Difference between revisions of "List of Acronyms and Abbreviations"
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- AF -
- AgP - argument of periapsis
- ApD - apoasis distance
- ApR - apoasis radius
- ApT - time to apoasis
- Alt - altitude
- atmo - atmosphere
- COM -
- CTRL - Control
- DG - Delta-glider
- DG-S Delta-glider equiped with two scramjets.
- DIV - divergent, i.e. yaw gimbal mode.
- Ecc - eccentricity
- ECL - plane of the ecliptic
- ET - external tank
- EQU - plane of the equator
- FoV - field of view, as seen in the general information display
- FPS - frame rate, as seen in the general information display
- G -
- GL - Delta-glider
- H - Horizon
- HUD - heads up display
- HSI -
- HST - Hubble Space Telescope
- IDS - instrument docking system
- ILS - instrument landing system
- Inc - Inclination
- ISS - International Space Station
- JD - julian date
- KSC - Kennedy Space Center
- LAN - longitude of ascending node or local-area network
- LDEF - Long Duration Exposure Facility
- LEO - low earth orbit
- LPe - longitude of periapsis
- m - metre
- M - mass
- MFD -
- Mir - the Russian space station Mir, commonly assumed to be an acronym, but not.
- MJD - modified julian date
- MMU -
- MnA - mean anomaly
- MnL - mean longitude
- m/s - meters per second, a common measurement of velocity
- NAV -
- Ob - obliquity of ecliptic (tilt of axis of rotation against plane of ecliptic)
- OBT - orbit, as seen on the Orbit MFD
- OMS -
- p0 - atmospheric pressure at sea level
- PAPI -
- PB -
- PeD - periapsis distance
- PeR - apoasis radius
- PG - prograde
- PRJ - projection, as seen on the Orbit MFD
- R - mean radius or specific gas constant
- r0 - atmospheric density at sea level
- Rad - radial distance
- RCS - reaction control system
- RG - retrograde
- RMS -
- Sim - simulation time (in seconds), as seen in the general information display or a common abbreviation for "simulator"
- SHP - ship, as seen on the Orbit MFD
- SLF -
- SMa - semi-major axis
- SME -
- SMi - semi-minor axis
- SRB -
- STS -
- Tgt - target, esp. in docking mode
- T - orbit period, measured in seconds
- TrA - true anomaly
- TrL - true longitude
- Ts - length of siderial day
- UT - universal time
- VASI -
- VC - virtual cockpit
- Vel - velocity
- VOR - very high frequency omnidirectional radio
- VTOL -
- Wrp - time acceleration factor, seen in the general information display
- XPDR -