailleurs unis de l’automobile

Spanish

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Record 25 1980-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
DEF

of or pertaining to astronautics or astronauts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
CONT

La science astronautique.

Spanish

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Record 26 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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