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PORTO ESPACIAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2025-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres
  • Collaboration with WIPO
DEF

A site on which are located the facilities required for the launch of spacecraft and the piloted landing of aerospace vehicles.

OBS

cosmodrome: This designation is mainly used to refer to facilities located in Russia or another country that was part of the Soviet Union.

Key term(s)
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French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux
  • Collaboration avec l'OMPI
DEF

Lieu où sont réunies les installations destinées au lancement d'engins spatiaux et à l'atterrissage piloté de véhicules aérospatiaux.

OBS

cosmodrome : Cette désignation est principalement utilisée lorsqu'il est question d'installations situées en Russie ou dans un autre pays qui faisait partie de l'Union soviétique.

OBS

port spatial; base spatiale : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 31 décembre 2005.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centros espaciales
  • Colaboración con la OMPI
CONT

A partir de 1970[,] nuevos países aparecen en la escena mundial con cohetes propios[,] aunque basados en las técnicas conocidas[,] como son China, Japón, India y Brasil. China desarrolla el CZ-2 (larga marcha) con la ayuda de la URSS [Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas], que en 1985 despegó por vez primera de la base espacial de Jiuquam y el CZ-3 cuya configuración se asemeja al lanzador americano Titán II.

OBS

base espacial: designación validada por un experto de la Comisión de Terminología, Sociedad Española de Astronomía, España.

OBS

cosmódromo: designación utilizada para hacer referencia a bases espaciales en Rusia y en los países de la antigua Unión Soviética.

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