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Space Station Abbreviations
A
AACS:
Attitude & Articulation Control Subsystem.
AAF:
AAF: Association Astronautique Francaise.
AAS: American Astronautical Society.
ABL:
Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory.
ABMA:
Army Ballistic Missile Agency (USA).
ACS: Attitude
Control System.
AIAA:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(USA).
AIDAA:
Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica.
ALSEP:
Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package
AOCS:
Attitude & Orbit Control System
ARS:
American Rocket Society (USA).
ASAT: Anti-satellite
ATDA:
Agena Target Docking Adapter
B
BIS:
British Interplanetary Society.
BOL: Beginning
Of Life.
BD: Binary digit.
C
CAS:
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
CAST:
Chinese Academy of Space Technology.
CAT:
Capsule Ariane Technologique.
CCD: Charged
Coupled Device.
CDS: Command
& Data Subsystem.
CEO: Close Earth
Orbit.
CETI:
Communication with Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
CM: Command Module.
CNES:
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France).
CO: Circular Orbit.
COSPAR:
The Committee on Space Research (established October
1958).
CSA:
Chinese Society of Astronautics.
CSAA:
Chinese Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
CSM: Command/Service
Module.
D
DC: Direct Current
Delta
V: Difference or change in velocity
DGLR:
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Luft-und Raumfahrt
DOD: Department
of Defense (USA).
DOF: Degrees
Of Freedom.
DSN: Deep Space
Network.
E
ECM:
Electromagnetic Countermeasures.
EDT: Eastern
Daylight Time.
EELV:
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle.
ELDO:
European Launcher Development Organization
ELV: Expendable
Launch Vehicle.
EMU:
Extravehicular Mobility Unit.
EOL: End Of Life
ESA: European
Space Agency
ESMC:
Eastern Space and Missile Center.
EST: Eastern
Standard Time
EVA: Extravehicular
Activity
F
FOBS:
Fractional Orbit Bombardment System.
FOV: Field Of View.
FY: Fiscal Year
G
GALCIT:
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory of the California
Institute of Technology.
GATV:
Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle
GE:
General Electric Company of the USA.
GEO:
Geostationary Orbit. Also abbreviated GO.
GH2: Gaseous Hydrogen
GHz:
Gigahertz, equal to one billion hertz
GMT: Greenwich
Mean Time.
GN&C:
Guidance, Navigation and Control.
GO:
Geostationary Orbit. Also abbreviated GEO.
GOX: Gaseous Oxygen
GSFC:
Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, Maryland).
GSO: Geosynchronous
Orbit.
GTO:
Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
H
H2O2: Hydrogen
Peroxide
HGA: High-Gain
Antenna.
HTP: High Test
Peroxide.
HTPB:
Hydroxy-terminator polybutadiene.
I
IAA:
Indian Astronautical Association.
IAA:
International Academy of Astronautics (established
August 1960).
IAF:
International Astronautical Federation (formally
inaugurated 1951).
IC: Integrated
Circuit.
ICBM:
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (range >5,500
km).
IGY:
International Geophysical Year (1957-58).
IMU: Inertial
Measurement Unit.
IR: Infrared.
IRBM:
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (range 2,400-5,500
km).
IRFNA:
Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid
ISAS:
Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science
ISP:
Specific Impulse. Also abbreviated SI.
ISRO:
Indian Space Research Organization.
J
JAXA:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JPL: Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
JSC: Johnson
Space Center (Houston, Texas).
K
KHz:
Kilohertz, equal to 1,000 Hertz.
KSC: Kennedy
Space Center (Florida).
KT:
Kilotonne, equal to 1,000 tonnes.
L
LC: Launch Center.
LEO: Low Earth Orbit.
LGA: Low-Gain Antenna.
LH2: Liquid Hydrogen.
LiOH: Lithium
Hydroxide
LM: Lunar Module.
LO2:
Liquid Oxygen. Also abbreviated LOX.
LOI: Lunar
Orbit Insertion
LOX:
Liquid Oxygen. Also abbreviated LO2.
LRBM:
Long Range Ballistic Missile.
LRV: Lunar
Roving Vehicle.
LT: Launch Time.
LV: Launch Vehicle
M
MeV:
One million electron volts.
MHz:
Megahertz, equal to one million hertz.
MMH: Monomethyl
Hydrazine
MMU: Manned
Maneuvering Unit.
MRBM:
Medium Range Ballistic Missile
MSFC:
Marshall Space Flight Center
MT:
Megatonne, equal to 1 million tonnes.
MT: Moscow Time.
N
N2O4:
Nitrogen Tetroxide. Also abbreviated NTO
NAL:
National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan.
NASA:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NASDA:
National Space Development Agency (Japan).
NiCd: Nickel Cadmium
NORAD:
North American Air Defense Command (USA).
NRC: National
Research Council (USA).
NTO:
Nitrogen Tetroxide. Also abbreviated N2O4.
O
OMS:
Orbital Maneuvering System.
OTM: Orbit Trim
Maneuver.
OTRAG:
Orbital Transport- und Raketen- Atktiengesellsschaft.
OWLT: One-Way
Light Time.
P
P & W: Pratt
and Whitney (USA).
PBAN:
Polybutadiene acrylic acid acrylonitrile.
PDT: Pacific
Daylight Time
PLSS:
Portable Life Support System.
PO: Polar Orbit.
Ppm: Parts per
million
PST: Pacific
Standard Time.
PTC: Passive
Thermal Control.
Q
Quasars: Quasi-stellar objects
R
RCS: Reaction
Control System.
RD: Reaktivnyi
Dvigatel.
Rem: Roentgen
Equivalent Man
RF: Radio Frequency.
RFNA: Red
Fuming Nitric Acid
RLV: Reusable
Launch Vehicle
RTG:
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator.
RTLT: Round-Trip
Light Time.
RV: Reentry Vehicle.
S
SAR: Synthetic
Aperture Radar.
SCADA:
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SEP:
Societe Europeene de Propulsion (France).
SETI:
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.
SIS:
Satellite Interceptor System.
SL: Sea Level.
SLBM:
Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile.
SM: Service Module.
SRB: Solid
Rocket Booster
SRBM:
Short Range Ballistic Missile (range <800 km>).
SRC: Science
Research Council (UK).
SSO: Sun-Synchronous
Orbit.
SSPO:
Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbit
T
TCM:
Trajectory Corrective Maneuver.
TEI: Trans-Earth
Injection.
TLI: Trans-Lunar
Injection.
TNT:
Trinitrotoluene, a high explosive
TT&C:
Tracking, Telemetry and Command.
TVC: Thrust
Vector Control.
U
UDMH:
Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine
UHF: Ultrahigh
Frequency
UT: Universal Time.
UTC:
United Technologies Corporation
UTC:
Universal Time Coordinated.
UV: Ultraviolet
V
VFR:
Verein fur Raumschiffahrt e. V. (Germany).
VHF: Very High
Frequency
VLBI: Very
Long Baseline Interferometer
W
WFNA: White Fuming Nitric Acid
X
XUV:
eXtreme UltraViolet
XPI:
X-ray Polarimeter Instrument
XMM:
X-ray Multi-mirror Mission
Y
YSO:
Young Stellar Object
YSG:
Yellow Super Gaint Star
Z
ZHR:
Zenith Hourly Rate
ZAMS:
Zero Age Main Sequence