Acronyms Flashcards
(500 cards)
1
Q
.2lb REA
A
.2lbf Thruster
2
Q
/
A
&
3
Q
/
A
And
4
Q
5lb REA
A
5lbf Thruster
5
Q
A
A
Amperes OR Amp
6
Q
AAD
A
Autonomous Attitude Determination
7
Q
Abbrev
A
Defintion
8
Q
Accel
A
Acceleration
9
Q
Acclmtrs
A
Accekerometers
10
Q
Accom
A
Accomidation
11
Q
ACO
A
Administrative Contracting Officer
12
Q
ACS
A
Attitude Control System
13
Q
ACS
A
Attitude Control Subsystem
14
Q
ADCS
A
Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem
15
Q
ADS
A
Attitude Determination Software
16
Q
AE
A
Approach Elipsoid
17
Q
AES
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
18
Q
AGC
A
Automatic Gain Control
19
Q
AI&T
A
Assembly, Integration & Test
20
Q
AIT
A
Assembly, Integration & Test
21
Q
ALC
A
Automatic Level Control
22
Q
Algorth
A
Algorithm
23
Q
AMT
A
ATS Management Tool
24
Q
Anlys
A
Analysis
25
Anom
Anomaly
26
Ant
Antenna
27
AON
Angles Only Navigation
28
APM
Active Power Management
29
ARO
After Receipt of Order
30
Asmt
Assessment
31
Assur
Assurance
32
ASSY
Assembly
33
ATP
Acceptance Test Procedure
34
ATS
Absolute Time Sequence
35
Aus
Australia
36
Avi
Avionics
37
AZ
Azimuth
38
BATT
Battery
39
BAU
Baseband Avionics Unit
40
BAU
Baseband Avionics Unit
41
BBA
Battery Boost Assembly
42
BBC
Battery Boost Converter
43
BBE
Baseband Electronics
44
BBU
Baseband Unit
45
BC
Bus Controller
46
BCA
Boost Control Assembly
47
BCI
Boom Compression Indicator
48
BCU
Bus Control Unit
49
BDC
Block Downconverter
50
BIE
Battery Interface Electronics
51
BIT
Build In Test
52
BMOC
Backup Mission Operations Center
53
BNA
Broadcast Satellite Services, Australia coverage, Polarization Plan A
54
BNB
Broadcast Satellite Services, Australia coverage, Polarization Plan B
55
BNBNZ
Broadcast Satellite Services, Australia and New Zealand coverage, Polarization Plan B
56
BNZA
Broadcast Satellite Services, New Zealand coverage, Polarization Plan A
57
BNZB
Broadcast Satellite Services, New Zealand coverage, Polarization Plan B
58
BOB
Break Out Box
59
BOL
Beginning of Life
60
BOM
Beginning of Mission
61
BOP
Break Out Panel
62
BPR
Base-Panel REA(s)
63
BRIU
Bus Remote Interface Unit
64
Brn
Burn
65
BSS
Broadcast Satellite Services
66
BTI
Boom Tension Indicator
67
BTRD
Bus Test Requirements Documents
68
BTX
Beacon Transmitter
69
BUC
Block Upconverter
70
C
Celsius
71
C&C
Command and Control
72
C.G.
Center of Gravity
73
C/I
Carrier to Interference Ratio
74
CAMP
Channel Amplifier / Driver
75
CART
Cebtrial Archiver Retreival tool
76
Catbed
Catalytic Bed
77
CBE
Current Best Estimate
78
CBH
Capture Box Hold
79
CCA
Circuit Card Assembly
80
CCSDS
Consultative Committee for Space Data System
81
CCW
Counter Clock-Wise
82
CDH (a/k/a C&DH)
Command & Data Handling
83
CDR
Critical Design Review
84
CE
Chief Engineer
85
CG
Center of Gravity
86
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
87
Char
Characterization
88
CHG
Charge
89
Chk
Check
90
CKOS
Colocation Keep Out Sphere
91
CLD
Command Logic Demodulator
92
CLV
Latch Valve
93
cm
Centimeter
94
CM
Center of Mass
95
CMD (a/k/a Cmd)
Command
96
CMOS
Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
97
Cmpl
Compliance
98
CMRC
C-Band Command Receiver
99
CMRK
Ku-Band Command Receiver
100
Cnfg
Configuration
101
CogE
Cognizant Engineer
102
COLA
COLlision Avoidance
103
Comp
Component
104
Conn
Connect
105
ConOps
Concept of Operations
106
Cons
Console
107
Cont
Contract
108
Contam
Contamination
109
Convt
Converters
110
COP
Command Operation Protocol
111
COPUOS
Committee On the Peaceful Use of Outer Space
112
Cor
Core
113
Corrn
Corroison
114
COSW
C-Band Output Switch
115
COTE
Checkout Test Equipment
116
CP
Chemical Propulsion
117
CPOR
Chemical Propulsion Orbit Raising
118
CRA
Charge Regulator Assembly
119
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
120
Crd
Coordination
121
CRF
C Band Receiver Filter
122
CRX
Command Receiver
123
CSBA
C-Band Switch Band Assembly
124
CSC
Computer Software Component
125
CSS
Coarse Sun Sensor
126
CSSA
Coarse Sun Sensor Assys
127
CSSPA
C-Band SSPA
128
CTE
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
129
CTF
C Band Transmitter Filter
130
CTI
Computer Telephony Integration
131
CTR
Command, Telemetry and Ranging
132
Ctrl
Control
133
CTX
Cortex
134
CURR
Current
135
Cust
Customer
136
CV
Client Vehicle
137
CVS
Combined Vehicle Stack
138
CW
Clock-Wise
139
DC
Direct Current
140
Deg
Degree
141
DeltaV
Delta Velocity
142
Dem
Demand
143
Dev
Development
144
DFA
Docking Floodlight Assembly
145
DFMR
Design for Minimum Risk
146
DIAG
Diagnostics
147
DIP
Dual In-line Package
148
Disint
Disintegration
149
Dlvr
Delivery
150
DMT
Dual Mode Thruster
151
Doc
Documentation
152
DOD
Depth of Discharge
153
DOF
Degrees of Freedom
154
DP
Derived Parameter
155
Draw
Drawings
156
DRM
Design Reference Mission
157
DSC
Deployment Switch Card
158
DSG
Digital Scene Generator
159
DSM
Docked Safe Mode
160
Dsn
Design
161
DSS
Dynamic Satellite Simulator
162
DSV
Dynamic Satellite Visualizer
163
Dtbs
Database
164
Dtl
Detail
165
DVC
Visible Camera Electronics Box
166
DVR
IR Camera Electronics Box
167
DW
DataWord
168
E/W
East / West
169
E_PDU
Encapsulation Protocol Data Unit
170
EAS
Events and Alarms System
171
ECD
Estimated Date of Completion
172
ECI
Earth Centered Inertial
173
ECN
Engineering Change Notice
174
EDAC
Error Detection And Correction circuitry
175
EDU
Engineering Development Unit OR Engineering Design Unit
176
EED
Electro Explosive Device
177
EEE
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromagnetic
178
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
179
EGSE
Electrical Ground Support Equipment
180
EHMANI
Even Half Manifold
181
EHT
Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster
182
EICD
Electrical Interface Control Drawing
183
EIRP
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
184
EL
Elevation
185
Elec
Electric
186
Elect
Electronics
187
ELF
Error Log Failure
188
Elm
Elements
189
EMC
Electrometric Capability
190
EMI
Electro-Magnetic Interference
191
Eng
Engineering
192
Envmt
Enviroments
193
EOL
End of Life
194
EOM
End of Mission
195
EP
Electric Propulsion
196
EPC
Electrical Power Control / Conditioner
197
EPOR
Electric Propulsion Orbit Raising
198
EPS
Electrical Power Subsystem
199
EPSK
Electric Propulsion Station Keeping
200
EPSN
EPS North Panel
201
EPSS
EPS South Panel
202
EQSR
Equipment Qualification Status Review
203
Equip
Equipment
204
ERM
Ejector Release Mechanism
205
Err
Error(s)
206
ESA
Earth Sensor Assembly OR European Space Agency
207
ESD
Electro-Static Discharge
208
ESDPA
ESD Protection Assembly
209
ETB
Environmental Test Bay
210
ETE
End-to-End
211
EW
East-West
212
EWSK
East-West Stationkeeping
213
Excd
Exceedence
214
Exp
Experiment
215
FA
Flight Assurance
216
Fac
Facility
217
Fail
Failure
218
FAM
Flight Assurance Manager
219
FC
Flight Computer
220
FC A
Flight Computer A
221
FC B
Flight Computer B
222
FCM
Flight Computer Monitor
223
FD
Fault Detector
224
FDC (a/k/a FD&C)
Fault Detection and Correction
225
FDS
Flight Dynamics Subsystem
226
FEM
Finite Element Model
227
FET
Field Effect Transistor
228
FGU
Frequency Generator Unit
229
FH
Far Hold
230
FIFO
First In First Out
231
FIST
Final Integrated System Test
232
Flt
Flight
233
FLTR
Filter
234
FM
Flight Model
235
FMEA
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
236
FMSA
Fault Management & System Autonomy
237
FNA
Fixed Satellite Services, Australia coverage, Polarization Plan A
238
FNB
Fixed Satellite Services, Australia coverage, Polarization Plan B
239
FNBNZ
Fixed Satellite Services, Australia and New Zealand coverage, Polarization Plan B
240
FNZA
Fixed Satellite Services, New Zealand coverage, Polarization Plan A
241
FNZB
Fixed Satellite Services, New Zealand coverage, Polarization Plan B
242
FOV
Field of View
243
FPA
Fuse Protection Assembly
244
FR
Far Rendezvous
245
FRB
Failure Review Board
246
Freq
Frequency
247
FROM
Full Range of Motion
248
FSS (1)
Fine Sun Sensor
249
FSS (2)
Fixed Satellite Services
250
FSW
Flight Software
251
FtDy
Flight Dynamics
252
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
253
FUELTANK
Hydrazine Tank
254
G/T
Gain over Temperature
255
GAr
Gaesous Argon
256
GCM
Ground Control Mode
257
GCS
Ground Control System
258
GEB1
GEO slot Entry Burn
259
GEB2
GEO slot Entry Burn 2 to capture the box and create and NMC about the CV
260
Gen
General
261
GEO
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
262
GERT
General Environmental Requirements and Test Document
263
GHe
Gaseous Helium
264
GHz
Gigahertz (1,000,000,000 cycles per second)
265
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
266
GN2
Gaseous Nitrogen
267
GNC (a/k/a GN&C)
Guidance, Navigation and Control
268
GND (a/k/a Grnd)
Ground
269
Gro
Ground TLM
270
Grpl
Grappling
271
GS
Ground System OR Ground Station
272
GS-3
GEOStar-3
273
GSE
Ground Support Equipment
274
GT
Greater-Than
275
GTO
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (Geo-Transfer)
276
GUI
Graphical User Interface
277
GY
Graveyard
278
H&T
Heaters & Thermostats
279
HARN
Harness
280
HBOP
Heater Break Out Panel
281
HCBR
3-dB Hybrid C Band Receive
282
HCBT
3-dB Hybrid C Band Transmit
283
HCT
Hall Current Thrusters
284
HDRM
Hold Down Release Mechanism
285
HDS
Hybrid Dynamic Simulator
286
HEMI-RC
HEMI Antenna, Receive (C Band)
287
HEMI-Rku
HEMI Antenna, Receive (Ku Band)
288
HEMI-TC
HEMI Antenna, Transmit (C Band)
289
HEMI-Tku
HEMI Antenna, Transmit (Ku Band)
290
HET
Hall Effect Thrusters
291
HKBR
3-dB Hybrid Ku Band Receive
292
HKBT
3-dB Hybrid Ku Band Transmit
293
HP
High Pressure
294
HPA
High Power Amplifier
295
HP-CBATT
Heatpipe Crossing Battery
296
HP-CBUS
Heatpipe Crossing Bus
297
HPL
Hosted Payload
298
HP-LIDAR
Heatpipe LIDAR
299
HPS
Hall Propulsion Subsystem
300
HP-STA
Heatpipe STA
301
hr
Hour
302
Htr
Heater
303
HW
Hardware
304
Hz
Hertz (cycles per second)
305
I&T
Integration and Test
306
I/O
Input / Output
307
ICD
Interface Control Drawing
308
ICD
Interface Control Document
309
ID
Identifier
310
IF
InFrastructure OR Infastructure and Framework OR Intermediate Frequency
311
IFC
Interface Control Card
312
IIST
Initial Integrated Systems Test
313
Illumtn
Illumination
314
Imp
Impact
315
ImpEHT
Improved Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster
316
Impr
Improvement
317
IMUX
Input Multiplexer
318
Inc
Increase(d)
319
Ind
Independent
320
Ins
Insurance
321
Inspect
Inspection
322
Inst
Installation
323
Instur
Instrumental
324
Insul
Insulation
325
Integr
Integration
326
Intfc
Interface
327
Invst
Investigation
328
IOT
In Orbit Test
329
IP
Internet Protocol
330
IPT
Initial Power on Test
331
IR NFOV
Infrared Narrow Field of View Camera
332
IR WFOV
Infrared Wide Field of View Camera
333
IRSC
Infrared Sensor Controller
334
IRU
Inertial Reference Unit
335
IS
Information Services
336
ISAS
Inter Spacecraft Adapter System
337
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
338
Isp
Specific Impulse
339
Isp
Specific Impulse
340
Iss
Issue
341
IST
Integrated System Test
342
IT
Integration & Harness Hardware
343
ITRF
Integration and Test Radio Frequency
344
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
345
J
Joule
346
JPM
Jet Pulse Mode
347
JSON
Java Script Object Notation
348
JT
Joint Test
349
JWST
James Webb Space Telescope
350
KF
Kalman Filter
351
kg
Kilograms
352
KOS
Keep Out Sphere
353
KRF
Ku Band Receiver Filter
354
KSSPA
Ku-Band SSPA
355
KTF
Ku Band Transmitter Filter
356
KWG-CA
Ku-Band WG-to-Coax Adapter
357
LAE
Liquid Apogee Engine
358
lbf
Pound Force
359
lbm
Pound Mass
360
LCAMP
Linearized CAMP
361
LCTWTA
Linearized Channel Amplifier & TWTA combination
362
Ld
Load
363
LEOP
Launch and Early Operation Phase
364
LHCP
Left Hand Circular Polarized
365
LIDAR
Light Detection and Ranging (RVS 3000 3D Laser Radar)
366
LIST
Launch Site Integrated System Test
367
Lkup
Lookup
368
LNA
Low Noise Amplifier
369
Lnch
Launch
370
LO
Local Oscillator
371
Loc
Location
372
LP
Low Pressure
373
LS
Launch Site
374
LSB
Least Significant Bit
375
LSE
Lead Systems Engineer
376
LSSPA
L-band Solid State Power Amplifier
377
LST
Local Spacecraft Time
378
LT
Less-Than
379
LV
Latch Valve
380
LVLH
Local Vertical Local Horizontal (coordinate frame)
381
LVPS
Low Voltage Power Supply
382
m
Meter
383
mA
Milli-amperes (10-3 Amperes)
384
MAESTRO
Mission Adaptable Environment for Spacecraft Test and Real-time Operations
385
MAG
Magnitude
386
MAIDS
MAESTRO Automated Information Distribution System
387
Mat
Material
388
max
Maximum
389
MBA
Multi-beam Antenna
390
MBSE
Model Based Systems Engineering
391
MBT
Mass Budget Tracker
392
MCC
Mission Control Center
393
MDS
Mechanical Docking System
394
MECH
Mechanical Structures
395
Mechnsm
Mechanisms
396
MEOP
Maximum Expected Operating Pressure
397
MET
Mission Elapsed Time
398
MEV
Mission Extension Vehicle
399
MEV-FS
Mission Extension Vehicle - Fleet System
400
Mfg
Manufacturing
401
Mgmt
Management
402
MGSE
Mechanical Ground Support Equipment
403
MHz
Megahertz (1,000,000 cycles per second)
404
MICD
Mechanical Interface Control Drawing
405
MIMU
Miniature Inertial Measurement Unit
406
min
Minute OR Minimum
407
MLI
MLI Rollup
408
mm
Millimeter
409
Mnt
Maintainence
410
MNVR
Maneuver
411
MOC
Mission Operations Center
412
MOI
Moment of Inertia
413
MOM
Momentum
414
MOPS
Mission Operations
415
MPA
Multi-port Amplifier
416
MPD
Mass Properties Database
417
MR
Mission Rehearsal
418
MRB
Mechanical Review Board
419
MRD
Mission Requirements Document
420
MSB
Most Significant Bit
421
MSD
Mission State Data
422
Msn
Mission
423
MSTRO
MAESTRO
424
Mtg
Meeting
425
N
Newton
426
N/S
North / South
427
N2H4
Monopropellant Hydrazine
428
NAT
Nominal Attitude Tracking
429
NBRIU
North Bus Remote Interface Unit
430
NC
Normally Closed
431
NDE
Non-destructive Evaluation
432
NE
Northeast
433
NFOV
Narrow Field of View
434
NG
Northrop Grumman
435
NH
Near Hold
436
NMC
Natural Motion Circumnavigation
437
NOP
Normal Operating Point
438
NPRIU
North Payload Remote Interface Unit
439
NRBn
Near Rendezvous Burn N
440
NS
North-South
441
NSO
Non-Stellar Object
442
NSSK
North/South Station Keeping
443
NTO
Nitrogen Tetroxide tank
444
NW
Northwest
445
Nwk
Network
446
NZ
New Zealand
447
O/C
Off-console
448
OA
Orbital Analysis
449
OART
Orbital Augmented Reality Tool
450
OASYS
ISI Orbit Determine Application
451
OBE
Overcome By Events
452
OBVVAN
Orbital Bearings Vector Verification Analysis
453
OCE
Office of the Chief Engineer
454
OD
Orbit Determination
455
OHMANI
Odd Half Manifold
456
OMUX
Output Multiplexer
457
OP (a/k/a Op)
Operation
458
OPER
Operator
459
Ops
Operations
460
Opt
Option
461
OSI
Optical Sky Stimulator
462
Otr
Other
463
PC
Personal Computer
464
PCA
Power Conversion Assembly
465
PCU
Power Control Unit
466
PDA
Power Distribution Assembly
467
PDR
Preliminary Design Review
468
PDU
Protocol Data Unit
469
Perf
Performance
470
PF
Propellant Filter
471
PFA
Payload Fuse Assembly
472
PFCV
Proportional Flow Control Valve
473
PFM
Protoflight Model
474
PITL
Processor in the loop
475
PIV
Pyro Isolation Valve, N/C
476
PL
Payload
477
PLF
Propellant Lines and Fittings
478
PM
Program Manager
479
PMA
Propellant Management Assembly
480
PMANI
Propellant Manifold
481
PMD
Propellant Management Device
482
PMO
Program Management Office
483
POBn
Proximity Operations Burn N
484
POC
Point of Contact
485
POI
Product of Inertia
486
PPP
Point to Point Protocol
487
PPS
Pulse Per Second
488
PPU
Power Processing Unit
489
PPU-HCT
Power Processing Unit- Hall Current Thruster
490
PPU-XFC
Power Processing Unit-Xenon Flow Controller
491
PRA
Pyrotechnic Relay Assembly
492
PRAC
Probe Actuator
493
PRASSY
Probe Assembly
494
Prep
Preparation
495
Press
Pressure
496
PRESS
Pressure
497
PRI
Primary
498
PRIU
Payload Remote Interface Unit
499
Proc
Process
500
Procur
Procurement
