Acronym

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