APPENDIX I

LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

A Amps

ABA Adapter Beam Assembly

ACKS Acknowledgment

ACCESS Advanced Carrier Customer Equipment Support System

AFD Aft Flight Deck

AIA Avionics Interface Assembly

ANSI American National Standards Institute

APC Autonomous Payload Controller

APOCC Attached Payloads Operations Control Center

ASP Attached Shuttle Payloads

ASPC Attached Shuttle Payload Center

Aux Auxiliary

b/s Bits Per Second

Baud Typically one bit per second

BBXRT Broad Band X-Ray Telescope

BC Byte count

BPI Bits Per Inch

CAP Command Acceptance Pattern

Crew Activity Plan

CARS Customer Accommodations and Requirements Specifications

CAS Calibrated Ancillary System

CC Crew Controller

CCGSE Customer/Carrier Ground Support Equipment

CCI Command Concentrator Interface

CCT Computer Compatible Tape

CCTV Closed Circuit Television

CG Center of Gravity

CGSE Customer Ground Support Equipment

CH Channel

CID Customer Identification

CIR Cargo Integration Review

CMD(S) Command(s)

CMF Command Management Facility

CMRT Customer Medium Rate Tape

CNE Center Network Environment

CPR Customer Payload Requirements

CRT Cathode Ray Tube

CSR Customer Support Room

CVCM Collected Volatile Condensable Material

dB Decibel

oC Degrees Centigrade

DAP Digital Autopilot

DC Direct Current

DEC Declination

Digital Equipment Corporation

DCL Digital Command Language

Dia. Diameter

DMR Detailed Mission Requirements

DOD Department of Defense

DOL Discrete Output, Low Level

DOMSAT Domestic Communication Satellite

DPS Data Processing System

DPST Double-Pole Single Throw

DT Delay Time

e.g. such as

EAFB Edwards Air Force Base

EGSE Electrical Ground Support Equipment

EMC Electro-Magnetic Compatibility

EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference

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EOV End of Volume

FDF Flight Dynamics Facility

Flight Data File

FM Frequency Modulated

FOR Flight Operations Review

FOT Flight Operations Team

FOV Field of View

FP Flight Plan

FPS Flight Planning System

FS Factor of Safety

FSU Frame Synchronizer Unit

FT Foot/Feet

FVP Flight Verification Payload

G,g Gravity

Ga. Gauge

GAS Get Away Special

GDS Ground Data System

GIS Goddard Internal Simulations

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GN&C Guidance, Navigation and Control

GPC General Purpose Computer

GSTDN Ground Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network

GSE Ground Support Equipment

GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

HES Hitchhiker Ejection System

HH Hitchhiker

HHC Hitchhiker Carrier

HH-C Hitchhiker-C

HH-S Hitchhiker-S

HH-J Hitchhiker-JR

HMDA Hitchhiker Motorized Door Assembly

HRIU Hitchhiker Remote Interface Unit

HTS Hitchhiker Timeline System

Hz Hertz

IAD Interface Agreement Document

ICD Interface Control Document

i.e. that is,

I/F Interface

I&T Integration and Tests

IPD Information Processing Division

IRIG-B Inter-Range Instrumentation Group, Type B

JIN Johnson Information Network

JIS Joint Integrated Simulation

JSC Johnson Space Center

K Kilo, Thousand

Kb/s Kilo bits/second

KSC Kennedy Space Center

KHz Kilo Hertz

KSC Kennedy Space Center

KUSP Ku Band Signal Processor

KWHR Kilowatt-Hour

LAN Local Area Network

lbs. pounds (Weight)

LEP Lower End Plate

LR Low Rate

LRDPS Low-Rate Data Processing System

LRGSE Low Rate Ground Support Equipment

LVLH Local Vertical/Local Horizontal

Max Maximum

Mb/s Mega bits per second

MCC Mission Control Center

MCCH Mission Control Center Houston

MDM Multiplexer De-Multiplexer

MET Mission Elapsed Time

MGMT Management

MGSE Mechanical Ground Support Equipment

MHz Megahertz

MICD Mechanical Interface Control Drawing

Min Minimum

MLI Multi-Layer Insulation

mm millimeter

MM Mission Manager

MOD Mission Operation Division

Mission Operations Document

MODNET MO&DSD Operational/Development Network

MOWG Mission Operations Working Group

MPE Mission Peculiar Equipment

MPESS Mission Peculiar Equipment Support Structure

MPS Mission Planning System

MR Medium Rate

MRDM Medium-Rate De-Multiplexer

MRDPS Medium-Rate Data Processing System

MRGSE Medium Rate Ground Support Equipment

MRM Medium Rate Multiplexer

Mission Readiness Manager

MS Mass Storage

Margin of Safety

ms Millisecond

MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center

MSL Materials Science Laboratory

MSM Mission Support Manager

MTR Magnetic Tape Recorder

MTU Master Timing Unit

MUA Material Usage Agreement

MUX Multiplexer

N/A Not Applicable

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASCOM NASA Communications

NDE Nondestructive Evaluation

NOLAN NASCOM Operational Local Area Network

NGT NASA Ground Terminal (TDRS)

NRZ Non-Return to Zero

NSP Network Signal Processor

NSTS National Space Transportation System

NTSC National Television Standard Committee

NVR Non-Volatile Residue

OIT Obiter Integration Test

O.D. Outside Diameter

OPF Orbiter Processing Facility

OPS Operations

ORDC Orbiter Data Reduction Center

ORR Operational Readiness Review

OSF Office of Space Flight

PAM Payload Assist Module

PC Personel Computer

PCM Pulse Code Modulation

PDI Payload Data Interleaver

PGSC Payload and General Support Computer

PI Principal Investigator

PIP Payload Integration Plan

POCC Payload Operations Control Center

POWG Payload Operations Working Group

PPS Pulse Per Second

PSAT Predicted Site Acquisition Table

PSID Pounds-Per-Square-Inch Differential

PSP Payload Signal Processor

PTC Passive Thermal Control

PWR Power

RA Right Ascension

RD Receive Data

Rev. Revision

RF Radio Frequency

RTN Return

RMS Remote Manipulator System

RT Real-Time

SAA South Atlantic Anomaly

SAIL Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory

SD Send Data

SDP Safety Data Package

SDPF Sensor Data Processing Facility

SDR System Design Review

SMC Standard Mixed Cargo

SMCH Standard Mixed Cargo Harness

SPA Small Payload Accommodations

SPASP SPA Switch Panel

SPIF Standard Payload Interface Facility

SPOC Shuttle Payload of Opportunity Carrier

SQ Square

SRR System Requirements Review

SSP Standard Switch Panel

SSPO Space Shuttle Program Office

SSPP Shuttle Small Payloads Project

STS Space Transportation System

TAE Transportable Applications Executive

TAGS Text and Graphic System

TBD To Be Determined

TBS To Be Supplied

TCL TAE Control Language

TDRSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System

TIM Technical Interchange Meeting

TN TDRSS Network

TLM Telemetry

TML Total Mass Loss

TOD True of Date

TSP Twisted Shielded Pair

TTL Transistor-Transistor Logic

TV Television

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

UCAT User Calibrated Ancillary Data Tapes

UNF United States National Fine

US United States, Microsecond

VAB Vehicle Assembly Building

VCM Volatile Condensable Material

VDC Volts Direct Current

VDS Voice Distribution System

VF Voltage False

VMS Virtual Memory System

VNoise Voltage Noise

VT Voltage True

WSC White Sands Complex

WSTF White Sands Test Facility

W Watts

YSI Yellow Springs Instrument Company