ACRO |
Acronym |
A/G |
Air to Ground |
BDF |
Blocked Data Format |
BLK |
Block |
Bps |
Bits per second |
CAP |
Command Acceptance Pattern |
CAS |
Calibrated Ancillary System |
Ch |
Channel |
CIP |
Customer Interface Panel |
CIR |
Cargo Integration Review |
CMD |
Command |
CR |
Change Request |
CSR |
Customer Support Room |
DAC |
Direct Access Channel |
DFL |
Decom Format Load |
DIR |
Director |
DL |
Downlink |
DOMSAT |
Domestic Satellite |
DRF |
Data Requirements Form |
EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
EC |
Experiment Computer |
ECIO |
Experiment Computer Input/Output |
ECL |
Emitter Coupled Logic |
ECOS |
Experiment Computer Operating System |
EGSE |
Experiment Ground Support Equipment |
ERSAF |
Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Facility |
ET |
Early Testing |
EXP |
Experiment |
FAX |
Facsimile |
FLT |
Flight |
FMT |
Format |
FOSA |
Flight Operations Support Annex |
FTS |
Federal Telecommunications System |
GCOS |
Ground Computer Operating System |
G.m.t. |
Greenwich mean time |
GN |
Ground Network |
GPC |
General Purpose Computer |
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
HDRR |
High Data Rate Recorder |
HDT |
High Density Tape |
HOSC |
Huntsville Operations Support Center (MSFC) |
HRDM |
High Rate Demultiplexer |
HRM |
High Rate Multiplexer |
ICD |
Interface Control Document |
ID |
Identification |
IIRV |
Improved Interrange Vectors |
IMPL |
Implementing |
IPDS |
Independent Payload Data Stream |
IUS |
Inertial Upper Stage |
I/F |
Interface |
JIS |
Joint Integrated Simulation |
JOIP |
Joint Operations Interface Procedures |
JSC |
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |
kbps |
kilo bits per second |
LAU |
Launch |
LJ |
Left Justified |
LND |
Landing |
LVLH |
Local Vertical/Local Horizontal |
M |
Monitor |
Max |
Maximum |
Mb/s |
Mega Bits per Second |
MCC |
Mission Control Center (JSC) |
MCC |
Coord Mission Control Center Coordination |
MCC-H |
Mission Control Center-Houston |
MCC-U |
Mission Control Center-Upgrade |
MDM |
Multiplexer/Demultiplexer |
MGR |
Manager |
MHz |
Megahertz |
MICB |
Mission Integration Control Board |
MIPS |
Mission Integration Planning System |
MOD |
Mission Operations Directorate |
MPCC |
Multi-program Control Center |
MPSR |
Multipurpose Support Room |
MSB |
Most Significant Bit |
MSFC |
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center |
MSID |
Measurement Stimuli Identification |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASCOM |
NASA Communications (Network) |
NGT |
NASA Ground Terminal |
NIPO |
Network Interface Planning Office |
NR |
Not Required |
NTSC |
National Television Standards Committee |
N/A |
Not Applicable |
O |
Optional |
OA |
Orbiter Ancillary |
OD |
Operational Downlink
Orbiter Downlink |
OITS |
Operations Interface Transfer System |
OPS |
Operations |
PAM |
Payload Assist Module |
PAO |
Public Affairs Office |
PCD |
POCC Capabilities Document |
PDI |
Payload Data Interleaver |
PDRE |
Payload Data Recording Equipment |
PDT |
Payload Data Tape |
PF |
Postflight |
PGM |
Program |
PIA |
Payload Integration Analyst |
PILS |
Payload Integration Library System |
PIM |
Payload Integration Manager |
PIP |
Payload Integration Plan |
PLR |
Payload Recorder |
POCC |
Payload Operations Control Center |
PPF |
Payload Parameter Frame |
PSP |
Payload Signal Processor |
PTRR |
POCC Test Results Report |
P/L |
Payload |
RCV |
Receive |
REMFAC |
Remote Facility |
REV |
Revision |
RI |
Routing Indicator |
RJ |
Right Justified |
ROM |
Rough Order of Magnitude |
RQ |
Required |
RT |
Real Time |
S |
Standard |
SAIL |
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (JSC) |
SC |
Subsystem Computer |
SCIO |
Subsystem Computer Input/Output |
SEC |
Second |
SER |
Serial |
SIO |
Serial Input/Output |
SIR-C |
Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C |
SL |
Spacelab |
SLDPF |
Spacelab Data Processing Facility (GSFC) |
SMA |
Science Monitoring Area (JSC) |
SN |
Space Network |
SPIF |
Shuttle-POCC Interface Facility (GSFC) |
SR |
Sample Rate |
SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
SSP |
Space Shuttle Program |
STATMUX |
Statistical Multiplexer |
S/DC |
Source/Destination Code |
S/O |
Standard/Optional |
S/S |
Sample per Second |
TAGS |
Text and Graphics Subsystem |
TBD |
To Be Determined |
TBR |
To Be Resolved |
TDR |
True of Date Rotating (Coordinate System) |
TDRS |
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite |
TFL |
Telemetry Format Load |
TLM |
Telemetry |
TTY |
Teletype |
TV |
Television |
TX |
Transmit |
T/M |
Talk/Monitor |
UHF |
Ultrahigh Frequency |
X-SAR |
X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
