For the purpose of this Standard, the abbreviated terms from ECSS-S-ST-00‑01 and the following apply:
Abbreviation |
Meaning |
ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
AE |
auroral electrojet |
AO |
atomic oxygen |
BIRA |
Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aeronomie |
CIRA |
COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere |
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research |
CVCM |
collected volatile condensable material |
DISCOS |
ESA’s database and information system characterizing objects in space |
emf |
electro-motive force Emission of Solar Protons Model |
GCR |
galactic cosmic ray |
GEO GNSS |
geostationary Earth orbit global navigation satellite system |
GRAM |
global reference atmosphere model |
GSM |
geocentric solar magnetospheric co-ordinates |
HEO |
highly eccentric orbit |
IAGA |
International Association for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy |
IASB |
Institute d’Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique |
ECM |
in-flight experiment for contamination monitoring |
IERS |
international earth rotation service |
international geomagnetic reference field |
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IMF |
interplanetary magnetic field |
JB-2006 |
Jacchia-Bowman semi-empirical model (2006) |
LDEF |
long duration exposure facility |
LEO |
low Earth orbit |
linear energy transfer |
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MAH |
model of the high atmosphere |
MASTER |
meteoroid and space debris terrestrial environment reference model |
MCD |
molecular column density |
MEO |
medium (altitude) Earth orbit |
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MLT |
magnetic local time |
nT |
nano-Tesla |
PMD |
permanent molecular deposition |
R |
sunspot number |
RC |
rigidity Cut-off for geomagnetic shielding |
RE |
Earth radius |
RHU |
radiosisotope heater unit |
RJ |
jovian radius |
r.m.s. |
root-mean-square |
RTG |
radioisotope thermo-electric generator |
SEU |
single-event upset |
SEE |
single-event effect |
SEL |
single-event latch-up |
solar energetic particles |
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sfu |
solar flux unit |
SPE |
solar particle events |
SRP |
solar radiation pressure |
SPIDR |
Space Physics Interactive Data Resource |
SW |
solar wind |
TML |
total mass loss |
TD |
total density model |
URSI |
Union Radio Science Internationale |
USSA |
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VBQC |
vacuum balance quartz contamination |
VCM |
volatile condensable material |
VUV |
vacuum ultra violet |
WMM |
world magnetic model |