List of Acronyms

ABM Apogee boost Motor

AC (type of electrical device)
ACDS Attitude Determination and Control System
ACS Attitude Control System
ACSS European Corporation of Space Standardization
ACTS Advanced Communication Test Satellite
ADCS Attitude Determination and Control System
AIV Assembly Integration Verification
AIV Assembly, Integration an Verification
AKM Apogee Kick Motor
AM Amplitude Modulation
AMTEC
AOCS
ASK Amplitude Shift Keying
ATV Automatic Transver Vehicle
AVHRR Advanced very High resolution radiometer
BCR Battery Charge Regulator
BDR Battery Discharge Regulator
BER Bit Error Rate
BHRC Ball’s High resolution Camera
BMS Bias Momentum System
BOL Begin Of Life
BPSK Binary Phasse Shikt Keying
C Capacity
C&DH Command and Data Handling
COM Centre of mass
CAD Computer Aided Design (drafting)
CBS Cost Brakdown structure
CCD Charge Coupled device
CD Compact Disc
CDMA Code Devision Multiple Acces
CER Costn estimation relationships
CIS Copper-Indium-di-Selenide
CLCB Continuous Longeron Collable Boom
CMG Control Moment Gyros
CTMM Comprehensive Thermal Mathematical Model
DARS Digital Audio Radio Services
dB decibel
DBS Digital Broadcast Services
DC (type of electrical device)
DPL Decalered part List
DR Data Rate
DTH Direct-To-Homa
EAC European Astronauts Centre
ECSS European Coorporation of Space Standardisation
EHT Electro-thermal Hydrazine Thrusters
EM Electrmagnetic
EM Engineering model
EMC Electromagnetig compatibility
EMI Electro Magnetic Interference
EO Earth Observation
EOL End Of Life
EPS Electrical Power System (?)
ERS European Remote Sensing Satellite
ESA European Space Agency
ESD Electrostatic discharge
ESOC European Space Operations Centre
ESRIN European Space Research Centre
ESTEC European Space Research and Technology centre
FDMA Frequency Devision Multiple Acces
FEA Finite Element Analysis
FEC Forward Error Correction
FIR Far unfraered
FITS Failure Rate
FM Flight Model
FM Frequency Modulation
FMEA Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FOV Field Of View
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
FTA Fault Three Analysis
GEO Geostationair Earth Orbit
GOES
GOME Global Ozone monitoring experiment
GPS Global Positioning System
GSFC Goddard Space &Flight Center
GSM Global System for Mobile telecommuniacations
H/W Hardware
HDTV High definition TeleVision
HEO Highly elliptical Orbit
Hi-Fi High Fidelity
HLV Eavy Launch Vehicle
HRIS High resolution Infrared Sounder
HRV High resolution visible
HSP Half Sine pulse
HST Hubble Space Telescope
I/F Interface
IFOV Instantaneous field of Vieuw
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite
Organisation
IR Infrared
IRAS InfraRed Astronomical Satellite
ISPR International standard payload Racks
ISS International Space Station
ISSP
ITU International Telecommuniaction Union
IUS
J Joule
L/V Launch Vehicle
LEAF Large European Acoustic Facility
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LIDAR
LIMS Limb Infrared Monitor of the stratosphere
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
MAC Mass Acceleration Curve
MAIT Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Test
MDT Mean Down Time
MEO Mediom Eath Orbit
MESSAGE MErcury Solar Sailing Advanced Geoscience
Exploration
MLE Most Likely estimate
MLI Multy Layer Insulation
MLV Medium Launch Vehicle
MMH
MOD Micrometeriods & Orbital Debris
Modem Modulation-demodulation
MOI Mass Moments of Inerita
MOLA Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter
MPD Magneto-plasma-dynamic
MS Margin of Safety
MSC MacNeal Schwendler Coorporation
MSG Meteosat Second Generation
MSK
MSS Mobile Satellite Services
MSS Multi Spectral Scanner system
MSU Microwave sounder unit
MTBF Mean Time Between Failure
MTF Modulatin transfer function
MTTF Mean Time to failure
NASTRAN Nasa STructural Analysis
NIR Near Infrared
NSSK North-South Station Keeping
NTO
NTSC National Television System Committee
OBDH On-Board Data Handling
OCS Orbit control system
OTV Orbit Transfer Vehicle
PA Product Assurange
PAL Phase Alternating Line
PAM
PAPL Preferred Part List
PC Personal Computer
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PKM Perigee Kock Motor
PM Power Management
PMD Power Management and Distribution
PPL Preferred Part list
PPT Peak Power Tracking
PROBA Project for On board Autonomy
PSD Power Spectral Density
PSK Phase Shift Keying
PTM ProtoType Model
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
QA Quality Assurance
QL Qualification Load
QM Qualification Model
QPL Qualified part list
QPSK Quartemary Phase Shift Keying
QSL Quasi Static Loads
RADAR RAdar Detection And Ranging
RAMS Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
RCS (monoproppelant blow down system)
RCS Reaction Control Subsystem
RF Radio Frequency
RIT Radio-frequency Ion Thruster
RMS Root Mean Square
ROI Return On Investment
RPM Rounds per minute
RS
RTG
RW Reaction Wheels
S&R Search and rescue
S/C Spacecraft
S/N Signal-to-Noise ratio
SAGE Stratospher Aerosoil an gas experiment
SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar
SBUV Solar Blackscatter Ultra Violet
SDOF Single Degree of Freedom
SDTV Standard definition TeleVision
SE Systems Engineering
SECAM Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire
SEP Solar Electric Propulsion
SI Standard International
SIS
SMS Short Message Services
SNR Signal to Noise ratio
SPL Sound Pressure Level
SPOT Satellite Pour Observation le la Terre
SRM
SRS Shock Response Spectrum
SSPC Solid State Power Controllers
SSU Stratospheric Sounder Unit
STEM Storable Turbular Expandable Member
STM Structural Thermal Model
STS Space Transportaion System
STS Space Transpotation System
SVHS Super Video Home System
TBD To Be Determined
TBR To Be Resolved
TCS Thermal Control Subsystem
TDI Time Delay and Integration
TDMA Time Devision Multiple Acces
TE
TEC Thermo Electric Cell
TFU Theretical First Unit
TIC Thermo Ionic Converter
TIXTE Timing and Imaging of X-ray Transients Explorer
TM Thermatic Mapper
TMV Telecommand Message Validation
TOS Transfer Orbit Stage
TT&C Telemetry, Tracking and Command Subsystem
TWT Traveling Wave Tube
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
UV Ultra violet
VHS Video Home System
VIS Visual
VISSR Visible Infrared Spin-Scan radiometer
WIFS Wide field-of-vieuw sensor
WRC World Radio Conference
X Röntgen Radiation
YAG Yttrium-Aluminium-garnet
γ Gamma Radiation