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This document provides a list of common acronyms used for the Landsat Next Instrument Suite (LandIS) project. It includes over 600 acronyms organized alphabetically from A to Z covering technical terms and definitions relevant to the LandIS program. The accompanying federal contract opportunity notices an eLibrary reference location for LandIS documents to support the program. This consolidated acronym list and designated electronic library would provide standardized references to facilitate communication and understanding among technical teams involved in the LandIS efforts under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Center.
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LNext Common Acronyms List LNEXT-MGMT-DESC-0006 Revision -ii
Landsat Next Common Acronyms List
Signature/Approval Page
Prepared by:
Electronic Signature in TDMS
01/05/2023 Andrew McLennan Date Landsat Next Requirements Manager NASA/GSFC, Code 426
Approved by:
Dawn Sierfeld Date Landsat Next Digital Process Engineering Manager
Approved by:
Dorothy Wertz Date Landsat Next Lead Digital Process Engineer iii
CM Foreword This document is a Landsat Next Project Signature Controlled document. Changes to this document require prior approval via a Signature Controlled Change Request (SCoRe). Proposed changes shall be submitted to the Landsat Next Configuration & Data Management Office, along with supportive material justifying the proposed change. Changes to this document will be made by complete revision.
Questions or comments concerning this document should be addressed to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Landsat Next Project Office, Code 426 Attention: Configuration & Data Management Office Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 iv
Change History Log Revision Effective Date Description of Changes
- 01/05/2023 LNEXT-SCoRe-0002 - Draft LandIS RFP Baseline – Initial Release v
Table of Contents SIGNATURE/APPROVAL PAGE ................................................................................................ II
CM FOREWORD ..........................................................................................................................III
CHANGE HISTORY LOG .......................................................................................................... IV
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................ V
LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... VI
LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................ VI
1.0 NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS
2.0 A
3.0 B
4.0 C
5.0 D
6.0 E
7.0 F
8.0 G
9.0 H
10.0 I
11.0 J
12.0 K
13.0 L
14.0 M
15.0 N
16.0 O
17.0 P
18.0 Q
19.0 R
20.0 S
21.0 T
22.0 U
23.0 V
24.0 W
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List of Figures No table of contents entries found.
List of Tables No table of contents entries found.
1.0 NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS
@ – At
1/m – Per meter
º – Degree
ºC – Degrees Centigrade
# – Number µm – Micrometer µrad – Microradian
% – Percent
1/f – One over the frequency, in the context of radiometric noise
2.0 A
A&A – Archive and Access
ABCs – Agency Baseline Commitments
ABPL – As-Built Parts Lists
Accel. – Acceleration
ACS – Attitude Control System
ADC – Analog-to-Digital
ADD – Algorithm Description Documents
ADDs – Algorithm Description Documents
ADPE – Automated Data Processing Equipment
ADPL – As-Design Parts Lists
AES – Advanced Encryption Standard
AETD – Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate
AFB – Air Force Base
AFSPCMAN – Air Forces Space Command Manual
AFT – allowable flight temperature
AGS – Alaska Ground Station
AI&T – Assembly, Integration, and Test
ALI – Advanced Land Imager am – Ante Meridian
AMCP – Additive Manufacturing Control Plan
Amps – Ampere
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
AO – Atomic Oxygen
AOCS – Attitude and Orbit Control System
AOS – Acquisition of Signal
APART – Arizona's Paraxial Analysis of Radiation Transfer
APID – Application Process Identifier
APMC – Agency Program Management Council
AQPSK – Asynchronous Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK)
AR – Anomaly Reports
ARB – Anomaly Review Board
ARD – Analysis Ready Data
Arel – Relative Amplitude
Arelmax – Maximum Amplitude Level
ASAP – Advanced Systems Analysis Program
ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC – Application-Specific Integrated Circuit
ASNT – American Society of Nondestructive Testing
ASM – Acquisition Strategy Meeting
AST – Architecture Study Team
ASTER – Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials
ATM – Acceleration Transformation Matrix
ATP – Authorization To Proceed
ATRR – Acceptance Test Readiness Review
Avg – Average
AVI – Audio Video Interleave
3.0 B
BC – Bus Controller
BCRs – Budget Change Requests
BER – Bit error rate
BiCMOS – Bipolar Junction Transistor in a Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
BIST – Built-In-Self-Test
BLE – Ballistic Limit Equations
BLM – Bureau of Land Management bLMOC – Backup LMOC
BOB – Break-out-Boxes
BOE – Basis of Estimate
BOL – Beginning of Life
BPSK – BiPhase Shift Keying
BRDF – Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function
BTE – Bench Test Equipment
BTP – Build-to-Print
4.0 C
C – Centigrade
C&DH – Command and Data Handling
C&T – Command and Telemetry
CA – Conjunction Assessment
CA – California
CAD – Computer-Aided Design
CADRe – Cost Analysis Data Requirement
Cal – Calibration
Cal/Val – Calibration and Validation
CARA – Conjunction Assessment Risk Assessment
CBAR – Finite Element Type
CBE – Current Best Estimates
CCB – Configuration Control Board
CCE – Cryo-Cooler Electronics
CCHP – Constant Conductance Heat Pipes
CCP – Contamination Control Plan
CCR – Configuration Change Request
CCRs – Configuration Change Requests
CCSDS – Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems
CD – Compact Disc
CDC – Commodities & Risk Assurance Engineer
CDF – Capatilization Determination Form
CDL – Controlled Document List
CDR – Critical Design Review
CDRL – Contract Data Requirements List
CDRLs – Contract Data Requirements Lists
CE90 – Circular Error with 90% Confidence
CE – Conducted Emissions
CELAS – Finite Element type
CFDP – Consultative Committee on Space Data Systems (CCSDS) File Delivery Protocol
CFR – Code of Federal Regulations cg – Center of Gravity
CGP – Chassis Ground Plane c.g. – Center of Gravity
ChKur – Chance-Kurucz cm2 – Square Centimeters
CIL – Critical Items List
CIIL – Configuration Item Identification List
CLA – Coupled Loads Analysis
CM – Configuration Management
CM – Center of Mass
CMBCE – Common Mode Bulk Cable Emission
CMC – Center Management Council
Cmd – Command
CMN – Common Mode Noise
CMO – Configuration Management Office
CN – Coherent Noise
CO – Contracting Officer
COI – Conflict of Interest
CONUS – Contiguous United States
COMSEC – Communications Security
COOP – Continuity of Operations Planning
COP – Communication Operation Procedure
COR – Contracting Officer’s Representative
COSMOS – Computer System for Mainframe OperationS
COTS – Commercial-Off-the-Shelf
CPAF – Cost Plus Award Fee cPCI – Compact Peripheral Component Interface
CPIF – Cost Plus Incentive Fee
CPL – Capillary Pumped Loops
CPS – Candidate Protection Strategies
CPT – Comprehensive Performance Test
CPU – Central Processing Unit
CRAE – Command and Telemetry
CRC – Cyclic Redundancy Codes
CRM – Continuous Risk Management
CS – Conducted Susceptibility
CSA – Commissioning Support Area
CSCIs – Computer Software Configuration Items
CSO – Chief Safety Mission Assurance Officer
CSpOC – Combined Space Operations Center
CTE – Calibration Test Equipment
CTE – Compatibility Test Equipment
CTP – Command and Telemetry Processor
CTSS – Command and Telemetry Simulation System
CUI – Controlled Unclassified Information
CV – Cal/Val
CVCM – Collected Volatile Condensable Material
CVT – Calibration/Validation Team
CVTK – Calibration Validation Toolkit
CW – Continuous Wave
5.0 D
DA – Decision Authority
DAC – Digital-to-Analog
DAM – Data Acquisition Manager dB – Decibels dBuA – Decibel (dB) Micro-Amps dB/K – Decibels per Kelvin dBW – Decibels above 1 Watt
DC – Direct Current
DCMA – Defense Contract Management Agency
DDD – Displacement Damage Dose
Deg. – degree deg – Degree
DE&I – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
DEM – Digital Elevation Model
DEMs – Digital Elevation Models
DFCB – Data Format Control Book
DHP – Diode Heat Pipes
DID – Data Item Descriptions
DITL – Day-in-the Life
D/L – Downlink
DM – Differential Mode
DMUs – Drag Makeup Maneuvers
DN – Digital Number
DOF – Degrees of Freedom
DOI – Department of the Interior
DoLP – Degree of Linear Polarization
DOWD – Differenced One Way Doppler
DPAS – Data Processing and Archive System
DPE – Digital Process Engineering
DPM – Deputy Project Manager
DPMC – Directorate Program Management Council
DPMR – Deputy Project Manager for Resources
DRC – Design Reference Case
DRD – Description of Required Data
DRDS – Data Requirements Description
DTM – Displacement Transformation Matrix
DVD – Digital Versatile Disc
6.0 E
E2E – End-to-End
EAR – Export Administration Regulations e/cm2 – Electrons per Centimeter Squared
ECI – Earth-Centered Inertial
ECSS – European Cooperation for Space Standardization
EDAC – Error Detection and Correction
EDACs – Error-Detection and Correction Codes
EDU – Engineering Development Unit
EED – Electro-Explosive Device
EEE – Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical
EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EGSE – Electrical Ground Support Equipment
EHD – Elastohydrodynamic
EIA – Electrical Industries Association
EIRP – Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
ELDRS – Enhanced Low-Dose-Rate Sensitivity
ELV – Expendable Launch Vehicle
EMC – Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMCPP – EMC Control Plan
EMF – Electromotive Force
EMI – Electromagnetic Interference
EMITR – EMI Test Report
EOC – End of Charge
EOL – End of Life
EOM – End of Mission
EOMP – End of Mission Plan
EOS – Earth Observing System
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
EPO – Education and Public Outreach
EPR – Engineering Peer Review
EPRs – Engineering Peer Reviews
ERB – Engineering Review Board
ERD – Environmental Requirements Document
ERN – Effective radiation node
EROS – Earth Resources Observation and Science
ERP – Engineering Peer Review
ERTS – Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ESD – Earth Science Division
ESD – Electrostatic Discharge
ESM – Earth Systematic Missions
ESMO – Earth Science Mission Operations
ESP – Emission of Solar Protons
ESS – Environmental Stress Screening
ESTO – Earth Science Technology Office
ETM+ – Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
ETR – Eastern Test Range
ETUs – Engineering Test Units
EU – European Union
EVM – Earned Value Management
EVS – Earned Value System
7.0 F
f# – <definition needed> f – Frequency
FA – Formulation Agreement
FAD – Formulation Authorization Document
FAR – Federal Acquisition Regulation
FCA – Functional Configuration Audit
FD – Flight Dynamics
FD&C – Fault Detection and Correction
FDC – Fault Detection and Correction
FDF – Flight Dynamics Facility
FEM – Finite Element Model
FFP – Firm Fixed Price
FFR – Flight Readiness Review
FIA – Final Implementation Agreement
FIPS – Federal Information Processing Standard
FLSC – Flexible Linear Shaped Charge
FLUINT – Fluid Integrator
FMEA – Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
FMECA – Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analyses
FOP – Flight Operations Procedure
FOQPSK – Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
FOR – Flight Operations Review
FOR – Field of Regard
FOT – Flight Operations Team
FOV – Field of View
FPA – Focal Plane Array
FPE – Focal Plane Electronics
FPEs – Focal Plane Electronics
FPGA – Field Programmable Gate Array
FPGAs – Field Programmable Gate Arrays
FPM – Focal Plane Module
FPS – Focal Plane System
FR – Failure Reports
FRB – Failure Review Board
FRM – Flight Readiness Manager
FRPMP – Flaw Remediation & Patch Management Plan
FRR – Flight Readiness Review
FS – Factor of Safety
FSy – Known Torque Factor of Safety
FSv – Variable Torque Factor of Saftey
FS&GS – Flight Systems and Ground Support
FSM – Flight Systems Manager
FSTL – Flight Support Team Lead
FSW – Flight Software
FTA – Fault Tree Analyses
FTIS – Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometers
FWHM – Full Width Half Maximum
FWS – Fish and Wildlife Services
FY – Fiscal Year
8.0 G
GA – Geoscience Australia
Gbps – Gigabits per second
GC/MS – Gas Chromatographs/Mass Spectrometers
GCP – Ground Control Point
GCQA – Government Contract Quality Assurance
GCR – Galactic Cosmic Ray
GDMS – Goddard Document Management System
GEB – Landsat Next Geometric Error Budget
GEO – Group on Earth Observations
GEVS – General Environmental Verification Standard
GFE – Government-Furnished Equipment
GFOV – Glint-Free Field of View
GHz – Gigahertz
GIDEP – Government-Industry Data Exchange Program
GIS – Geographic Information System
GLAMR – Goddard Laser for Absolute Measurement of Radiance
GMIP – Government Mandatory Inspection Points
GMIPS – Government Mandatory Inspection Points
GMIPs – Government Mandatory Inspection Points
GMM – Geometric Math Model
GN2 – Gaseous Nitrogen
GN – Ground Network
GNE – Ground Network Element
GNUG – Ground Network Users' Guide
GOES – Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
GOLD – Goddard Open Learning Design
GOTS – Government-Off-the-Shelf
GPD – Goddard Policy Directive
GPR – GSFC Procedural Requirements
GPS – Global Positioning System
GRI – Global Reference Image
Grms – Root Mean Square of the Acceleration
GRT – Ground Readiness Testing g’s – Gravitational Acceleration
GS – Ground System
GSD – Ground Sampling Distance
GSE – Ground Support Equipment
GSFC – Goddard Space Flight Center
GSRD – Ground System Requirements Document
GSRT – GSFC Systems Review Team
GSRTs – GSFC Systems Review Teams
GSTDN – Ground Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network (STDN)
G/T – Gain-to-Noise Temperature (dB)
GUERAP – General Unwanted Energy Rejection Analysis Program
9.0 H
HAB – Harmful Algal Blooms
HDBK – Handbook
HDL – Hardware Description Language
HgCdTe – Mercury Cadmium Telluride
HGS – Hallway Ground Station
HGSs – Hallway Ground Stations
H/K – Housekeeping
Hr – Hour
HSSDB – High-Speed Science Data Bus
HQ – NASA/Headquarters
HVIT – Hypervelocity Impact Technology
HVTL – Hazard Verification Tracking Log
Hz – Hertz
10.0 I
IAA – Interagency Agreement
IAS – Image Assessment System
IBF – Install Before Flight
IBR – Independent Baseline Review
IC – International Cooperator
IC – Intergrated Circuits
ICs – International Cooperators
ICD – Interface Control Document
ICDR – Instrument Critical Design Review
ICDs – Interface Control Documents
ID – Identification
IDD – Interface Design Document
IDs – Identifications
IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
I/F – Interface
IFOV – Instantaneous Field of View
IIBR – Instrument Integrated Baseline Review
IIRR – Instrument Integration Readiness Review
IMAR – Instrument Mission Assurance Requirements
IMS – Integrated Master Schedule
IMSC – Instrument mounted spacecraft components
IMT – Integration Mission Timeline in – Inches in-oz – Inches-Ounce
I/O – Input/Output
IOC – Initial Operational Capability
IOS – Instrument Operational Simulator
IPDR – Instrument Preliminary Design Review
IPER – Instrument Pre-Environmental Review
IPMRs – Integrated Program Management Reports
IPSR – Instrument Pre-Ship Review
IR – Infrared
IRCP – Ionizing Radiation Control Plan
IRD – Interface Requirements Document
IRU – Inertial Reference Unit
ISA – Interconnection Security Agreement
ISAC – Integrated Security Architecture Council
ISAR – Instrument Safety Assessment Report
ISO – International Standards Organization
ISP – Internet Service Provider
ISRR – Instrument System Requirements Review
ISS – Steady-State Load Current
I&T – Integration and Test
IT – Information Technology
ITAR – International Trade in Arms Regulation
ITO – Indium Tin Oxide
ITU – International Telecommunication Union
IUS – Inertial Upper Stage
IV&V – Independent Verification and Validation
11.0 J
JASM – Joint Agency Strategy Meeting
JCL – Joint Cost and Schedule Confidence Level
JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
JPL – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPRT – Joint Program Review Team
JSC – Johnson Space Center
JTAG – Joint Test Action Group
12.0 K
K – Kelvin kbps – Kilobits per Second
KDP – Key Decision Point
KDP-A – Key Decision Point A
KDP-B – Key Decision Point B
KDP-C – Key Decision Point C keV – Kilo-Electron Volts
Kg – Kilogram kg – Kilograms kHz – Kilohertz km – Kilometer
KNPR – Kennedy Space Center (KSC) NASA Procedural Requirement kOhm (or k-Ohm) – Kiloohm kPa – Kilopascal
KPP – Key Performance Parameters krads – Kilorads krads-Si – <needs definition>
KSAT – Kongsberg Satellite Services
KSC – Kennedy Space Center
13.0 L
L1GT – Level 1 Systematic Terrain-Corrected
L1T – Level 1 Terrain
L1TP – Level 1 Terrain & Precision
L8 – Landsat 8
L9 – Landsat 9
LAG – Landsat Advisory Group
LAMMD – LNext Analytical Math Models Definitions
LandIS – Landsat Next Instrument Suite
LANDIS1 – Landsat Next Instrument Suite 1
LANDIS2 – Landsat Next Instrument Suite 2
LaRD – Landsat Next Instrument Suite Requirements Document lb – Pound
LB – Pound
LCC – Life Cycle Cost
LCR – Long Term Acquisition Plan (LTAP) Collection Request
LCRs – Life Cycle Reviews
LDCM – Landsat Data Continuity Mission
LDE – Lifting Devices and Equipment
LDPC – Low-Density Parity Check
L&EO – Launch and Early Orbit
LE90 – Linear Error with 90% Confidence
LEO – Low Earth Orbit
LEO&A – Launch, Early Orbit, & Activation
LEOP – Launch and Early Orbit Phase
LET – Linear Energy Transfer
LETth – Linear Energy Transfer Threshold
LEVR – LDCM or L9 Environmental Verification Requirements
LFAT – Landsat File Accounting Tool
LFCP – Lead-Free Control Plan
LGN – Landsat Ground Network
LGSOWG – Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group
LHCP – Left-Hand Circularly Polarized
LHP – Loop Heat Pipes
LIRD – LandIS Interface Requirements Document
LIS – LandIS Interface Simulator
LIS – LNext Interface Simulator
Lmax – Maximum Radiance Level
Lmin – Minimum Radiance Level
LMM – Landsat Mission Manager
LN2 – Liquid Nitrogen
LNERD – Landsat Next Environmental Requirements Document
LNext – Landsat Next
LOC – Loss of Clearance
LOPS – LandIS Operations Simulator
LOpS – LandIS Operations Simulator
LoPS – LandIS Operations Simulator
L0Ra – Level 0 Reformatted Archive
L0Rp – Level 0 Reformatted Product
LOS – Line of Sight
LOS – Loss of Signal
LOS – LNext Operations Simulator
LPGS – Landsat Product Generation System
LPO – Landsat Project Office
LPT – Limited Performance Tests
LRD – Launch Readiness Date
Lref – Reference Radiance Levels
LRMB – Landsat Next Risk Management
LRR – Launch Readiness Review
LSCCP – Launch Site Contamination Control Plan
LSERD – Landsat Next Space Environments Requirements Document
LSIRD – Landsat 9 Launch Services Interface Requirements Document
LSP – Launch Services Program
LSP – Launch Services Provider
LSR – Launch Support Room
LSRD – Landsat Next Spacecraft Requirement Document
LSS – Launch Services Segment
LST – Landsat Science Team
LSTM – Land Surface Temperature Monitoring
LTAP-9 – Long Term Acquisition Plan-9
LTAP – Long Term Acquisition Plan
LTAP-Next – Landsat Next Long Term Acquisition Plan
LTWG – Landsat Technical Working Group
LTM – Loads Transformation Matrix
LV – Launch Vehicle
LVDS – Low-Voltage Differential Signal
LVFRR – Launch Vehicle Flight Readiness Review
LVIS – Launch Vehicle Interface Simulator
LVRR – Launch Vehicle Flight Readiness Review
LV-GSE – Launch Vehicle-Ground Support Equipment
14.0 M
m – Meter m2 – Meters squared m/sec – Meters per second
MA – Maine
MAC – Mass Acceleration Curve
MAIP – Mission Assurance Implementation Plan
MAR – Mission Assurance Requirement
Max – Maximum
Mbps – Megabits per Second
MBSE – Model-Based Systems Engineering
MBU – Multiple Bit Upset
MBUs – Multiple Bit Upset
MCDL – Master Controlled Document List
MCDR – Mission Critical Design Review
MCR – Mission Concept Review
MD – Maryland
MDF – Mild Detonating Fuse
MDL – Mission Design Lab
MDM – Mission Data Management
MDR – Mission Definition Review
MDS – MMO Database System
MEB – Main Electronic Box
MEOP – Maximum Expected Operating Pressure
MEOT – Maximum Expected Operating Temperature
MER – MOC Equipment Room
MeV – Mega Electron-Volt
MeV-cm2/mg – Mega Electron-Volt centimeter squared per milligram
MGS – McMurdo Ground Station
MGSE – Mechanical Ground Support Equipment
M-GSE – Mechanical Ground Support Equipment
MHR – Mission Handover Review
MHz – Megahertz
MICD – Mechanical Interface Control Drawing
MIL – Military
Mils – Thousandths of an inch
Min – Minimum min – Minimum min – Minute
MIUL – Materials Identification and Usage List
MLI – Multi-Layer Insulation
MLT – Mean Local Time
MLT-DN – Mean Local Time Descending Node mm2 (or mm^2) – Millimeters squared mm – Millimeter
MMO – Mission Management Officer
MMOD – Micrometeoriod and Orbital Debris
MOC – Mission Operations Center
MODTRAN – Moderate Resolution Atmospheric Transmission
MOM – Mission Operations Manager
MOR – Mission Operations Review
MoS2 – Molybdenum Disulfide
MOSFETs – Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors
MOTS – Modified-Off-the-Shelf
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
MP – Mission Payload
M&P – Materials and Processes
MPAE – Materials & Processes Assurance Engineer
MPEG – Movie Picture Experts Group
MPC – Multiple Point Constraint
MPCB – Materials and Processes Control Board
MPCIP – Materials, Processes, Control, and Implementation Plan
MPDR – Mission Preliminary Design Review
MPR – Monthly Program Review
MPSRs – Monthly Project Status Reviews
MRB – Material Review Board
MRPP – Mission Resilience and Protection Program
MRR – Mission Readiness Review
MRT – Mission Readiness Testing
MRTs – Mission Readiness Tests ms – Millisecond
MS – Mass Spectrometer
MS – Microsoft
MSE – Mission Systems Engineer
MSFC – Marshall Space Flight Center
MSI – Measurement System Integrity
MSM – Mission Systems Manager
MSR – Monthly Status Review
MSRs – Monthly Status Reviews
MTHR – Mission Transition and Handover Review
MUA – Materials Usage Agreement
MUAs – Materials Usage Agreements
15.0 N
N2 – Nitrogen
N/A – Not Applicable
NAS – National Aerospace Standard
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASCAP – NASA Charging Analyzer Program
NASCOM – NASA Communications
NASTRAN – NASA Structural Analysis
NCEP – National Centers for Environmental Prediction
NCR – Non-Conformance
NDAs – Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDE – Non-Destructive Testing
NEdL – Noise Equivalent Delta Radiance
NEdT – Noise Equivalent Differential Temperature
NEN – Near Earth Network
NENUG – Near Earth Network Users' Guide
NEPA – National Environmental Policy Act
NEPA – NASA Payload Environmental Assessment
NEPP – NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging
NF – NASA Form
NGAC – National Geospatial Advisory Committee
NHB – NASA Handbook
NIEL – Non-Ionizing Energy Loss
NIMA – National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIR – Near Infrared
NIST – National Institute for Standards and Technology
NLI – National Land Imaging
N-m – Newton meter nm – Nanometer
NMB – New Missions branch
No – Number
NOA – New Obligation Authority
NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration
NPD – NASA Policy Directive
NPR – NASA Procedural Requirement
NRT – Near Real-Time
NRTs – Network Readiness Tests
NSF – National Science Foundation
NSLRSDA – National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive
NSN – Near Space Network
NSS – NASA Safety Standard
NTIA – National Telecommunications and Information Administration
NUC – Non-Uniformity Correction
16.0 O
OAR – On-Orbit Acceptance Review
OASPL – Overall Sound Pressure
OBS – Observatory
Obs-IRD – Observatory Interface Requirements Document
OCI – Organization Conflict of Interest oct – Octave
OD – Orbit Determination
ODAR – Orbital Debris Assessment Report
ODPO – Orbital Debris Protection Office (ODPO)
OHA – Operations Hazard Analysis
O-IRD – Observatory-Interface Requirements Document
OIS – OLI-2 Interface Simulator
ORR – Operational Readiness Review
ORSAT – Object Reentry Survival Analysis Tool
OLI – Operational Land Imager
OLI-2 – Operational Land Imager 2
OML – Outer Mold Line
OOPS – Observatory Operations Simulator
Ops Con – Landsat Next Operations Concept Document
OQPSK – Offset Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK)
ORDEM – Orbital Debris Engineering Model
OREO – Operations Readiness Exercises and Observations
OS – Operating System
OSHA – Occupational Safety & Health Act
OPSEC – Operations Security
O&SHA – Operating and Support Hazard Analysis
OTM – Output Transformation Matrix
OTS – Off-the-Shelf oz-in – Ounce inch
17.0 P
p/cm2 – Protons per centimeter squared p/cm2/s – Protons per centimeter squared per second
Pa – Pascal pA – Pico Amps
PAFs – Payload Attach Fittings
PAL – Project Authorization Letter
PAN – Panchromatic, as in Panchromatic band
PB – playback
PBS – Product Breakdown Structure
PCA – Physical Configuration Audit
PCB – Parts Control Board
PCB – Printed Circuit Board
PCI – Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCIs – Project-Level Critical Items
PCP – Parts Control Plan
PDF – Portable Document Format
PDR – Preliminary Design Review
PDR2 – Preliminary Design Review 2
PEP – Performance Evaluation Plan
PER – Pre-Environmental Review
PF – Polarization Factor
PFRs – Problem Failure Records
PG – Procedures and Guidelines
PGs – Procedures and Guidelines
PHA – Preliminary Hazard Analysis
PHS&T – Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation
PIA – Project Implementation Agreement
PIP – Project Implementation Plan
PIR – Program Information Release
PLAR – Post-Launch Assessment Review
PLRA – Program Level Requirements Appendix
PM – Project Manager
POCs – Points of Contact pp – Pages
PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
PPF – Payload Processing Facility
PPL – Preferred Parts List
PPP – Project Protection Plan
PPS – Pulses Per Second
PQASP – Project Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
PRA – Probabilistic Risk Assessment
PRAE – Parts & Radiation Assurance Engineer
PROM – Programmable Read-Only Memory
PROMs – Programmable Read-Only Memories
Ps – Probability of Mission Success
PSD – Power Spectral Density
PSF – Point Spread Function psi – Pounds per Square Inch
PSM – Project Systems Manager
PSR – Pre-Shipment Review
PSWG – Payload Safety Working Group
PTFE – Polytetrafluoroethylene
18.0 Q
QCM – Quartz Crystal Microbalance
QMP – Quality Management Plan
QPSK – Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
19.0 R
RAM – Random Access Memory
RadCalNet – Radiometric Calibration Network
RBF – Remove Before Flight
RD – Requirements Document
RDM – Radiation Design Margin
RE – Radiated Emissions
RE – Reviews
REDD – Radiation Environment Description Document
REF – Reference
Reqt – Requirements
Rev – Revision
RF – Radio Frequency
RFA – Request for Action
RFI – Request for Information
RFO – Request for Offer
RFP – Request for Proposal
RGA – Residual Gas Analyzer
RH – Relative Humidity
RHA – Radiation Hardness Assurance
RHAP – Radiation Hardness Assurance Program
RID – Risk Identification
RIDM – Risk-Informed Decision Making
RLAT – Radiation Lot Acceptance Testing
RM – Review Manager
RM – Risk Management
RMB – Risk Management Board
RMRB – Risk Management Review Board
RMD – Risk Management Database
RMF – Risk Management Framework
RMP – Landsat Next Risk Management Plan
RMS – Root Mean Square
RMWG – Risk Management Working Group
ROIC – Read Out Integrated Circuit
ROM – Read-Only Memory
RPE – Rational Publishing Engine
RPP – Reliability Program Plan
RS – Reed-Solomon
RSDO – Rapid Spacecraft Development Office
RSR – Relative Spectral Response
RSS – Root-Sum-Squared
RT – Real-Time
RT – Remote Terminal
RTOS – Real-Time Operating System
20.0 S
SA – Systems Assurance
S&MA – Safety and Mission Assurance
SAMP – Software Acquisition Management Plan
SAP – Software Assurance Plan
SARs – System Acceptance Reviews
SBLA – Shield Ballistic Limit Analysis Program
SBU – Single-Bit Upset
S/C – Spacecraft
SC – Spacecraft
SCA – Sensor Chip Assembly
SCaN – Space Communications and Navigation
SCDR – Spacecraft Critical Design Review
SCIRD – Landsat Next Spacecraft Interface Requirements Document
SCMAR – Landsat Next Spacecraft Mission Assurance Requirements
SCRM – Supply Chain Risk Management
SC SIM RD – Landsat Next Spacecraft Simulator Requirements Document
SCTR – Special Calibration Test Requirements
SD – South Dakota
SDMP – Software Development and Management Plan
SDP – Safety Data Package
SDR – System Definition Review
SDV – Software Development and Validation
SDVF – Software Development and Verification Facility
SE – Systems Engineering
SEB – Single-Event Burnout
SEBs – Single-Event Burnouts sec – Second
SEDRs – Single-Event Dielectric Ruptures
SEE – Single-Event Effects
SEECA – Single-Event Effect Criticality Analysis
SEFI – Single-Event Functional Interrupt
SEGR – Single-Event Gate Rupture
SEGRs – Single-Event Gate Ruptures
SEL – Single-Event latch-up
SELs – Single-Event latchups
SEM – Scanning Electron Microscope
SEMP – Systems Engineering Management Plan
SEP – Single-Event Phenomena
SERD – Space Environments Requirements Document
SET – Systems Engineering Team
SETs – Single-Event transients
SEU – Single-Event Upset
SEUs – Single-Event upsets
SFB – Space Force Base
SFCG – Space Frequency Coordination Group
SGIRD – Space to Ground Interface Requirements Document
SGS – Spitsbergen Ground Station
SGO – Satellite Ground Operations
SHEs – Single-Event Hard Errors
SI – International System of Units
SIIRR – Spacecraft Instrument Integration Readiness Review
SINDA – Systems Improved Numerical Differencing Analyzer
SiPIN – Silicon Positive Intrinsic Negative photodiode
SIR – System Integration Review
SLI – Sustainable Land Imaging
SMA – Safety and Mission Assurance
SMAP – Safety and Mission Assurance Plan
SMAR – L9 Spacecraft Mission Assurance Requirements
SMD – Science Mission Directorate
SMDP – Software Management and Development Plan
SMP – Software Management Plan
SMRD – Science and Mission Assurance Requirements Document
SMSR – Safety and Mission Success Review
SN – Space Network
SNR – Signal-to-Noise
SNUG – Space Network Users' Guide
SOC – Simulations Operations Center
SoftSim – Software Simulator
SOH – State of Health
SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
SOPS – Spacecraft Operational Simulator
S/OS – Spacecraft/ Observatory Simulator
SOS – Spacecraft/Observatory Simulator
SOW – Statement of Work
SPDR – Spacecraft Preliminary Design Review
SPF – Single-Point Failure
SPG – Single-Point Ground
SPVM – System Performance Verification Matrix
SPVP – System Performance Verification Plan
SQPSK – Staggered Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK)
SRB – Standing Review Board
SRD – Landsat Next Spacecraft Requirements Document
SRO – System Review Office
SRP – Landsat Next Systems Review Plan
SRR – System Requirements Review
SRS – Shock Response Spectrum
SRS – Software Requirements Specification
SRVM – Software Requirements Verification Matrix
SS – Space System
SSS – Spacecraft Software Simulator
SSA – S-Band Single Access
SSC – Stennis Space Center
SSE – Systems Security Engineer
SSOH – Stored State of Health
SSP – System Security Plan
SSP – Software Safety Plan
SSPP – System Safety Program Plan
SSR – Solid State Recorder
SSRR – Spacecraft System Requirements Review
STD – Standard
STEP – Structural Configuration Solid Models
STDN – Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
STE – System Test Equipment
STM – Safe-to-Mate
STOP – Structural/Thermal/Optical Performance
SUROM – Startup Read-Only Memory
SW – Software
SWL – Safe Working Load
SWaP – Size, Weight, and Power
SWAR – Software Acceptance Review
SWIR – Short Wave Infrared
21.0 T
T – Time
TA – Technical Authority
TAAs – Technical Assistance Agreements
TAI – Temps Atomique Internationale
TBC – To Be Confirmed
TBD – To Be Determined
TBR – To Be Resolved/Revised
TBS – To Be Scheduled/Supplied
TC – Test Conductor
TD – Thermal Desktop
TDI – Time-Delay Integration
TDMS – Technical Data Management System
TDRS – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TDRSS – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TEC – Thermo-Electric Cooler
THD – Total Harmonic Distortion
TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
TID – Total Ionizing Dose
TIM – Technical Interchange Meeting
TIMs – Technical Interchange Meetings
TIR – Thermal Infrared
TIROS – Television Infrared Observation Satellite
TIRS – Thermal Infrared Sensor
TIRS-2 – Thermal Infrared Sensor-2
TIRS2-STE – Thermal Infrared Sensor-2 System Test Equipment
Tlm – Telemetry
T/M – Telemetry
TM – Test Monitor
TM – Torque Margin
TML – Total Mass Loss
TMON – Telemetry Monitor
T-MONs – Telemetry Monitors
TOA – Top of Atmosphere
TOD – Time of Day
ToR – Terms of Reference
Torr – Torricelli, Unit of pressure, where 1 Torr = 101,325/ 760 Pascals
TPM – Technical Performance Measure
TQCM – Temperature-Controlled Quartz Crystal Microbalance
TR – Technical Report
Tr – Resistive Torque
TRef – Reference Top of Atmosphere (TOA) Blackbody Temperature for NEdT (SNR)
TOA Implies there is no intervening atmosphere between the blackbody and the sensor
TRL – Technology Readiness Level
TRR – Test Readiness Review
TRRs – Test Readiness Reviews
TSSC – Technical Support Services Contract
TT&C – Telemetry, Tracking and Command
TTC – Telemetry Tracking Command
TVAC – Thermal Vacuum
22.0 U
uA – Micro Amp
UAR – Update As Required
UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter
U/L – Uplink
UP – User Portal urad – microradians
USAF – United States Air Force
U.S. – United States
U.S.C. – United States Code
USC – United States Code
USDA-FAO – United States Department of Agriculture - Farms and Agriculture Organization
USDA-FAS – United States Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service
USDA-FS – United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
USDA-NASS – United States Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Statistics Service
USGS – United States Geological Survey
USSTRATCOM – United States Strategic Command
UTC – Universal Time Coordinated uV – Micro Volt
23.0 V
V – Volts
VAFB – Vandenberg Air Force Base
Val – Validation
VCHP – Variable Conductance Heat Pipes
VCRM – Verification Cross Reference Matrix
VDA – Vapor Desposited Aluminum
VDC – Volts Direct Current
VDD – Software Version Description Document
Vel. – Velocity
VHSIC – Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit
VIS – visible
V/m – Volts per Meter
VNIR – Visible and Near Infrared
VNIR/VSWIR – Visible Through Short Wave Infrared
Vol. – Volume
VSFB – Vandenberg Space Force Base
VSWIR – Visible through Short Wave Infrared
VTL – Verification Tracking Log
VTOC – Volume Table of Contents
V&V – Verification and Validation
24.0 W
W – Watts
W/m – Watts per Meter
W/m2-sr-µm – Watts per Meter Squared Steradian Micrometer
WAN – Wide-Area Network
WBS – Work Breakdown Structure
WCA – Worst-Case Analyses
WFF – Wallops Flight Facility
WGS 84 – World Geodetic System 1984, as defined by NIMA TR8350.2
WGS84 – World Geodetic System 1984, as defined by NIMA TR8350.2
WGS – Wallops Ground Station
WIs – Work Instructions
WRS – Worldwide Reference System
WRS-1 – Worldwide Reference System-1
WRS-2 – Worldwide Reference System-2
WRS-3 – Worldwide Reference System-3 wrt – With Respect to
WSC – White Sands Complex
WSTF – White Sands Test Facility
WTR – Western Test Range
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