A/D Analog to Digital Converter ACE Advanced Cosmic ray Explorer ACS Attitude Control System ACT Attitude Control Thruster(s); ACT Automated Command Tracking; ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite ADC Analog to Digital Converter Ah Ampere-hour AIV Assembly, Integration & Verification (CIDA) AO Announcement of Opportunity ARR ATLO Readiness Review ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ATLO "Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations" AU Astronomical Units C&DH Command and Data Handling C/A Closest Approach CBS Cost Breakdown Structure CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CDCF Cosmic Dust Collection Facility CDR Critical Design Review CDRL Contract Data Requirements List CDU Command Detector Unit CHON "Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen (particle)" CIDA Cometary and Interstellar Dust Analyzer (Successor to PIA) CMMTL Composites Materials and Manufacturing Technology Lab CoMA Comet Mass Analyzer COMPLEX Committee on Planetary Exploration COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf CPU Central Processing Unit CPV Common Pressure Vessel D/H Deuterium to Hydrogen ratio dB Decibel DC/DC Direct current/Direct current Converter DFM Dust Flux Monitor DFMI Dust Flux Monitor Instrument DFMW Dust Flux Monitor Whipple Shield DOF Degree of Freedom DSM Deep Space Maneuver DSN Deep Space Net DTC Design-To-Cost EDAC Error Detection and Correction EDL Entry, Descent, and Landing EED Electro-Explosive Device EEE "Electrical, Electronic, and Electreomechanical" EEM Electrical Engineering Model EGA Earth Gravity Assist EGAD Earth Gravity Assist Date EGSE Electrical Ground Support Equipment EGTT Enhanced GPS Telemetry Transmitter EM Electron microscope EMF Electronics Manufacturing Facility (MMA) EMI Electromagnetic Interference EOM End of Mission EOS Earth Observing System EPL Engineering Propulsion Lab (MMA) EPS Electrical Power Subsystem ESA European Space Agency ET Ephemeris Time EVR Event Reporting EW Earth-Wild-2; FMECA "Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis" FOS Faint Object Spectrograph FOV Field of View FR Failure Report FRR Flight Readiness Review FSW Flight Software FTP Fault-Tolerant Processor FTP File Transfer Protocol GAS Get-Away Special Gb Gigabit GDS Ground Data System GEMS Glass-Embedded Metal Sulfides GENSAT "Government Earth-Orbiting, Nadir-Pointing Satellite" GIDEP Government-Industry Data Exchange Program GPS Global Positioning System GRS Gamma Ray Spectrometer H/W Hardware HAST High-Altitude Supersonic Test He Helium HEF Hight Efficiency HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Absorber HGA High Gain Antenna HITF Hypervelocity Impact Test Facility (JSC) HPF Hazardous Processing Facility HQ Headquarters I&T Integration and Test I/F Interface I/O Input/Output IDP Interplanetary Dust Particle IFOG Interferometric Optical Gyro IFOV Instantaneous Field of View IMU Inertial Measurement Unit IMU Inertial Measurements Unit IP Interplanetary IR Infrared IRR Interim Requirements Review IS Interstellar IS Interstellar ISM Interstellar Medium ISP Interstellar Particle Isp Specific Impulse JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JSC Johnson Space Center L/M Link Margin L/W Lightweight LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility LEO Low Earth Orbit LFT Time to closest Approach LGA Low Gain Antenna LMA Lockheed Martin Astronautics LMAC Lockheed Martin Astronautics Corporation LMPP Lockheed Martin Power Products LV Launch Vehicle LV Launch Vehicle MAT Management Advisory Team Mb Megabit MDA McDonnell Douglas Aerospace MECO Main Engine Cut-Off MEL Master Equipment List MGA Medium Gain Antenna MGDS Multi-mission GDS MGS Mars Global Surveyor MGSE Mechanical Ground Support Equipment MI Maturity Index MI Minority Institution MLI Multi-Layer Insulation MMA Martin Marietta Astronautics MMH Monomethylhydrazine MO,M.O. Mars Observer MOS Mission Operations Subsystem MOSC Mission Operation Support Center MOSO Mission Operations Support Office MPI (CIDA) MRB Materials Review Board MS Mass Spectrometer ms milliseconds MSTI Miiniature Sensor Technology Integration N Newton n/a Not Applicable N2H4 Hydrazine N2O4 Nitrogen Tetroxide NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAV Navigation NAVCAM Navigation Camera NCS Nutation Control System NEAR Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NiCd Nickel-Cadmium NiH2 Nickel Hydrogen (battery) NTO Nitrogen Tetroxide OCA Optical Corporation of America OPNAV Optical Navigation Ops Operations OS Operating System P/L Payload P/L Payload PA Product Assurance PAH Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons PC Personal Computer PCU Power Control Unit PDR Preliminary Design Review PDR Preliminary Design Review PDS Planetary Data System PI Principal Investigator PI Principle Investigator PIA Particle Impact Analyzer PICA Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator PIP Project Implementation Plan PM Project Manager PMD Propellant Management Device PPT Peak Power Tracker QA Quality Assurance RA Right Ascension RAM Random Access Memory RDD Requirements Driven Design/Definition Developer REM Rocket Engine Module RFP Request for Proposal RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computing ROM Read-Only Memory; ROM Rough Order of Magnitude S/C Spacecraft S/N Signal-to-Noise S/W Software S/W Software SA Solar Array SAR Solar Array Regulator SB Small Business SBSWG Small Bodies Science Working Group SCATHA Spacecraft Chargin at High Altitude SCI "SCI Systems, Inc." SCI Science SD Stardust SDB Small Disadvantaged Business SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organization SEDB Systems Engineering Data Base SEG Sequence of Events Generator SEIT Systems Engineering and Integration Team SEM Scanning Electron Microscope Sep Separation SEU Single-Event UPset SiC Silicon Carbide SIMS Secondary Ion Microprobe Spectrometer SLOC Software Lines of Code SM Spacecraft Manager SMTS Stardust Mission Test System SPICE Trajectory/ephemeris SPK files SPV Single Pressure Vessel SRC Sample Reentry Capsule SRM Solid Rocket Motor SRR Systems Requirements Review SSB Space Support Building (MMA) SSEC Solar System Exploration Committee SSL Space Simulation Laboratory (MMA) SSR Solid State Recorder SSTI Small Spacecraft Technology Iniative STB System Test Bed (JPL) STC Spacecraft Technology Center (MMA) STL Spacecraft Test Laboratory (LMA) STPM Structural/Thermal/Pyro Model STS Space Transportation System (Shuttle) SW Software TBD To Be Determined TBS To Be Supplied/Specified TCM Trajectory Correction Maneuver TCS Thermal Control System TIP Technical Implementation Plan TMP Technical Management Plan TOF Time-of-Flight TOF-MS Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometer TOMS-EP Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer - Earth Probe TOS Transfer Orbit Stage TPS Thermal Protection System TRAJ Trajectory UHF Ultra High Frequency USAF United States Air Force UTTR Utah Test and Training Range UV Ultraviolet VEGA Soviet Mission to Comet Halley VGR Voyager W2 Wild-2, comet WCA Worst-Case Analysis WE Wild-2, earth XMIT Transmit XPNDR Transponder XRF X-Ray Fluorescence Yo-Yo Despin Device
Last update Wednesday, 26-Nov-2003 12:46:43 PST by Tom Meyer.