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Italian Aerospace Research Centre, the Glossary

The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali - CIRA) is a consortium established in July 1984 to promote the growth and success of the aerospace industry in Italy (its head-office is in Capua).^[1]

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15 relations: Aerospace, Atmospheric entry, Capua, Computer simulation, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, European Space Agency, Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle, Italian Space Agency, Italy, Low Earth orbit, National Research Council (Italy), Space.com, Spaceplane, Transonic, Vega (rocket).
Companies based in Campania

Aerospace

Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space.

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Atmospheric entry

Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.

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Capua

Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.

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Computer simulation

Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system.

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Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

The Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) is an Italian research centre dedicated to climate and climate related research, including climate variability, its causes and consequences, carried out through numerical models ranging from Global Earth System to Regional models within the Euro-Mediterranean area. Italian Aerospace Research Centre and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change are research institutes in Italy.

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European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.

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The Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) is a European Space Agency (ESA) experimental suborbital re-entry vehicle.

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Italian Space Agency

The Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Low Earth orbit

A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.

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National Research Council (Italy)

The National Research Council (Italian: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR) is the largest research council in Italy.

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Space.com

Space.com is an online publication focused on space exploration, astronomy, skywatching and entertainment, with editorial teams based in the United States and United Kingdom.

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Spaceplane

A spaceplane is a vehicle that can fly and glide like an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and maneuver like a spacecraft in outer space.

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Transonic

Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at a speed that generates regions of both subsonic and supersonic airflow around that object.

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Vega (rocket)

Vega (Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata, Vecteur européen de génération avancée) is an expendable small-lift launch vehicle operated by Arianespace, produced by Avio, and jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Aerospace_Research_Centre

Also known as Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali.