Acronyms
In Alphabetical Order
A.
A/C
ac
ADDJUST
ADJ
AF
AFQA
AFR
AFSCF
AFSCN
AFSCN
AGE
AIAA
Amp
AMSC
ARAR
ARCM
ARCU
AREP
ARIA
ARSR
AS
ASCII
ATE
ATP
ATS
AWG
Air Conditioning
Alternating Current
Automated Determination and Dissemination of Just Updated Steering Terms
Attach, Disconnect, and Jettison
Air Force
Air Force Quality Assurance
Air Force Regulation
Air Force Satellite Control Facility
Air Force Satellie Control Network
Air Force Space Control Network
Aerospace Ground Equipment
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ampere
American Mobile Satellite Corporation
Accident and Risk Assessment Report
Atlas Roll Control Module
Atlas Remote Control Unit
Atlas Reliability Enhancement Program
Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
Air Route Surveillance Radar
Atlas Station
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Automated test Equipment
Authorization To Proceed
Advanced Technology Satellite
American Wire Gage
B.
Batt
BECO
BIT
BLS
BOS
BOS
bpi
BPJ
BPSK
BSS
Btu
Battery
Booster Engine Cutoff
Built In Test
Boeing Launch Services
Booster on Stand
Booster On Stand
Bit(s) per Inch
Booster Package Jettison
Binary Phase Shift Key
Boeing Satellite Services
British Thermal Unit
C.
°C
CAB
CAD
CAD
CAE
CAM
CC
Degree(s) Celsius
Customer Awareness Board
Computer Aided Design
Computer-Aided Design
Computer Aided Engineering
Computer Aided Manufactoring
Commander
CCAFS
CCAM
CCAPS
CCAS
CCLS
CCP
CCTV
CCVAPS
CCWG
CDR
CERT
CFD
cg
CIB
CLA
CLS
CRB
CRCU
CRES
CRR
CRRES
CS
CSAT
CSO
CT
CV
CVCM
CW
CWA
CX
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Collision and Contamination Avoidance Maneuver
Computer-Controlled Atlas Pressurization System
Cape Canaveral Air Station
Computer-Controlled Launch Set
Contamination Control Plan
Closed Circuit Television
Computer-Controlled Vent and Pressurization System
Contamination Control Working Group
Critical Design Review
Composite Electrical Readiness Test
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Center of Gravity
Change Integration Board
Coupled Loads Analysis
Commercial Launch Services
Change Review Board
Centaur Remote Control Unit
Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Contractor Readiness Review
Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
Centaur Station
Constellation Sustainment Assessment Team
Complex Safety Officer
Command Transmitter
Computervision
Collected Volatile Condensable Material
Continuous Wave
Controlled Work Area
Complex
D.
DAS
DAT
dB
dBm
dBW
dc
DCMA
DDR
DEC
DEC
DER
DLF
DMSP
DoD
DOF
DPF
DSCS
DSN
Dstr
DUF
Data Acquisition System
Digital Audio Tape
Decibel(s)
Decibel(s) Relative to 1 Milliwatt
Decibel(s) Relative to 1 Watt
Direct Current
Defense Contract Management Agency
Detailed Design Review
Digital Equipment Corporation
Dual-Engine Centaur
Design Equivlancy Review
Design Load Factor
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Defense Of Defense
Degree(s) of Freedom
Defense System Communications Satellite (DSCS) Processing Facility
Defense System Communications Satellite
Deep Space Network
Destructor
Dynamic Uncertainty Factor
E.
ε
EAGE
EB
ECA
ECS
EED
EELV
EGSE
EHF
EIA
ELAN
ELS
ELV
EM
EMARS
EMC
EMI
EMK
EOC
EPA
EPF
ER
ERB
ERR
ESABASE
ESD
ESMCR
ETR
EUTELSAT
EVCF
EWR
Emissivity
Electrical Aerospace Ground Equipment
East Bay
Environmentally Controlled Area
Environmentally Controlled System
Electro-Explosive Device
Evolved Expandable Launch Vehicle
Electrical Ground Support Equipment
Extreme High Frequency
Electronics Industry Association
Electronic Library for Analysis of Nonconformances
Eastern Launch Site
Expendable Launch Vehicle
Electromagnetic
Electronic Martin Anomaly Reporting System
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Electromagnetic Interference
Extended Mission Kit
Evidence Of Completion
Environmental Protection Agency
Extended Payload Fairing
Eastern Range
Engineering Review Board
Eastern Range Regulation
Thermal Control Geometric Math Modeling Code
ElectroStatic Discharge
Eastern Space and Missile Center Regulation
Eastern Test Range
European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Eastern Vehicle Checkout Facility
Eastern/Western Range Regulation
F.
°F
FAB
FAST
FCDC
FCS
FDLC
FEM
FLSC
FLTSATCOM
FM
FM
FMEA
FO
FOD
FOIR
FOM
FOTS
Degree(s) Fahrenheit
Final Assembly Building
Flight Analogy Software Test
Flexible Confined Detonating Cord
Flight Control Subsystem
Final Design Loads Cycle
Finite Element Model
Flexible Linear-Shaped Charge
Fleet Satellite Communications
Flight Model
Frequency Modulation
Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Foreign Object
Foreign Object Damage
Foreign Object Incident Report
Figure of Merit
Fiber-Optics Transmission System
FOV
FPA
FPR
FSO
ft
FTA
FTP
FTS
Field Of View
Flight Plan Approval
Flight Performance Reserve
Flight Safety Officer
Foot; Feet
Fault Tree Analysis
File Transfer Protocol
Flight Termination System
G.
G&N
GCS
GEO
GG
GHe
GIDEP
GMM
GN&C
GN2
Guidance and Navigation
Guidance Commanded Shutdown
Geosychronous Earth Orbit
Gas Generator
Gaseous Helium
Government-Industry Data Exchange Program
Geometric Mathematical Model
Guidance, Navigation, and Control
GOES
GOWG
GSE
GSFC
GSO
GSTDN
GTO
GTR
GTS
GTV
H.
H2
Gaseous Nitrogen
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
Ground Operations Working Group
Ground Support Equipment
Goddard Space Flight Center
Geostationary Orbit
Ground Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Gantry Test Rack
Ground Telemetry Station
Ground Transport Vehicle
HAIR
HAWK
HEAO
HEO
HEO
HEPA
HP
HPF
hr
Hz
Hydrogen Gas
High Accuracy Instrumentation Radar
U.S. Government Radar System
High-Energy Astronomy Observatory
High Earth Orbit
High-Energy (High-Eccentricity) Orbit
High-Efficiency Particulate Air
Hewlett-Packard
Hazardous Processing Facility
Hour(s)
Hertz
I.
I&T
I/F
ICD
ICWG
IFR
IGES
IIP
ILC
Integration and Test
Interface
Interface Control Document
Interface Control Working Group
Inflight Retargeting
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification
Instantaneous Impact Point
Initial Launch Capability/Capacity
ILS
IMP
IMS
in.
INTELSAT
INU
IPJ
IPT
IRD
IRR
IRRT
ISA
ISD
ISDS
ISO
ISP
International Launch Services (Lockheed Martin)
Integration Management Plan
Inertial Measurement Subsystem
Inch(es)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Inertial Navigation Unit
Insulation Panel Jettison
Integrated Product Team
Interface Requirements Document
Incremental Readiness Review
Incremental Readiness Review Team
Interstage Adapter
Interface Scheduling Document
Inadvertent Separation Destruct System
International Organization for Standardization
ITA
ITP
Specific Impulse
Integrated Thermal Analysis
Integrated Test Procedure
J.
JCSAT
JOSLE
JPL
Japan Communications Satellite
Jettison of Shroud with Latches and Elasticity
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
K.
kg
km
kN
kPa
KSC
kV
Kilogram(s)
Kilometer(s)
Kilonewton(s)
Kilopascal(s)
Kennedy Space Center
Kilovolt(s)
L.
LAN
lb
LC
LCC
LCD
LCD
LD
LDA
LEO
LH2
LKEI
LM
LMAO
LMCLS
LMD
LN2
LO2/LOX
LOB
Local Area Network
pound(s)
Launch Complex
Launch Control Center
Launch Constraints Document
Launch Countdown Director
Launch Director
Launch Site Authority
Low Earth Orbit
Liquid Hydrogen
Khrunichev-Energia International Incorporated
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Astronautics Operations
Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services
Lockheed Martin Mission Director
Liquid Nitrogen
Liquid Oxygen
Launch Operations Building
LOC
LPF
LR
LRR
LSB
LSC
LSI
LV
LVC
LVCE
LVD
LVDC
LVIC
LVRT
Launch Operations Center
Large Payload Fairing
Load Ratio
Launch Readiness Review
Launch and Service Building
Linear-Shaped Charge
Launch Systems Integrator
Launch Vehicle
Launch Vehicle Contractor
Launch Vehicle Chief Engineer
Launch Vehicle Director
Launch Vehicle Data Center
Launch Vehicle Integration Contractor
Launch Vehicle Readiness Test
M.
m
M
m2
MAPS
MAT
MD
MDC
MDP
MDU
MECO
MEO
MES
MGSE
MHz
MICD
MICD
MILA
MLP
MLV
MMU
MOA
MOC
MP
MPDR
MR
MRB
MRR
MS
MS&PA
MSPSP
MSPSP
MSR
MST
MUOS
MWG
meter(s)
Million(s)
square meter(s)
Mission Air Purge System
Mission Assurance Team
Mission Director
Mission Director’s Center
Maximum Design Pressure
Master Data Unit
Main Engine Cutoff
Medium Earth Orbit
Main Engine Start
Mechanical Ground Support Equipment
MegaHertz
Mechanical Interface Control Document
Mechanical Interface Control Drawing
Merritt Island Launch Area
Mobile Launch Platform
Medium Launch Vehicle
Memory Management Unit
Memorandum Of Agreement
Mission Operations Center
Mission Peculiar
Mission-Peculiar Design Review
Mixture Ratio
Materials Review Board
Mission Readiness Review
Mission Specification
Mission Success and Product Assurance
Missile System Pre-Launch Safety Plan
Missile System Prelaunch Safety Package
Mission Support Room
Mobile Service Tower
Mobile User Objective System
Management Working Group
N.
N
N2H4
Newton(s)
Hydrazine
NASA
NASA
NHB
NIOSH
nmi
NOAA
NPG
NRZ-L
NTE
NVR
National Aeronautics And Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA HandBook
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
nautical mile(s)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NASA Policy Guidence
Nonreturn-to-Zero Level
Not To Exceed
Nonvolatile Residue
O.
OAO
OASPL
OCC
OD
OH
OOS
Ops
ORCA
ORD
OSA
OSHA
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
Overall Sound Pressure Level
Operations Communication Center
Outer Diameter
Overhead
Out Of Sequence
Operations
Ordnance Remote Control Assembly
Operations Requirements Document
Operational Support Agreement
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
P.
P&S
P&W
P/L
PA
PAF
PAFB
PB
PCM
PCOS
PDLC
PDR
PDSM
PEB
Perf
PFJ
PFM
PHSF
PIU
Pk
PLA
PLCP
PLCU
PLF
Planning and Scheduling
Pratt & Whitney
Payload
Public Address
Payload Adapter Fitting
Patrick Air Force Base
Preburner
Pulse-Code Modulation
Power Changeover Switch
Preliminary Design Loads Cycle
Preliminary Design Review
Product Delivery System Manual
Payload Equipment Building
Performance
Payload Fairing Jettison
Protoflight Model
Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility
Pyroinhibit Unit
Peak
Payload Adapter
Propellant Leak Contingency Plan
Propellant Loading Control Unit
Payload Fairing
PLIS
PLRR
PMO
PMP
PMP
PMPCM
PMR
PMR
PO
POC
POD
POL
PPF
PRD
psi
psig
PSS
PST
PSW
PTC
PU
PVA
PVan
PVC
Pwr
PYC
Propellant-Level Indicating System
President’s Launch Readiness Review
Program Management Office
Program Management Plan
Parts, Materials, and Processes
Parts, Materials, and Processes Control Board
Program Management Review
Preliminary Material Review
Program Office
Point Of Contact
Program Office Directive
Paints, Oils, and Lubricants
Payload Processing Facility
Program Requirements Document
pound(s) per square inch
pound(s) per square inch, gage
Payload Separation System
Product Support Team
Payload Systems Weight
Payload Test Conductor
Propellant Utilization
Perigee Velocity Augmentation
Payload Van
Polyvinyl Chloride
Power
Pyrotechnic Control
Q.
QTSS
QMR
QPR
Qualification Test Summary Sheets
Quarterly Management Review
Quarterly Progress Review
R.
R
R&D
RAAN
RC
RCS
RCS
RCU
RDU
RDU
RF
RF
RFP
RFTS
RGU
RGU
RH
RLCC
RLV
RM
Recorder
Research and Development
Right Ascension of Ascending Node
Range Coordinator
Reaction Control System
Reaction Control System
Remote Control Unit
Remote Data Unit
Remote Data Unit
Radio Frequency
Radio Frequency
Request For Proposal
Radio Frequency Test Set
Rate Unit Gyro
Rate Gyro Unit
Relative Humidity
Remote Launch Control Center
Reusable Launch Vehicle
Risk Management
Rm
RNCO
ROCC
ROM
ROO
RP
RPO
RSA
RSC
RSSR
RTN
RTS
Room
Range Noncommissioned Officer
Range Operations Control Center
Rough Order of Magnitude
Range Operations Officer
Rocket Propellant
Radiation Protection Officer
Range Standardization and Automation
Range Safety Console
Range Safety System Report
Requirement Tracking Number
Remote Tracking Stations
S.
s
S/A
S/C
SAEF
SAI
SAR
SAR
SASA
SC
SCAPE
SCAPE
SCC
SCC
SCD
SCM
SCTC
SDR
SEC
SECO
SEIT
SERB
SFC
SIL
SIMFLT
SIP
SIP
SIS
SIU
SL
SLC
SLC
SLV
SMRD
SOC
SOHO
SOW
SPF
SPL
Second(s)
Safe and Arm
Spacecraft
Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility
Safe/Arm Initiator
Safety Assessment Report
Software Anomaly Report
Safe/Arm and Securing Unit
Spacecraft
Self-Contained Air-Pressurized Enviornment
Self-Contained Atmospheric-Protective Ensemble
Spacecraft Contractor
Spacecraft Control Center
Spacecraft Director
Spacecraft Manager
Spacecraft Test Conductor
System Design Review
Single-Engine Centaur
Sustainer Engine Cutoff
Systems Engineering and Integration Team
Systems Engineering Review Board
Spacecraft Facility Controller
Systems Integration Laboratory
Simulation Flight
Standard Interface Plane
Standard Interface Plan
Standard Interface Spec
Servo Inverter Unit
Sea Level
Space Launch Complex
Spacecraft Launch Conductor
Space Launch Vehicle
Spin Motor Rotation Detection
Spacecraft Operations Center
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Statement Of Work
Spacecraft Processing Facility
Sound Pressure Level
SPO
SPRB
SRB
SRCR
SRM
SRR
Sta
STC
STE
STK
STM
STV
SVC
System Program Office
Space Program Reliability Board
Solid Rocket Booster
System Requirements Change Request
Solid Rocket Motor
System Requirements Review
Station
Satellite Test Center
Special Test Equipment
Satellite Took Kit
Structural Test Model
Spacecraft Transport Vehicle
Space Vehicle Contactor
T.
T
T&E
TC
TCO
TDRS
TDRSS
TEMP
Tlm
TML
TMRSS
TOPS
TRAJEX
TRD
TVC
TVCF
TWG
Table
Test and Evaluation
Test Conductor
Thrust Cutoff
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
Test and Evaluation Master Plan
Telemetry
Total Mass Loss
Triple Modular Redundant
Transistorized Operational Phone System
Trajectory Simulation Program
Test Requirements Document
Thrust Vector Control
Transportable Vehicle Checkout Facility
Technical Working Group
U.
UDS
UFO
UHF
Umb
UPS
UPS
USAF
USG
USSN
UT
Universal Document System
Ultra High Frequency Follow-On
Ultra High Frequency
Umbilical
Uniterruptible Power Supply
Uninterruptible Power System
United States Air Force
United States Government
Universal Spacecraft Separation Node
Umbilical Tower
V.
V
V/m
VAB
Vac
VAFB
Vdc
VGP
volt(s)
volt(s) per meter
Vehicle Assembly Building (Kennedy Space Center)
volt(s), alternating current
Vandenberg Air Force Base
volt(s) direct current
Virtual Ground Plane
VIF
VTF
VTS
Vertical Integration Facility
Vertical Test Facility
Verification Task Sheet
W.
W
WB
WDR
WSMCR
WTR
watt(s)
West Bay
Wet Dress Rehersal
Western Space and Missiles Control Regulation
Western Test Range
X.
Xdcr
Transducer
Y.
Z.
Other
ωρ
Argument of Perigee
mated Determination and Dissemination of Just Updated Steering Terms
nse System Communications Satellite (DSCS) Processing Facility