Space industory is full of acronyms. This page collect a portion of it.
| Acronym | Full | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| +ve | Positive | +ve - Wiktionary |
| -ve | Negative | |
| ADC | Analog Digital Converter | |
| ADC | Attitude Determination and Control | |
| ADCS | Attitude Determination and Control System | |
| AFC | Automatic Frequency Control | |
| AIT | Assembly, Integration and Test | |
| API | Advance Publication Information | ITU |
| API | Application Programming Interface | |
| AT | Acceptance Test | |
| BBM | Breadboard model | |
| BMS | Battery Management System | |
| BPSK | Binary phase-shift keying | |
| C&DH | Command and Data Handling | |
| CDH | Command and Data Handling | |
| CDR | Critical Deign Review | |
| cFS | core Flight System | https://cfs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
| CSICE | Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center | 内閣衛星情報センター | 内閣官房ホームページ |
| CTB | Cargo Transfer Bag | |
| DPSK | Differential phase-shift keying | |
| DST | Digital Signal Technology, Inc. | https://www.dst.co.jp/ |
| EGSE | Electrical Ground Support Equipment | |
| EM | Engineering Model | |
| EPS | Electrical Power System | |
| ES | Engineering Sample | |
| FM | Flight Mode | |
| FM | Frequency Modulation | |
| FPGA | Field Programmable Gate Array | |
| FSW | Flight Software | |
| FTS | Flight Termination System | |
| GMSK | Gaussian minimum-shift keying | a variant of MSK |
| GS | Ground System | |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment | |
| GTV | Ground Test Vehicle | |
| I/Q | In-phase and quadrature components | |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union | |
| LRR | Launch Readiness Review | |
| MCS | Mission Control Software or System | |
| MDR | Mission Definition Review | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | |
| MPSSE | Multi-Protocol Synchronous Serial Engine | |
| MSK | Minimum-shift Keying | a digital modulation process |
| NOR | Not OR | |
| OBC | On-Board Computer | |
| PB | Pale Blue | |
| PCB | Printed Circuit Board | |
| PCDU | Power Conditioning & Distribution Unit | |
| PCM | Pulse Code Modulation | |
| PCU | Power Control Unit | |
| PDR | Preliminary Design Review | |
| PDU | Power Distribution Unit | |
| PDS | Planetary Data System | https://pds.nasa.gov/ |
| PM | Phase modulation | a modulation pattern |
| PMIC | Power Management IC | |
| POST | Power-on Self-test | |
| PSK | Phase-Shift Keying | a digital modulation process |
| QPSK | Quadrature phase-shift keying | |
| QT | Qualification Test | |
| RTC | Real-Time Clock | |
| S/C | Spacecraft | |
| SC | Space Cubics | |
| SPI | Serial Peripheral Interface | |
| SRR | System Requirement Review | |
| STAPL | Standard Test and Programming Language | |
| STP | File extension for STAPL file | |
| TC | Telecommand | |
| TEG | Test Element Group | |
| TM | Telemetry | |
| TRCH | Timing, Reset, Config & Health Controller |