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  2. Launch status check - Wikipedia

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    For Space Shuttle missions, in the firing room at the Launch Control Center, the NASA Test Director (NTD) performed this check via a voice communications link with other NASA personnel. The NTD was the leader of the shuttle test team responsible for directing and integrating all flight crew, orbiter, external tank/solid rocket booster and ...

  3. Launch vehicle system tests - Wikipedia

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    Both were explicitly booked as wet dress rehearsals, but with the option to proceed to a static fire test. The second wet dress rehearsal on 24 January 2018 led to a full 12-second static fire test of the 27 engines of the Falcon Heavy — a much longer static fire test than the typical 3–7 second duration tests SpaceX uses for the Falcon 9. [8]

  4. Gregory Charvat - Wikipedia

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    Charvat is best known for his through-wall radar imaging system [1] [2] and his project-based MIT short-course on radar, where each student builds their own radar system. [3] [4] This radar course has been adopted by numerous other universities and institutions. Charvat is also well known in the hacker and maker community for developing radar ...

  5. MOT test - Wikipedia

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    Approved MOT test stations must display the blue "three triangles" logo. The MOT test (or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in the United Kingdom for most vehicles over three years old. In Northern Ireland the equivalent requirement applies after four years. [1]

  6. Vehicle inspection - Wikipedia

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    The MOT test (from Ministry of Transport, the former name of the Department for Transport) is a mandatory annual test of safety, road worthiness and exhaust emissions for vehicles over three years old. It is enforced by linking the official MOT database to the payment of Vehicle Excise Duty tax. Prior to November 2014 a tax disc had to be ...

  7. Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders - Wikipedia

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    In July 1972 it started the Motor Vehicle Registration Information System (MVRIS), which works on behalf of the government to collate data about new registrations of vehicles. [3] Data is obtained from vehicle manufacturers and/or importers and the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Figures are released on the fourth working day of every month ...

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  9. 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia

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    The ACO continued the Garage 56 concept, started in 2012. Garage 56 allows a 56th entry to the race, using the rigours of the 24 Hours of Le Mans to test new technology. The ACO announced during 2013 that the Nissan Motor Company's Nismo division had been granted the Garage 56 entry for 2014. [12]