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Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 81-84

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... B Acronyms and Abbreviations AEHF Advanced Extremely High Frequency AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AI artificial intelligence AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ASF Alaska Satellite Facility CAIP Capability and Affordability Improvement Program CDS CubeSat Design Specification CHIRP Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload CSDA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition CWDP Commercial Weather Data Pilot CYGNSS Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System DAU Defense Acquisition University DoD Department of Defense EASE Evolutionary Acquisition for Space Efficiency ECMWF European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting EMC electromagnetic compatibility EMI electromagnetic interference ENSO El Niño-Southern Oscillation ESA European Space Agency ESP-MACCS Earth System Processes Monitored in the Atmosphere by a Constellation of CubeSats ESTO Earth Science Technology Office EVM-3 Earth Venture Mission FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center 81
From page 82...
... 82 LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR EARTH AND OCEAN REMOTE SENSING GAO Government Accountability Office GEO geosynchronous Earth orbit GNSS-R Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry GNSS-RO Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GPM Global Precipitation Measurement GPS global positioning system GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment HARP Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter HOPS Hosted Payloads Solutions HSA Hybrid Space Architecture HydroGNSS Hydrological Global Navigation Satellite System IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contract) IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers INCUS Investigation of Convective Updrafts IoT Internet of Things IP intellectual property IPO initial public offering ISR intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ISS International Space Station JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency LEO low Earth orbit ML machine learning MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEN Near Earth Network NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOPP National Oceanographic Partnership Program NRE nonrecurring engineering NRO National Reconnaissance Office NSF National Science Foundation NWP Numerical Weather Prediction ONR Office of Naval Research OSC Orbital Sciences Corporation OTA Other Transactions Authority PMM Precipitation Measurement Mission PNT positioning, navigation, and timing PPOD Poly Picosat Orbital Deployer PPP public–private partnership RAVEN Radiometer Assessment Using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes R&D research and development REACH Responsive Environmental Assessment Commercially Hosted
From page 83...
... TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission UAV unmanned aerial vehicle USAF U.S. Air Force USGS U.S.


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