Lost with all the abbreviations and acronyms used in these pages? Below I have listed
the ones used throughout these pages. More extensive aerospace acronym lists can be found
at NASA and at JANE's.
| AOS |
Acquisition of signal (see also TCA, LOS) |
| ARGP |
Argument of Perigee |
| BNSC |
British National Space Centre |
| BOL |
Beginning of Life (see also EOL) |
| CCD |
Charge Coupled Device |
| DOD |
Department Of Defence |
| ECCN |
Eccentricity |
| EGSE |
Electronic Ground Support Equipment |
| EOL |
End Of Life (also see BOL) |
| GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbit |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GTO |
Geostationary transfer Orbit |
| HEO |
Highly Elliptical Orbit |
| LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
| LOS |
Loss of signal (also see TCA, AOS) |
| MA |
Mean Anomaly |
| MA |
Mean Motion |
| MEO |
Medium Earth Orbit |
| OBC |
On Board Computer |
| RAAN |
Right Ascension of the Ascending Node |
| SSO |
Sun-Synchronous Orbit |
| TCA |
Time of closest approach (also see AOS, LOS) |
| TLA |
Three Letter Abbreviation :-) |
| TLM |
Telemetry |
| TMTC |
Telemetry Telecommand |
| TT&C |
Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
