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From page 85...
... B Acronyms AEHF Advanced Extremely High Frequency AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AI artificial intelligence AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautic ASF Alaska Satellite Facility B Billion CAIP Capability and Affordability Improvement Program CDS CubeSat Design Specification CHIRP Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload COTS Commercial Orbital Transportation Services CSDA Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition CWDP Commercial Weather Data Pilot CYGNSS Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System DAAC digital active archive center DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DAU Defense Acquisition University DoD Department of Defense 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 FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations FFRDC Federally Funded Research and Development Center GAO Government Accountability Office GEO geosynchronous earth orbit GNSS-R Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry GNSS-RO Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation PREPUBLICATION COPY – SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION B-1
From page 86...
... 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 JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory KSAT Kongsberg Satellite Services LEO low Earth orbit ML machine learning MOCs mission operation centers MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASEM National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine NEN Near Earth Network NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOPP National Oceanographic Partnership Program NRE Nonrecurring Engineering NRO National Reconnaissance Office ONR Office of Naval Research OTA other transactions authority PMM Precipitation Measurement Mission PNT positioning, navigation, and timing PPOD Poly Picosat Orbital Deployer PPPs public-private partnerships R&D research and development REACH Responsive Environmental Assessment Commercially Hosted RGS Remote Ground Station RSDO Rapid Spacecraft Development Office PREPUBLICATION COPY – SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION B-2
From page 87...
... TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission UAV unmanned aerial vehicle USAF U.S. Air Force USGS United States Geological Survey USSF United States Space Force V&V verification and validation PREPUBLICATION COPY – SUBJECT TO FURTHER EDITORIAL CORRECTION B-3

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