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Ground Support Systems and Facilities (Space)

Used For:

accelerators (aerospace)
assembly buildings
astronaut training facilities
automatic picture transmission (APT) ground stations
block houses
checkout facilities (space)
checkout systems (space)
clean rooms (space)
deep space instrumentation facilities
development facilities (space)
electromagnetic launchers (facilities)
engine test blocks (space)
engine test stands (space)
extraterrestrial bases
flight simulators (space)
gravity simulators
ground support equipment (space)
ground support facilities (space)
ground support systems (space)
ground support vehicles (space)
high temperature test facilities (space)
laser range finder facilities
laser space communications facilities
launch complexes
launch facilities
launch pads and bases
launch towers
launch vehicle simulators
light gas guns (launch facilities)
low temperature test facilities (space)
lunar and planetary bases
lunar gravity simulators
lunar roving vehicles
maintenance facilities (space based, ground based)
mobile lunar laboratories
mobile planetary laboratories
mobile transporters
optical tracking stations
overhaul facilities (space)
payload operations and support
planetary roving vehicles
pressure test facilities (space)
rail accelerators, railguns, launchers (applications)
range safety
recovery equipment and vehicles
remote launch monitoring facilities
repair facilities (space based, ground based)
research facilities (space)
rocket engine test pads
rocket sleds
rocket test facilities
rover vehicles
shuttlecraft landing facilities
simulators (space)
solar heating simulators
solar simulators
space facility for cryogenic materials
space research facilities
space simulators
space vacuum simulators
spacecraft maintenance facilities
spacecraft production facilities
spacecraft simulators
spaceport planning
spaceports
special vehicles (land, sea, air) (used as bases and for
transportation or rescue of astronautics or
astronautic-oriented equipment)
storage facilities for propellants and cryogenics
structures test facilities (space)
support facilities
surface exploration vehicles
temperature test facilities (space)
test facilities (space)
test range facilities
test ranges
umbilical towers
vacuum test facilities
wind tunnel test facilities (launch and space vehicles)
wind tunnel tests (launch and space vehicles)

Broader Terms:

Astronautics

Scope Note

Includes launch complexes, research and production facilities; ground support equipment, e.g., mobile transporters; and test chambers and simulators. Also includes extraterrestrial bases and supporting equipment. For related information see also 09 Research and Support Facilities (Air).

Date Last Modified

2007-01-11