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| mm | Millimeter |
| mas | milli-arc second |
| mW | Milliwatt |
| m | Meter |
| kg | Kilogram(s) |
| bps | bits per second |
| ZOE | Zone of Exclusion |
| XTE | X-ray Timing Explorer |
| XDL | Cross-Delay Line |
| WU | Work Unit |
| WMAP | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe |
| WLI | White-Light Interferometry |
| WFSC | Wavefront Sensing & Control |
| WFS&C | Wavefront Sensing and Control |
| WFS | Wavefront Sensor |
| WFPC2 | Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 |
| WFPC | Wide Field Planetary Camera |
| WFE | Wavefront Error |
| WFC3 | Wide-Field Camera 3 |
| WFC | Wide Field Channel (for ACS) |
| WF/PC | Wide Field and Planetary Camera |
| WF | Wide Field |
| WF | Wavefront |
| WETF | Weightless Environment Training Facility |
| WCA | Wavelength Calibration Aperture |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
| WAG | Wild-Ass Guess |
| VTT | Visual Target Tuner |
| VSS | Vehicle Support Software |
| VLA | Very Large Array |
| VEST | Vehicle Electrical System Test |
| VE | Valid Event |
| VDD | Version Description Document |
| VDC | Volts Direct Current |
| VCRM | Verification Cross Reference Matrix |
| V | Volts |
| UVM | Unix Version Management |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| UTC | Universal Time Coordinated |
| USN | Universal Space Network |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| UR | University of Rochester |
| UPS | User Planning System |
| UML | Unified Modeling Language |
| UKST-IR | United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope IR survey |
| UKST | United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope |
| UKIRT | United Kingdom Infrared Facility |
| UDL | Unique Data Log |
| UDF | Ultra Deep Field |
| TV | Thermal Vacuum |
| TTRB | Telescope Time Review Board |
| TSS | Thermal Synthesizer System |
| TSD | Trade Studies Document |
| TRR | Test Readiness Review |
| TRL | Technical Readiness Level |
| TRD | Test Results Document |
| TRANS | Transformation |
| TPS | Total Pressure Sensor |
| TPM | Technical Performance Measurement |
| TPG | Timing Pattern Generator |
| TPF | Terrestrial Planet Finder |
| TOO | Target Of Opportunity |
| TMP | Technical Management Plan |
| TMG | Thermal Model Generator |
| TMA | Three-mirror Anastigmat |
| TM | Technical Memorandum |
| TLRD | Top Level Review Dates |
| TLM | Telemetry |
| TJD | Truncated Julian Date |
| TIR | Thermal Infrared |
| TIR | Technical Instrument Report |
| TIPS | Telescope and Instruments Performance Summary |
| TIM | Timing Interface Module |
| THV | Threshold Voltage |
| TFST | Target Field Simulation Testbed |
| TF | Tunable Filter |
| TEC | Thermo-Electric Cooler |
| TDRSS | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
| TDF | Take Data Flag |
| TDC | Time-to-Digital Converter |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TBS | To Be Specified |
| TBR | To Be Resolved |
| TBD | To Be Determined |
| TB | Terra Bytes |
| TAC | Time Allocation Committee |
| TAACOS | Target Acquisition Analysis for COS |
| TA | Target Alignment |
| TA | Target Acquisition |
| T&DF | Trigger and Dataflow |
| SWG | Science Working Group |
| SVS | Scheduling & Verification System |
| SUSD | Science User Systems Department |
| STT | Software Testing Team |
| STScI | Space Telescope Science Institute |
| STSDAS | Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| STR | Space Telescope Requirements |
| STR | Science Tape Recorder |
| STP | System Test Plan |
| STOCC | Space Telescope Operations Control Center |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph |
| STIC | Space Telescope Institute Council |
| STEP | Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data |
| STEIS | Space Telescope Electronic Information System |
| STDN | Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network |
| STD | Standard |
| STAC | Space Telescope Advisory Council |
| ST | Star Tracker |
| SSRR | Subsystem Requirements Review |
| SSR | System Specification Review |
| SSR | Solid-State Recorder |
| SSM | Spacecraft Support Module |
| SSG | Science Software Group |
| SSCT | Spacecraft Scheduling & Commanding Team |
| SSC | Science Support Center |
| SSAC | Senior Science Advisory Committee |
| SSA | Single Service Access |
| SS | Sun Sensor |
| SRR | System Requirements Review |
| SRD | System Requirements Document |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SPSS | Science Planning & Scheduling System |
| SPSO | Science Program Selection Office |
| SPIKE | Science Planning In a Knowledge Environment |
| SPC | Stored Program Command |
| SPA | Solar Panel Assembly |
| SOW | Statement of Work |
| SOH | State of Health |
| SOGS | Science Operations Ground System |
| SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
| SOFA | Selectable Optical Filter Array |
| SOC | Science Oversight Committee |
| SOC | Science Operations Center |
| SNR | Signal to Noise Ratio |
| SN | Supernova |
| SMU | Safemode Utility |
| SMS | Science Mission Schedule |
| SMOV | Servicing Mission Orbital Verification |
| SMOC | Science Management and Operations Contract |
| SMIT | Servicing Mission Integrated Timeline |
| SMGT | Servicing Mission Ground Test |
| SM4 | Servicing Mission Four |
| SM | Secondary Mirror |
| SLT | Senior Leadership Team |
| SITS | Science Instrument Test System |
| SISD | Science Instrument Support Department |
| SIRTF | Space Infrared Telescope Facility |
| SIPE | Science Instrument Protective Enclosure |
| SIP | SOGS Invokable Procedure |
| SINDA | Systems Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer and Fluid Integrator |
| SIM | Space Interferometry Mission |
| SIFT | Systems Infrastructure Team |
| SICS | Science Instrument Corrected System |
| SIAF | Science Instrument Aperture File |
| SI | Science Instrument |
| SHP | Standard Header Packet |
| SGS | SOGS/SPSS Graphical Scheduler |
| SGMD | Subscale Beryllium Mirror Demonstrator |
| SFR | Star Forming Region |
| SEU | Single Event Upset |
| SET | Systems Engineering Team |
| SERC-J/EJ | Science and Engineering Research Council J/EJ surveys |
| SERC | Science and Engineering Research Council |
| SER | Systems Engineering Report |
| SEMP | Systems Engineering Management Plan |
| SEM | Space Environment Monitor |
| SEL | Software Engineering Laboratory |
| SECM | Systems Engineering Capability Model |
| SEB | Systems Engineering Board |
| SEB | Source Equivalent Board |
| SEA | Scientist's Expert Assistant |
| SDT | Scheduling Development Team |
| SDSS | Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
| SDR | System Design Review |
| SDR | System Definition Review |
| SDP | Standard Data Packet |
| SDN | Software Delivery Notice |
| SDI | Science Data Image |
| SDF | Science Data Formatter |
| SDD | System Design Document |
| SCS | Science Commanding System |
| SCR | System Concept Review |
| SCR | Software Change Request |
| SCPS-FP | Space Communications Protocol Specification - File Protocol |
| SCA | Sensor Chip Assembly |
| SBC | Solar Blind Channel (for ACS) |
| SAS | Science Analysis Software |
| SAOP | Semi-Annual Operating Plan |
| SAM | Small Angle Maneuver |
| SAGA | Solar Array Gain Augmentation |
| SADE | Solar Array Drive Electronics |
| SAC | Special Action Code |
| SAC | Solar Array Carrier |
| SAA | South Atlantic Anomaly |
| S/W | SoftWare |
| S/N | Signal-to-Noise ratio |
| S/C | Spacecraft |
| S/C | Spacecraft |
| Root Mean Square | The square root of the average of the squares of a set of numbers. |
| RWA | Reaction Wheel Assembly |
| RW | Reaction Wheel |
| RVMM | Rear View Mirror Mode |
| RTI | Real-Time Interrupt |
| RTCS | Relative-Time Command Sequence |
| RT | Reference Telescope |
| RT | Real Time |
| RSU | Rate Sensor Unit |
| RSS | Root Sum Square |
| RS | Reed-Solomon |
| RPS2 | Remote Proposal Submission System Two |
| RON | Readout Noise |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| RMS | Root Mean Square |
| RMP | Risk Management Plan |
| RMGA | Retrieval Mode Gyro Assembly |
| RIU | Remote Interface Unit |
| RID | Review Item Discrepancy |
| RIAF | Radial Image Alignment Facility |
| RGA | Rate Gyro Assembly |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| RFO | Request for Offer |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| RFA | Request for Action |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| REE | Remote Exploration and Experimentation |
| RDBS | Relational Database System |
| RCS | Revision Control System |
| RCS | Reaction Control System |
| RCR | Requirements Change Request |
| RCP | Refractive Corrector Plate |
| RAS | Refractive Aberration Simulator |
| R&D | Research & Development |
| QUACK | Quality Acknowledgment |
| QLD | Quick-Look Data |
| QFM | Quadrature Mirror Filter |
| QE | Quantum Efficiency |
| Pixel | Picture element; the smallest discrete component of an image. |
| PSS | Planning & Scheduling Subsystem |
| PSF | Point Spread Function |
| PSEA | Pointing & Safing Electronics Assembly |
| PSE | Power System Electronics |
| PSD | Planning & Scheduling Systems Department |
| PSA | Primary Science Aperture |
| PS | Project Specification |
| PRD | Project Reference Database |
| PRA | Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
| PR | Procurement Request |
| PPT | Proposal & Planning Tools |
| PPM | Process Performance Measure |
| PPD | Project Planning Document |
| PPAR | Preliminary Project Approval Review |
| POSS-II | Palomar Observatory Sky Survey II |
| POSS | Palomar Observatory Sky Survey |
| PORTS | Payload Operations Real-Time System |
| POR | Power-On Reset |
| POP | Program Operating Plan |
| POM | Pick-Off Mirror |
| POD | Packetized Observation Datax |
| POCC | Payload Operations Control Center |
| PNS | Project Need Statement |
| PNAR | Preliminary Non-Advocate Review |
| PN | Pseudo-Noise |
| PMR | Program Management Review |
| PMO | Program Management Office |
| PMDB | Proposal Management DataNbase |
| PM | Program Management |
| PM | Primary Mirror |
| PLCP | Planning Command Pool |
| PL | Payload |
| PIT | Processor Interface Table |
| PID | Proportional-Integral-Derivative |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| PHD | Pulse Height Distribution |
| PHA | Pulse Height Analysis |
| PGS | Proposal Generation Subsystem |
| PFU | Protoflight Unit |
| PFR | Problem/Failure Report |
| PF | PathFinder |
| PERL | Practical Extraction and Report Language |
| PDU | Power Distribution Unit |
| PDT | Planning Development Team |
| PDR | Preliminary Design Review |
| Portable Document Format | |
| PDD | Project Description Document |
| PDB | Project Database |
| PCU | Power Control Unit |
| PCS | Pointing Control System |
| PCF | Piecewise Constant Function |
| PC | Planetary Camera |
| PC | Photocathode |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PASS | POCC Applications Software Support |
| PASP | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
| PAPL | Program Approved Product List |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PAIP | Product Assurance Implementation Plan |
| PA | Position Angle |
| Observation Plan Executive | The process control system on the spacecraft which will coordinate execution of the observation plan with execution of autonomous spacecraft activities. |
| OTE | Optical Telescope Element |
| OTA | Optical Telescope Assembly |
| OSS | Office of Space Science |
| OSM | Optics Select Mechanism |
| OSF | Observation Summary Form |
| OSCF | Observations Support Computing Facility |
| OS | Optical Stimulus |
| OS | Operating System |
| ORU | Orbital Replacement Unit |
| ORR | Operations Readiness Review |
| ORI | Orbital Replacement Instrument |
| OPUS | Operational Pipeline Unified Systems |
| OPS | OPerationS |
| OPR | Operations Problem Report |
| OPO | Office of Public Outreach |
| OPE | Observation Plan Executive |
| OPD | Optical Path Difference |
| OP | Observation Plan |
| OMS | Observation Monitoring System |
| OLD | Operations Limitations Document |
| OGSE | Optical Ground Support Equipment |
| OFAD | Optical Field Angle Distortion |
| OERB | Origins External Review Board |
| ODB | Operational Database |
| OCD | Operations Concept Document |
| OBOSS | On Board Operations Support Software |
| OBDM | On Board Data Management |
| OBA | Optical Bench Assembly |
| OAR | Operations Acceptance Review |
| NVO | National Virtual Observatory |
| NUV | Near Ultraviolet |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol |
| NSSC-1 | NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer -- Model 1 |
| NSG | New Starts Group |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NRA | NASA Research Announcement |
| NPG | NASA Procedures and Guidelines |
| NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatories |
| NMSD | Next generation Mirror System Demonstrator |
| NMS | NGST Mission Simulator |
| NJy | nanoJansky |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NISD | New Instruments and Servicing Department |
| NIRSPEC | Near Infrared Spectrometer |
| NIRCAM | Near Infrared Camera |
| NIR | Near Infrared |
| NIP | New Initiatives panel |
| NICMOS | Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
| NGSTP | NGST Project Office |
| NGST Mission Simulator | The NGST Mission Simulator (NMS) can be used to calculate exposure times or sensitivities for observations of astronomical targets for a specific design of the NGST observatory and science instruments. The NMS can also be used to calculate the Mission Elapsed Time (MET) for a suite of observing programs, by optimally scheduling those observations and taking into account the associated overheads. |
| NGST | Next Generation Space Telescope |
| NGSS | New Guide Star System |
| NGP | North Galactic Pole |
| NEAR | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
| NEA | Noise Equivalent Angle |
| NDI | Non-Developmental Item |
| NDF | NGST Discretionary Fund |
| NDC/TFST | NGST Detector Characterization project/Target Field Simulation Testbed |
| NDC | NGST Detector Characterization project |
| NCS | NICMOS Cooling System |
| NCC | Network Control Center |
| NBS | Neutral Buoyancy Simulator |
| NASTRAN | NASA Structural Analysis |
| NASCOM | NASA Communications |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| N*M*S | Newton*meter*second |
| N*M | Newton*meter |
| MeV | Mega electron Volt |
| MUX | Multiplexing Amplifier |
| MTS | Magnetic Torquer System |
| MTL | MIRI Technical Lead |
| MTF | Modulation Transfer Function |
| MSS | Magnetic Sensing System |
| MSFC | Marshall Space Flight Center |
| MSA | Micro-Shutter Array |
| MPP | Multi-Pinned Phase |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MOSS | Moving Object Selection System |
| MOSES | Mission Operations, Systems Engineering, and Software |
| MOS | Multi-Object Spectrograph |
| MOR | Mission Operations Room |
| MOR | Mission Operations Review |
| MOP | Meta-Object Protocol |
| MOCD | Mission Operations Concept Document |
| MLI | Multi-Layer Insulation |
| MISC | Mid Infrared Steering Committee |
| MIRSPEC | Mid Infrared Spectrometer |
| MIRI | Mid Infrared Instrument |
| MIRCAM | Mid Infrared Camera |
| MIR | Mid Infrared |
| MIPS | Million Instructions Per Second |
| MIP | Machine-Independent Path |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MIB | Mishap Investigation Board |
| MGSE | Mechanical Ground Support Equipment |
| MFED | Mission & Flight Engineering Department |
| MET | Mission Elapsed Time |
| MEMS | Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems |
| MEM | micro-electro-mechanical |
| MEB | Main Electronics Box |
| MDS | Mission Data System |
| MDR | Mission Definition Review |
| MCU | Mechanisms Control Unit |
| MCP | Microchannel Plate |
| MCE | MAMA Control Electronics |
| MC | Mission Control |
| MB | Megabyte |
| MAST | Multi-Mission Archive at Space Telescope |
| MARS | Membrane with Active Rigid Support |
| MAR | Macro Activation Request |
| MAP | Microwave Ansiotropy Probe |
| MAMA | Multi-Anode Multichannel (or Micro-channel) Array |
| MA | Multiple Access |
| LVPS | Low Voltage Power Supply |
| LVPC | Low Voltage Power Converter |
| LRS | Low-Resolution Spectrograph |
| LRP | Long Range Plan |
| LP | Low Pass (filter) |
| LOS | Loss Of Signal |
| LOS | Line of Sight |
| LLD | Lessons Learned Document |
| LGA | Low Gain Antenna |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| L2 | Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 |
| L&EO | Launch and Early Orbit |
| KeV | Kilo electron Volt |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| KBO | Kuiper Belt Object |
| K | Kelvin |
| JWST | James Webb Space Telescope |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| JOFOC | Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition |
| InSb | Indium Antimonide |
| IVT | Interface Verification Test |
| IVC | Institute Visiting Committee |
| IV&V | Independent Validation and Verification |
| IUE | International Ultraviolet Explorer |
| ITTT | Infra-red Telescope Technology Testbed |
| ITOC | Integration and Test Operations Center |
| ITE | Integrated Test Environment |
| ISWG | Interim Science Working Group |
| ISR | Instrument Science Report |
| ISO | Infrared Space Observatory |
| ISM | Interstellar Medium |
| ISIM | Integrated Science Instrument Module |
| ISC | Information System Center |
| IRU | Inertial Reference Unit |
| IRS | Interface Requirements Specification |
| IRN | Interface Revision Notice |
| IRD | Interface Requirements Document |
| IRAS | Infrared Astronomy Satellite |
| IRAF | Image Reduction & Analysis Facility |
| IR | Infra Red |
| IPT | Integrated Product Team |
| IP | Integration Plan |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
| IM | Instruction Management |
| IGM | Intergalactic Medium |
| IFU | Integral Field Unit |
| IEC | ISIM Electronics Compartment |
| IDTL | Independent Detector Testing Laboratory |
| IDT | Investigation Definition Team (or Instrument Development Team) |
| IDT | Integrated Development Team |
| IDT | Image Dissector Tube |
| IDN | Intent to Deliver Notice |
| IDM | Intelligent Database Machine |
| IDL | Interactive Data Language |
| IDD | Interface Design Document |
| ID | Identification |
| ICWG | Interface Control Working Group |
| ICE | Instrument Control Electronics |
| ICD | Interface Control Document |
| ICAL | Image Calibration Group |
| IBC | Impurity Band Conduction |
| I/O | Input/Output |
| I/F | Interface |
| I&T | Integration & Testing |
| Hz | Hertz |
| HgCdTe | Mercury-Cadmium-Telluride |
| HVPS | High Voltage Power Supply |
| HVFM | High Voltage Filter Module |
| HV | High Voltage |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HSTAR | Hubble Space Telescope Anomaly Report |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| HSP | High Speed Photometer |
| HRC | High Resolution Channel (for ACS) |
| HQ | HeadQuarters |
| HOPR | Hubble Observation Problem Report |
| HGA | High Gain Antenna |
| HDU | Header Data Unit |
| HDF-S | Hubble Deep Field South |
| HDF | Hubble Deep Field |
| HDA | Hubble Data Archive |
| H&S | Health and Safety |
| Gbit | Giga bits |
| GTO | Guaranteed Time Observer |
| GSTS | Ground Station System |
| GST | Ground System Team |
| GSS | Guide Star Selection Subsystem |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment |
| GSD | Ground Systems Department |
| GSC-II | Guide Star Catalog II |
| GSC-2 | Guide Star Catalog 2 |
| GSC | Guide Star Catalog |
| GS | Guide Star |
| GS | Ground Station |
| GS | Ground Segment |
| GROVER | GRating Optical Verification Equipment-Reflective |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| GPG | GSFC Procedures and Guidelines |
| GOTS | Government Off-The-Shelf |
| GOODS | Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey |
| GOES | Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellites |
| GO | Guest Observer (or General Observer) |
| GN | Ground Network |
| GMS | Grants Management Subsystem |
| GMP | Greenwich Mean Time |
| GIMP | Geomagnetic Induced Magnetic Problem |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |
| GFE | Government Furnished Equipment |
| GEVS-SE | GEVS for STS and ELV payloads |
| GEVS | General Environmental Vehicle Specification |
| GEOS | Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellites |
| GCS | Ground Communications Subnet |
| GB | GigaByte |
| GASP | GSSS Astrometric Support Package |
| GALEX | Galaxy Evolution Explorer |
| G-S | Gerchberg-Saxton |
| FWHM | Full Width at Half Maximum |
| FUV | Far Ultraviolet |
| FUV | Far Ultra-Violet |
| FUSE | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| FTE | Full-Time Equivalent |
| FTA | Fault Tree Analysis |
| FSWG | Flight Science Working Group |
| FSW | Flight Software |
| FSM | Fast Steering Mirror |
| FRSS | FHST Reference Star System |
| FRR | Flight Readiness Review |
| FRB | Failure Review Board |
| FQT | Final Qualification Test |
| FPGA | Field-Programmable Gate Array |
| FPE | Focal Plane Electronics |
| FPAP | Focal Plane Assembly Processor |
| FPA | Focal Plane Assembly |
| FPA | Focal Plane Array |
| FOV | Field of View |
| FOT | Flight Operations Team |
| FOS | Flight Operations System |
| FOS | Faint Object Spectrograph |
| FOR | Field of Regard |
| FOC | Faint Object Camera |
| FMEA | Failure Modes and Effects Analysis |
| FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
| FIG | Front-End Implementation Group |
| FHST | Fixed Head Star Tracker |
| FGS | Fine Guidance Sensor |
| FES | Fine Error Signal |
| FEMAP | Finite Element Modeling and Post-processing |
| FEC | Fast Event Counter |
| FDSS | Flight Dynamics Support System |
| FDSS | Flight Data System Software |
| FDF | Flight Dynamics Facility |
| FCA | Flat-field Calibration Aperture |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| F&I | Flags & Indicators |
| EZW | Embedded Zerotree Wavelet |
| EVMS | Earned Value Management System |
| EVD | Engine Valve Driver |
| EVA | Extra-Vehicular Activity |
| EUVE | Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer |
| ETR | Engineering Tape Recorder |
| ETC | Exposure Time Calculator |
| ET | Engineering Team |
| ESS | Engineering & Software Services |
| ESO | European Southern Observatory |
| ESD | Electrostatic Discharge |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ERO | Early Release Observation |
| ER | Engineering Report |
| EPS | Electrical Power Subsystem |
| EPF | Extended Payload Fairing |
| EOS | Earth Observation System |
| EOL | End of Life |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| EGSE | Electrical Ground Support Equipment |
| EELV | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| EEE | Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical |
| EDPS | Engineering Data Processing and Archive System |
| ECU | Electronics Control Unit |
| ECF | European Coordinating Facility |
| DWT | Discrete Wavelet Transform |
| DVD | Digital Video Disk |
| DVA | Detector Vacuum Assembly |
| DSS | Digital Sky Survey |
| DSN | Deep Space Network |
| DRM | Design Reference Mission |
| DRD | Data Requirements Document |
| DQE | Detector Quantum Efficiency |
| DPT | Data Processing Team |
| DPR | Direct Pixel Readout |
| DOTA | Deployable Optical Test Assembly |
| DOORS | Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System |
| DOF | Degree Of Freedom |
| DOD | Depth of Discharge |
| DOC | Distributed Object Controller |
| DOC | Director's Oversight Committee |
| DOB | Deployable Optical Bench |
| DN | Digital Number |
| DMS | Data Management System |
| DMO | Document Management Officer |
| DMF | Data Management Facility |
| DMA | Direct Memory Access |
| DM | Deformable Mirror |
| DIU | Data Interface Unit |
| DIRBE | Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment |
| DIL | Deliverable Item List |
| DIB | Detector Interface Board |
| DHS | Dispersed Hartmann Sensing |
| DFS | Dispersed Fringe Sensor |
| DF224 | Onboard computer for engineering operations |
| DET | Direct Energy Transfer |
| DENIS | DEep Near-Infrared Survey |
| DEB | Detector Electronics Box |
| DDT | Database Developer Team |
| DCR | Document Change Request |
| DCN | Document Change Notice |
| DCL | Detector Characterization Laboratory |
| DCF | Data Capture Facility |
| DCE | Dewar Control Electronics |
| DCE | DDL Control Electronics |
| DCATT | Developmental Cryogenic Active Telescope Testbed |
| DADS | Data Archive and Distribution Service |
| Correlated Double Sample | The read noise that results when the minimum number of reads of the detector are done, one before the integration & one after the integration. It is the square root of two larger than the read read noise of a single read. |
| Charge-Coupled Device | A solid-state light-detecting device. |
| CXC | Chandra X-Ray Center |
| CWIC | Constant-rate Wavelet-based Image Compressor |
| CVZ | Continuous Viewing Zone |
| CVS | Concurrent Version System |
| CTS | Command and Telemetry System |
| CTP | Command and Telemetry Processor |
| CTIO | Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory |
| CTI | Charge Transfer Inefficiency |
| CTE | Coefficient of Thermal Expansion |
| CTE | Charge Transfer Efficiency |
| CSS | Coarse Sun Sensor |
| CSP | Constraint Satisfaction Problem |
| CSM | Channel Select Mechanism |
| CSCI | Computer Software Configuration Item |
| CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
| CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
| CRR | Cosmic Ray Removal |
| CRR | Component Requirements Review |
| CRD | Component Requirements Document |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
| CRB | Change Review Board |
| CR | Cosmic Ray |
| CR | Change Request |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| CPI | Continuous Process Improvement |
| CPCI | Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| COTR | Contracting Officer Technical Representative |
| COSTAR | Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement |
| COS | Cosmic Origins Spectrograph |
| CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
| COP-1 | Command Operations Procedure 1 |
| COP | Command Operations Protocol |
| COMPASS | Catalog of Objects and Measured Parameters from All Sky Surveys |
| COMCON | Communications Contact |
| CO | Contracting Officer |
| CMS | Code Management System |
| CMP | Configuration Management Plan |
| CMO | Configuration Management Office |
| CMO | Community Missions Office |
| CMI | Covariance Matrix Inversion |
| CMD | Commanding Team |
| CM | Center of Mass |
| CLD | Command Language Directive |
| CI | Configuration Item |
| CG | Center of Gravity |
| CFDP | Coherent File Distribution Protocol |
| CEU | Computer Enhancement Unit |
| CEI | Contract End-Item |
| CEB | CCD Electronics Box |
| CDS | Correlated Double Sample |
| CDRL | Contract Data Requirements List |
| CDR | Critical Design Review |
| CDH | Command & Data Handling |
| CDFS | Chandra Deep Field South |
| CDD | Component Design Document |
| CCSDS | Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
| CCS | Control Center System |
| CCR | Configuration Change Request |
| CCD | Charge-Coupled Device |
| CCB | Configuration Control Board |
| CASA | Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy |
| CARD | Constraint And Restriction Document |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| C&DH | Command and Data Handling |
| C&C | Candidate & Calendar |
| C | Centigrade |
| BRDF | Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function |
| BP | Bandpass |
| BOP | Bright Object Protection |
| BOL | Beginning of Life |
| BOA | Bright Object Aperture |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BATC | Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation |
| B&P | Bid & Proposal |
| Astronomical Unit | The mean distance from Earth to the Sun, approximately 1.5 x 10^8 km |
| AURA | Associated Universities for Research in Astronomy |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |
| AT | Archive Team |
| ASWG | Ad hoc Science Working Group |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| ASCS | Aft Shroud Cooling System |
| ASC | Autonomous Shutdown Counter |
| AR | Archival Research |
| APT | Astronomer's Proposal Tool |
| APO | Advanced Programs Office |
| AP | Application Processor |
| AOS | Acquisition of Signal |
| AOC | Attitude/Orbit Control |
| AO | Announcement of Opportunity |
| AO | Adaptive Optics |
| AMSD | Advanced Mirror System Demonstrator |
| AIT | Assembly, Integration and Test |
| AI&T | Assembly, Integration & Testing |
| AHPS | Astigmatic Height for Point Source |
| AGN | Active Galactic Nuclei |
| AFP | Aperture Focal Plane |
| AFM | Actuated Fold Mirror |
| AEDP | Astrometry Engineering Data Processor |
| ADS | Astrophysics Data System |
| ADM | Administration |
| ADC | Analog to Digital Converter |
| ADASS | Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems |
| AD | Activity Description |
| ACS | Attitude Control System |
| ACS | Aperture Coordinate System |
| ACS | Advanced Camera for Surveys |
| ACQ | ACQuisition |
| ACF | Absolute Constraint Function |
| AC | AutoCollimating |
| AAO-SES | Anglo Australian Observatory Second Epoch Sky Survey |
| A/D | Analog-to-Digital |
| 2MASS | Two Micron All Sky Survey |