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ACE
Attitude Control Electronics
ACS
Attitude Control System
ADP
Acceptance Data Package
AETD
Applied Engineering & Technology Division
AGU
American Geophysical Union
AIA
Atmospheric Imaging Assembly
AO
Announcement of Opportunity
APL
Applied Physics Laboratory
AR
Acceptance Review
ASI
Agenzia Spaziale Itliana
ATC
Advanced Technology Center
ATP
Authority to Proceed
B/L
Baseline
BB
Bread Board
BIST
Built-In Self Test
C&DH
Command & Data Handling
CAD
Computer-Aided Design
CCA
Central Carrier Assembly
CCB
Configuration Control Board
CCD
Changed Coupled Device
CCIP
Contamination Control and Implementation Plan
CCP
Contamination Control Program
CCR
Configuration Change Request
CDAW
Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop
CDR
Critical Design Review
CEM
Correlative Environment Monitor or
Correlative Environment Measurement
CFRP
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics
CI
Configuration Item
CM
Configuration Management
CME
Coronal Mass Ejection
CNES
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Co-I
Co-Investigator
COR
Contracting Officer's Representative
COTR
Contracting Officer's Technical Representative
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CR
Confirmation Review
CRA
Confirmation Readiness Assessment
CREDANCE
Cosmic Radiation Environment Dosimetry and Charging Experiment
CRM
Continuous Risk Management
CS
Civil Servant
CSOC
Consolidated Space Operations Contract
CWBS
Contract Work Breakdown Structure
CY
Calendar Year
D/L
Downlink
DCL
Document Change Log
DDF
Director's Discretionary Fund
DHU
Data Handling Unit
DMA
Direct Memory Access
DMSP
Defense Meteorrological Satellite Program
DoD
Department of Defense
DPD
Data Procurement Document
DRD
Data Requirements Description
DRL
Data Requirements List
E/PO
Education and Public Outreach
ECP
Engineering Change Proposal
EGSE
Electrical Ground Support Equipment
EIC
Electrical Interface Checks
EICA
Experiment Interface Control Agreement
EIS
Extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) Imaging Spectrometer
ELDRS
Enhanced Low Dose Rate Sensitivity
ELV
Expandable Launch Vehicle
EPM
Electrical Proto Model
EPMC
Enterprise Program Management Council
ESR
Electrostatic Return
ETU
Engineering Test Unit
EUV
Extreme Ultraviolet
EVE
Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment
EVM
Earned Value Management
FAD
Formulation Authorization Document
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
FFA
Front Filter Assembly
FM
Flight Model
FMEA
Failure Modes & Effects Analysis
FOV
Field of View
FPA
Focal Plane Array
FSS
Farside Sentinel
FTE
Full Time Equivalent
FUV
Far Ultraviolet
FY
Fiscal Year
GaAs
Gallium Arsenide
GEO
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit
GM
Geospace Missions
GMDT
Geospace Mission Definition Team
GMI
Helioseismic Magnetic Imager
GM-ITSP
Geospace Mission-Ionospheres-Thermospheric Storm Probes
GM-RBSP
Geospace Mission-Radiation Belt Storm Probes
GPMC
Governing Program Management Council
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSE
Ground Support Equipment
GSFC
Goddard Space Flight Center
GT
Guide Scope
GTO
GEO-Transfer Orbit
HMI
Helioseimic & Magnetic Imager
I&T
Integration & Test
IACG
Inter-Agency Consultative Group
IAR
Independent Annal Review
ICD
Interface Control Document
ICR
Initial Confirmation Review
IFMP
Intergrated Financial Management Program
IHSIIR
Inner Heliospheric Sentinels
IIRP
Integrated Implementation Review
IIRT
Integrated Independent Reveiw Team
ILWS
International Living With a Star
IMC
Image Motion Compensation
IRT
Independent Review Team
IRU
Inertial Reference Unit
IT
Ionospheric-Thermospheric
Information Technology
ITAR
International Traffic in Arms Regulations
ITSP
Ionospheric-Thermospheric Storm Probes
IV&V
Independent Verification & Validation
JHU
Johns Hopkins University
JON
Job Order Number
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
K
Kelvin
KSC
Kennedy Space Center
LaRC
Langley Research Center
LASP
Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics
LCC
Life Cycle Cost
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
LET
Linear Energy Transfer
LETth
Linear Energy Transfer Threshold
LMCO
Lockheed Martin Company
LMSAL
Lockheed Martin Solar Astrophysics Laboratory
LOA
Letter Of Agreement
LPD
Light Particle Detector
LRD
Launch Readiness Date
LRR
Launch Readiness Review
LSET
Linear Single Event Transients
LV
Launch Vehicle
LWS
Living With a Star
MagCon
Magnetospheric Constellation
MAR
Mission Assurance Requirements
MCR
Mission Confirmation Review
MDR
Mission Definition Retreat
MDT
Mission Definition Team
MEO
Mid Earth Orbit
MESA
Math, Engineering, Science Achievement
MMIC
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
MMS
Magnetospheric Multi-Scale
MO&DA
Mission Operations and Data Analysis
MOA
Memorandum of Agreement
MOO
Mission Of Opportunity
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
MOWG
Mission Operations Working Group
MP
Mission Performance
MPM
Mechanical Proto Model
MRD
Mission Requirements Document
MRR
Mission Readiness Review
MSFC
Marshall Space Flight Center
MSR
Monthly Status Reveiw
MSU
Michigan State University
NAR
Non-Advocate Review
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEPA
National Environmental Policy Act
NFS
NASA FAR Supplement
NMP
New Millennium Program at JPL
NOA
New Obligation Authority
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPD
NASA Policy Directive
NPG
NASA Program Guideline
NRA
NASA Research Announcement
OFS
Optics Free Spectrometer
OLS
Orbital Launch Services
OSC
Orbital Sciences Corporation
OSS
Office of Space Science
OSTC
Office for Scientific, Technical, and Culture Affairs
PA
Product Assurance
PCA
Program Commitment Agreement
PCC
Program Cost Commitment or Power Control Card
PCN
Program Control Number
PDR
Preliminary Design Review
PE
Program Execution
PER
Pre-Environmental Review
PGS
Program Scientist
PI
Principal Investigator
PMC
Program Management Council
PMP
Project Management Plan
PMS
Program Management Support
POP
Program Operation Plan
PPARC
Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council
PROBA
Project for On-Board Autonomy
PSR
Pre-Shipment Review
RAO
Resources Analysis Office
RBSP
Radiation Belt Storm Probes
RFA
Request For Action
RFI
Request For Information
RFO
Request For Offer
RHESSI
Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopis Imager
ROSS
Research Opportunities in Space Science
RSDO
Rapid Spacecraft Development Office
RWA
Reaction Wheel Assembly
RY
Real Year
S/C
Spacecraft
SAT
Science Architechture Team
SBC
Single Board Computer
SCR
System Concept Review
SDAC
Solar Data Analysis Center
SDN
Subsystem Data Node
SDO
Solar Dynamics Observatory
SDOGS
Solar Dynamics Observatory Ground Station
SDT
Science Definition Team
SEARS
SET Experiment Accommodation & Requirements Specification
SEC
Sun-Earth Connection
SECAS
Sun-Earth Connection Advisory Subcommittee
SECEF
Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum
SEE
Single Event Effects
Space Environment & Effects
SERB
Space Experiments Review Board
SET
Space Environment Testbed
SET-1
Space Environment Testbed - Flight 1
SETPath
SET Pathfinder
SHARPP
Solar Heliospheric Activity Research & Prediction Program
SOC
Science Operating Centers
SOHO
Solar Heliospheric Observatory
SOT
Solar Optical Telescope
SOW
Statement of Work
SP
Spectro-Polarimeter
SPASE
Space Physics Archive Search and Exchange
SPO
System Program Office
SR&QA
System Reviews & Quality Assurance
SRAM
Static State Power Amplifier
SRR

System Requirements Retreat
System Requirements Review

SSAC
Space Science Advisory Committee
SSPA
Solid State Power Amplifiers
ST
Star Tracker
ST-8
Space Technology - 8 (one of New Millennium Programs Mission)
STDT
Science & Technology Definition Teams
STP
Space Test Program
STRV
Space Technology Research Vehicle
STRV-ID
Space Technology Research Vehicle-ID
SWG
Science Working Group
SXI
Solar X-ray Imager
TID
Total Ionizing Dose
TIMED
Thermospheric, Ionospheric, Mesopheric Energetics & Dynamics
TISB
Technical Information Services Branch
TMCO
Technical Management Cost & Other Factors Panel
TMDA
Theory, Modeling and Data Analysis
TMI
TRMM Microwave Imager
TR&T
Targeted Research and Technology
TRACE
Transition Region And Coronal Explorer
TWTA
Traveling Wave Tube Assembly
UK
United Kingdom
US
United States
USAF
United States Air Force
UV
Ultraviolet
VHO
Virtual Heliosphere Observatories
VIPR
Video Imaging & Photographic Requirements
VITMO
Virtual ITM Observatories
VMO
Virtual Magnetosphere Observatories
VSO
Virtual Solar Observatories
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure
WSC
White Sands Facility
WSGT
White Sands Ground Terminal

 

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