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ACS |
Attitude Control System |
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AMPTE |
Active Magnetospheric Tracer Explorer |
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C&DH |
Command and Data Handling |
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CCD |
Charge-Coupled Device |
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CCE |
Charge Composition Explorer |
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CCSDS |
Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems |
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CDI |
Command Data Interface |
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EEE |
Electrical, Electronic, Electromechanical |
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C.G. |
Center of Gravity |
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CIDP |
Central Instrument Data Processor |
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CMM |
Capability Maturity Model of the Software Engineering Institute |
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CMP |
Control Microprocessor (on EUV) |
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COTS |
Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
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CRRES |
Combined Radiation and Release Spacecraft |
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DoD |
Department of Defense |
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DOD |
Depth of Discharge |
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DPS |
Digisonde Portable Sounder |
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DSN |
Deep Space Network |
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EMC |
Electromagnetic Compatibility |
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EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
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EOL |
End of Life |
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EUV |
Extreme Ultraviolet Imager |
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FAR |
Federal Acquisition Regulation |
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FAST |
Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer |
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FMEA |
Failure Modes Effects Analyses |
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FOV |
Field of View |
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FSS |
Fan Sun Sensor |
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FUV |
Far Ultraviolet Imager |
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GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
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HCI |
Horizon Crossing Indicator |
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HENA |
High-Energy Neutral Atom Imager |
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IMAGE |
Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration |
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ISSA |
International Space Station Alpha |
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LBH |
Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (bands of FUV emissions from N2 |
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LENA |
Low-Energy Neutral Atom Imager |
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LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
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LET |
Linear Energy Transfer |
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LPARL |
Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Research Laboratory |
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MCP |
Microchannel Plate |
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Med-Lite |
Medium-Light Expendable Launch Vehicle |
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MENA |
Medium-Energy Neutral Atom Imager |
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MET |
Mission Elapsed Time |
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MI |
Magnetosphere Imager |
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MIDEX |
Medium Explorer |
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MIMI |
Magnetospheric Imaging |
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CHEMS |
Instrument/Charge-Energy-Mass-Spectrometer for Cassini |
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MUE |
Mission Unique Electronics |
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MUE |
Mission Unique Electronics |
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NAI |
Neutral Atom Imager |
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NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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O I |
Neutral atomic oxygen emission produced by electron impact |
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PA |
Performance Assurance |
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PH |
Pulse Height |
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POI |
Product of Inertia |
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QA |
Quality Assurance |
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QAE |
Quality Assurance Engineer |
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QAP |
Quality Assurance Plan |
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RAAN |
Right Ascension of the Ascending Node |
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RAD-6000 |
Radiation-hardened Loral R6000 microprocessor chip |
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RAM |
Random Access Memory |
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RE |
Earth Radius |
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RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
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RPI |
Radio Plasma Imager |
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SAC-B |
Argentine satellite |
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SEI |
Software Engineering Institute |
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SEPS |
Source/Loss-Cone Energetic Particle Spectrometer on Polar |
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S/C |
Spacecraft |
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SI |
Far Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager |
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SMEX |
Small Explorer |
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SMOC |
GSFC Science and Mission Operations Center |
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S/N |
Signal-to-noise |
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SSD |
Solid State Detector |
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SwRI |
Southwest Research Institute |
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TIDE |
Thermal Ion Dynamics Experiment on GGS/Polar |
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TIMAS |
Toroidal Ion Mass-Angle Spectrograph on GGS/Polar |
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VME |
Versamodule Europe |
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WIC |
Far Ultraviolet Wideband Imaging Camera |