Launch Services Acronym Listing
ADS Analysis Description Sheet / Automatic Destruct System LSC Launch Service Contractor AE Hanger AE @ CCAFS LSIM Launch Site Integration Manager AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network LSM Launch Service Manager ANT Antigua LSP Launch Services Program ATP Authority to Proceed LSP Launch Service Provider BT Boattail LSSP Launch Site Support Plan CAP Contingency Action Plan LSST Launch Site Support Team CCAFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida LV Launch Vehicle CDR Critical Design Review LVRR Launch Vehicle Readiness Review CG Center of Gravity MAC Mass Acceleration Curve Cryo Cryogenic MDR Mission Dress Rehearsal CTA Cryogenic Telescope Assembly MECO Main Engine Cut-off DC&R Discrepancy Check & Report MER Mars Exploration Rover DCMA Defense Contractor Management Agency MIM Mission Integration Manager DCMC Defense Contractor Management Command MIT Mission Integration Team DCR Design Certification Review MIWG Mission Integration Working Group DMCO Delta Mission Checkout MRB Material Review Board DRA Document Release Authorization MRR Mission Readiness Review DRO Denver Resident Office MS Margin of Safety DTO Detailed Test Objectives MSL Mars Science Laboratory (Satellite) ECS Environmental Control System MSPSP Missile Systems Pre-Launch Safety Package EIRR External Independent Readiness Review MSR Mission Success Review ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle NLM NASA Launch Manager EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility OR Operations Requirement EMI Electromagnetic Interference OSTM Ocean Surface Topography Mission (Satellite) EOM End of Mission / End of Message P/N Part Number ERB Engineering Review Board PAF Payload Attach Fitting ERS Engineering Review Sheet PAFB Patrick Air Force Base ESMD Exploration Systems Mission Directorate PAO Public Affairs Office FA Flight Assurance PDR Preliminary Design Review FAQ Frequently Asked Questions PLF Payload Fairing FDF Flight Data File PMA Preliminary Mission Analysis+B56 FPR Flight Performance Reserve PPF Payload Processing Facility FRR Flight Readiness Review PTP Point-to-Point FS Factor of Safety RAM Random Access Memory FTS Flight Termination System RCS Reaction Control System GEM Graphite-Epoxy Motors RCU Remote Control Unit GIDEP Government Industry Data Exchange Program RF Radio Frequency GOR Ground Operations Review RFI Request for Information GOWG Ground Operations Working Group RGEA Rate Gyro Electronics Assembly GSE Ground Support Equipment RGU Rate Gyro Unit GSFC Goddard Flight Space Center RTV Room-Temperature Vulcanized (Rubber) GTS Ground Tracking Station S/C or SC Spacecraft GTV Ground Transport Vehicle S/Ns Serial Numbers HPF Hazardous Processing Facility SAR Search and Rescue IAT Independent Assessment Team SCN Specification Change Notice ICD Interface Control Document SECO Sustained Engine Cut-Off / Second-Stage Eng Cut-off IELV Intermediate Expendable Launch Vehicle Contract SHIA Safety, Health & Independent Assessment IFD In-Flight Disconnect SIU Servo Inverter Unit IOP Ignition Overpressure SLC Space Launch Complex IRN Integrated Revision Notice SMA Safety and Mission Assurance ISA Interstage Adapter SPRB Space Program Reliability Board ISDS Inadvertent Separation Destruct System SRM Solid Rocket Motor ITP Integrated Test Plan ST-5 Space Technology 5 (Satellite) JPL Jet Propulsion Lab STEREO Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Satellite) KSC Kennedy Space Center TBD To Be Determined LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation & Sensing Satellite (Satellite) TBS To Be Supplied LH2 Liquid Hydrogen TDRS Telemetry Downlist Receiving Site/Tracking & Data Relay Sat. LM (LMA) Lockheed Martin (Astronautics) TLX Thin-Layer Explosive LOM Launch Operations Manager TVC Thrust Vector Control LOX / L02 Liquid Oxygen USAF United States Air Force LRO Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Satellite) VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base, California LRR Launch Readiness Review VLC Verification Loads Cycle