Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box (2016)
Chapter: Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23503.
E
Abbreviations and Acronyms
| ΔV | delta-V (change in velocity) |
AAReST | Autonomous Assembly of a Reconfigurable Space Telescope |
| ADR | active debris removal |
| ADRe | active rehabilitation |
| ADS | Astrophysics Data System (NASA) |
| AES | Advanced Exploration Systems |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office of Scientific Research |
| AFRL/RV | Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| AIDA | Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment |
| ALASA | Airborne Launch Assist Space Access |
| AOSAT | Asteroid Origins Satellite |
| APRA | Astrophysics Research and Analysis program |
| ASTERIA | Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics |
| Astro2010 | New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics decadal survey |
BARREL | Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses |
| BRITE | Bright Target Explorer |
C&DH | command and data handling |
| CADRE | Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education |
| Cal Poly | California Polytechnic State University |
| CANYVAL-X | CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using Virtual Telescope Alignment Experiment |
| CeREs | Compact Radiation Belt Explorer Missions |
| CINEMA | CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons, and Magnetic Fields |
| CIRAS | CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
| CIRiS | Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space |
| COSMIC | Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate |
| COTS | commercial off the shelf |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23503.
| COVE | CubeSat Onboard Processing Validation Experiment |
| CPOD | CubeSat Proximity Operations Demonstration |
| CSLI | CubeSat Launch Initiative |
| CSSWE | Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment |
| CSUNSat | California State University Northridge Satellite |
| CubeRRT | CubeSat Radiometer RFI Technology Validation mission |
| CuSP | CubeSat to Study Solar Particles |
| CXBN | Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite |
| CYGNSS | Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| DAVID | Diminutive Asteroid Visitor using Ion Drive |
| DICE | Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DRIVE | diversify, realize, integrate, venture, and educate |
| DSL | Discovering the Sky at Longest wavelengths |
| DSN | Deep Space Network |
| DYNAMIC | Dynamical Neutral Atmosphere-Ionosphere Coupling Mission |
EcAMSat | E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite |
| EDL | entry-descent-landing |
| EDSN | Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks |
| EELV | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| ELaNa | Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (NASA) |
| ELFIN | Electron Losses and Fields Investigation |
| ELROI | Extremely Low Resource Optical Identifier |
| EM | Exploration Mission |
| EMFF | Electro-Magnetic-Formation Flight |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESAS 2017 | Decadal Survey in Earth Science that is anticipated in 2017 |
| ESCAPE | Earth Science CubeSat for Advanced Payload Experiments |
| ESPA | EELV Secondary Payload Adapter |
| ESTO | Earth Science Technology Office (NASA) |
| EUV | extreme ultraviolet |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FIREBIRD | Focused Investigations of Relativistic Electron Burst Intensity, Range, and Dynamics |
| FWHM | full width at half maximum |
GALEX | Galaxy Evolution Explorer |
| GDC | Geospace Dynamics Constellation |
| GENSO | Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations |
| GEO | geostationary Earth orbit |
| GEO-CAPE | Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events |
| GNSS-RO | global navigation satellite system-radio occultation |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (NOAA) |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GRIFEX | GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Performance Experiment |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23503.
| H | hydrogen |
| HALO | Hydrogen Albedo Lunar Orbiter |
| HAM | handheld amateur radio |
| HARP | HyperAngular Rainbow Polarimeter |
| HeDI | Helium Doppler Imager |
| HEOMD | Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate |
| HMI | Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager |
| HOT-BIRD | high-operating temperature barrier infrared detector |
IARU | International Amateur Radio Union |
| IBEX | Interstellar Boundary Explorer |
| IMAP | Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe |
| InSight | Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (NASA) |
| INSPIRE | Interplanetary Nano-Spacecraft Pathfinder in Relevant Environment |
| IPEX | Intelligent Payload Experiment |
| IR | infrared |
| IRIS | Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph |
| ISARA | Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna |
| iSAT | Iodine Satellite |
| ISM | Industrial Scientific and Medical |
| Isp | specific impulse |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| ISX | Ionospheric Scintillation eXplorer mission |
| ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
| IT-SPINS | Ionospheric-Thermospheric Scanning Photometer for Ion-Neutral Studies mission |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| IV&V | Independent Verification and Validation |
| IXO | International X-ray Observatory |
JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| JPSS | Joint Polar Satellite System |
| JSpOC | Joint Space Operations Center (U.S. Air Force) |
| JWST | James Webb Space Telescope |
LAICE | Lower Atmosphere/Ionosphere Coupling Experiment mission |
| LEO | low Earth orbit |
| LISA | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
| LMPC | Linear Mode Photon-counting CubeSat |
| LMRST | Low Mass Radio Science Transponder |
| LunaH-Map | Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper |
MagCat | Magnetospheric Constellation and Tomography |
| MagCon | Magnetospheric Constellation Mission |
| MarCO | Mars Cube One |
| MCubed | Michigan Multipurpose Minisat |
| MEDICI | Magnetosphere Energetics, Dynamics, and Ionospheric Coupling Investigation |
| MEROPE | Montana Earth Orbiting Pico Explorer |
| MHD | magnetohydrodynamic |
| MinXSS | Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23503.
| MiRaTA | Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration mission |
| MITEE | Miniature Tether Electrodynamics Experiment |
| MLI | Multi-Layer Insulation |
| MMO | Mars Micro Orbiter |
| MMS | Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission |
| MRO | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NEA | near Earth asteroid |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NODeS | Network and Operation Demonstration Satellite |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| NPP | NPOESS Preparatory Project |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NRO | National Reconnaissance Office |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| NuSTAR | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array Mission |
O/OREOS | Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses |
| OCSD | Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration |
| OPAL | Orbiting Picosatellite Automated Launcher |
PFISR | Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar |
| PI | principal investigator |
| P-POD | Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer |
| PreSat | PharmaSat Risk Evaluation (PRESat) nanosatellite (NASA) |
| PSD | Planetary Science Division (NASA) |
Q-PACE | CubeSat Particle Aggregation and Collision Experiment |
R&A | research and analysis |
| RainCube | Radar in a CubeSat |
| RAVAN | Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes |
| RAX | Radio Aurora Explorer |
| RBLE | Radiation Belt Loss Experiment |
| REPT | Relativistic Electron-Proton Telescope Instrument |
| RFID | Radio-frequency Identification |
| ROSES | Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences |
SAO | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| SIMPLEx | Small, Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration |
| SLS | Space Launch System |
| SMC | Space Missile Command |
| SMD | Science Mission Directorate (NASA) |
| SO/PHI | Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager |
| SORCE | Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
| SORTIE | Scintillation Observations and Response of the Ionosphere to Electrodynamics |
| SRAM | static random-access memory |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23503.
| STF | Simulation to Flight |
| STMD | Space Technology Mission Directorate (NASA) |
| STP | Space Test Program (DOD) |
| STRaND | Surrey Training, Research, and Nanosatellite Demonstrator |
TBEx | Tandem Beacon-Explorer |
| TCTE | Total Solar Irradiance Calibration Transfer Experiment |
| TechEdSat | Technology Education Satellite |
| TEMPEST-D | Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Demonstration |
| THEMIS | Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms |
| TIM | Total Irradiance Monitor |
| TIR | thermal infrared |
| TIRFF | Thermal Infrared Free Flyer |
| TJ3Sat | Thomas Jefferson CubeSat |
| TRL | technology readiness level |
| TRYAD | Terrestrial Rays Analysis and Detection Mission |
| TSI | total solar irradiance |
| TSIS | Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor |
U | unit, with 1U being about 10 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm |
| UHF | ultrahigh frequency |
| ULA | United Launch Alliance |
| UNP | University Nanosatellite Program |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| USML | U.S. Munitions List |
| UV | ultraviolet |
VCLS | Venture Class Launch Services |
| VHF | very high frequency |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
WFIRST | Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope |
| WISE | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer |
| WMAP | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe |
| WoS | Web of Science |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23503.
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