Protecting the Space Station from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris (1997)
Chapter: LIST OF ACRONYMS
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"LIST OF ACRONYMS." National Research Council. 1997. Protecting the Space Station from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/5532.
List of Acronyms
AIT
analysis integration team
DoD
U.S. Department of Defense
EMU
extravehicular activity mobility unit
EVA
extravehicular activity
FGB
functional cargo block
GEODSS
ground-based electro-optical space surveillance
GPS
global positioning system
IPT
integrated product team
ISS
International Space Station
LDEF
Long Duration Exposure Facility
LEO
low Earth orbit
MSCSurv
Manned Spacecraft Crew Survivability
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
PNP
probability of no penetration
RSA
Russian Space Agency
SSN
U.S. Space Surveillance Network
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