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| ACE |
Advanced
Composition Explorer |
| ADC |
Astronomical
Data Center |
| ADF |
Astrophysics
Data Facility |
| AE |
Atmospheric
Explorer |
| AEROS |
AEROnomy
Satellite |
| AIM |
Automated
Internal Management |
| ANSI |
American
National Standards Institute |
| API |
Applications
Programming Interface |
| ARCAD |
ARC
Aurorale et Densite |
| ATMOWEB |
Web
interface for ATMOspheric data |
| CCSDS |
Consultative
Committee for Space Data Systems |
| CD-ROM |
Compact
Disk-Read Only Memory |
| CD-WO |
Compact
Disk-Write Once |
| CDAW |
Coordinated
Data Analysis Workshop |
| CDF |
Common
Data Format |
| CGRO |
Compton
Gamma Ray Observatory |
| COBE |
Cosmic
Background Explorer |
| COHO |
Coordinated
Heliospheric Observations |
| DADs |
Digital
Archive Directions |
| DE |
Dynamics
Explorer |
| DEDSL |
Data
Entity Dictionary Specification Language |
| DLT |
Digital
Linear Tape |
| EOSDIS |
Earth
Observing System Data and Information System |
| EUVE |
Extreme
Ultraviolet Explorer |
| FAST |
Fast
Auroral SnapshoT |
| FEP |
Formats Evolution Process |
| FIRAS |
Far
Infrared Absolute Spectrophotometer |
| FITS |
Flexible
Image Transport System |
| FSO |
FITS
Support Office |
| FTP
|
File
Transfer Protocol |
| GB |
Gigabyte |
| GOES |
Geostationary
Observational Environmental Satellite |
| GSFC |
Goddard
Space Flight Center |
| HEAO |
High
Energy Astrophysics Observatory |
| HEASARC |
High
Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center |
| HST |
Hubble
Space Telescope |
| HUT |
Hopkins
Ultraviolet Telescope |
| IAU |
International
Astronomical Union |
| IDA |
Interactive
Data Archive |
| IMF |
Interplanetary
Magnetic Field |
| IMP |
Interplanetary
Monitoring Platform |
| IRAND |
Interactive
Request and Name Directory |
| IRAS |
Infrared
Astronomical Satellite |
| ISEE |
International
Sun-Earth Explorer |
| ISIS |
International
Satellite for Ionosphere Studies |
| ISO |
International
Standards Organization |
| ISTP |
International
Solar-Terrestrial Physics |
| IUE |
International
Ultraviolet Explorer |
| KP |
Key
Parameters |
| LANL |
Los
Alamos National Laboratory |
| MAST |
Multimission
Archive at STScI |
| M-O |
Magneto-optic |
| MSU |
Moscow
State University |
| NASA
|
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NDADS |
NSSDC
Data Archive and Distribution System |
| NMC |
NSSDC
Master Catalog |
| NOST |
NASA/Science
Office of Standards and Technology |
| NRAO |
National
Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| NSDF |
NSSDC
Supplementary Data File |
| NSSDC |
National
Space Science Data Center |
| OAIS |
Open
Archival Information System |
| OGLE |
Optical
Gravitational Lensing Experiment |
| OMNI |
Interplanetary
Medium Data |
| OSO |
Orbiting
Solar Observatory |
| OSS |
Office
of Space Science |
| PDF |
Portable
Document Format |
| PDS |
Planetary
Data System |
| PIMS |
Personnel
Information Management System |
| PVL |
Parameter
Value Language |
| PVO |
Pioneer
Venus Orbiter |
| RAID |
Redundant
Array of Independent Disks (originally, 'I' was 'Inexpensive') |
| ROSAT |
ROentgen
SATellite |
| RXTE |
Rossi
X-ray Timing Explorer |
| SAMPEX |
Solar
Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer |
| S/C |
Spacecraft
|
| SEC |
Sun
Earth Connection |
| SECEF |
SEC
Education Forum |
| SPyCAT |
Space
Physics CATalog |
| SSC |
Satellite
Situation Center |
| SSDOO |
Space
Science Data Operations Office |
| SSDS |
Space
Science Data Service |
| STScI |
Space
Telescope Science Institute |
| TB |
Terabyte |
| TRF |
Technical
Reference File |
| UIT |
Ultraviolet
Imaging Telescope |
| UK |
United
Kingdom |
| WDC |
World
Data Center |
| WDC-A-R&S |
World
Data Center A for Rockets and Satellites |
| WDC-SI
A-R&S) |
WDC
for Satellite Information (formerly WDC-A-R&S) |
| WORM |
Write-Once,
Read-Many |
| WUPPE |
Wisconsin
Ultraviolet Photopolarimetry Experiment |
| WWW |
World
Wide Web |
| XML |
eXtensible
Markup Language |