StarBriefs 2001 619 s sf: Su Signature Analysis • Simulated Annealing • Sine Anno • s: Distance. Path • Path Length • Laplace Variable • Single Access. Single Aircraft. Single Aisle. Site Activa­ Length of Arc. Long-Range Order Parameter. Response tion. Situational Awareness. Sky Atlas. Small Array. Curve • Saint • Satisfactory • Save • School • Scientific Sobolev Approximation • Sociedad Anonima • Sociedade Anonima • Societa Anonima • Societe Anonyme • So­ • Sculpsit • Sea. Second • Secondary • Section • Sed­ imentation Coefficient • Segundo • See • Semi • Sensi­ lar Activity • Solar Array • Source Acquisition • South tivity Curve • Series • Set • Shilling • Siecle • Siege • Africa • South African • South America • South Amer­ Siehe • Siglo • Sign • Signature • Signed • Silver • Sin ican • South Atlantic • South Australia • South Aus­ • Sine. Singlet • Singular • Sinister. Sinistra • Sister tralian • Spacecraft Adapter • Special Agent • Spectral • Small • Snow • Society • Soft • Solidus • Solo • Son Albedo • Spectrograph Assembly • Spectrum Analysis • • Southerly • Specific Entropy • Spectral Transmission Spectrum Analyzer • Spin Axis • Splitting Amplifier • • Spherical. Spin Quantum Number. Steamer. Steel Station Address. Station Automatique • Storage Alter­ • Stem. Stere • Stock. Stoichiometric Oxidant-to-Fuel ation • Storage Area • Store Address • Strongly Agree • Ratio • Strange • Stratus • Strong Absorption • Su • Structural Analyzer • Structured Analysis • Su Alteza • Siidlich • Sun • Sunny • sur • Sustantivo • Symmetrical Subaccount. Subassembly. Subject to Approval. Sub­ sistence Allowance. Supplemental Agreement. Support • Symmetry Number Area. Surface Area. Swansea (UK postal code) • Swath Sf: Su Angle • Swing Arm • System Address • System Analysis S: Apparent Power. Area. Characteristic Function of Hamil­ • System Architect ton • Entropy • Flux Density • Linear Stopping Power • SAA: Safety Assurance Analysis. Saratoga (USA-WY) (lo­ Magnetic Solar Daily Variation. Poynting Vector. Prob­ cation identifier) • Satellite Attitude Acquisition. Semi­ ability Current Density. Quantum Number of Electronic nario de Astronomia y Astrofisica • Service Aspects and Spin • Saint • Salar • Salina • San • Sankt • Santa • Applications. Servo-Actuated Assembly. Shift And Add Santo • Sao • Satisfactory • Saturday • Saturn • Save • Shift-and-Add Algorithm • Single-Access Antenna • • Saxon • Schilling (currency) • School • Schwefel • Sci­ Single Article Announcement • Slot Array Antenna • So­ entific • Scotland • Scottish • Scout • Sea • Second • ciety of American Archivists (USA) • Solar Aspect Angle Secondary • Secret • Secretary • Sector • See • Segundo • South-Atlantic Anomaly • Space Association of Aus­ • Seite • Senate. Senor. Senora. Sentence. September tralia • Speech Association of America. Standards Asso­ • Series. Seven. Seven (Roman numeral) • Seventy. ciation of Australia. Stellar Astronomy and Astrophysics Seventy (Roman numeral) • Sheffield (UK postal code) • • Step Adjustable Antenna • Systems Application Archi­ Shilling. Siecle • Siemens. Sierra (international alpha­ tecture bet) • Siglo • Signature. Signor. Signora. Single. SAAA: San Antonio Astronomical Association (USA-TX) Sinister • Slow • Small • Snow • Society • Socius • Soft • Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association (USA-MI) • Sol • Sol (currency) • Solar • Solar Constant • Solar Mass. Soufre • South. Southern. Spectral Response. SAAAA: San Angelo Amateur Astronomy Association (USA­ Spectral Type. Spin Quantum Number. Spiral Galaxy TX) • Staff. State • Statute • Stere • Stimulus • Store • SAAAS: South African Association of the Advancement of Strangeness Quantum Number. Stress. Subject. Sub­ Science marine. Substitution Reaction. Sucre (currency) • Sud • Siid • Suden • Siidlich • Sulfur • Sulphur • Summer SAAB: Svensk Aeroplan Aktiebolag • Sun. Sunday. Supplement • Sur • Sweden (interna­ SAAC: Schedule Allocation And Control • Seismic Array tional vehicle registration code) • Sweden (postal country Analysis Center. Space Applications Advisory Commit­ code) • Synodic Period. Total Neutron Source Density. tee 7 (Roman numeral) • 70 (Roman numeral) SAAD: Sociedade de Astronomia e Astrofisica de Diadema sja: Sin Ano (Brazil) • South Atlantic Anomaly Detector sa: Sanskrit (ISO language code) • Saudi Arabia. Semian­ SAAL: Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer nual • siehe auch • Sin Ano • Sine Anno • Symmetrical SAALC: San Antonio Air Logistics Center Sa: Samarium (now Sm) • Samstag • Saturday. Serra. SAAM: Simulation Analysis And Modelling Serrania • Sierra • Summa SAAMEX: Surface and Atmospheric Airborne Microwave S&lA: Safe & Arm. Sampling & Analysis. Science & Ap­ Experiment plication SAAO: South African Astronomical Observatory S j A: Safe and Arm • Scheduled/Actual • Site Activation • Solar Array • Spacecraft Adapter • Subaccount • Sub­ SAAOC: South African Astronomical Observatory Circu­ assembly • Subject to Acceptance • Such As • Supple­ lars (periodical code) mental Agreement. Swing Arm SAAP: South-Atlantic Anomaly Probe. Subsonic Aircraft SA: Arabia (Saudi-) (ISO country code) • Arabie Saou­ Assessment Program dite (ISO country code) • Safe and Arm. Safety Analy­ SAAR: Seasonally Adjusted at Annual Rates sis. Safing Area. Sales Analysis. Salta (Argentina) • SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Samoa. Sandstorm. Sanskrit. Saskatchewan (Canada) • Saudi Arabia (ISO country code) • Saudi Arabian. SAARU: Secondary Air and Attitude Reference Unit. Sec- Scheduled/Actual. Scientific Area. Scintillation Adjust ondary Attitude and Air Reference Unit • Secretaire Administratif • See Also • Select Address • SAAS: Science Achievement Award for Students. Shut­ Selected Area • Selected Availability • Selective Acqui­ tle Aerospace Actuator Simulator • Shuttle Aerosurface sition • Selective Availability. Semiannual. Sensitivity Actuator Simulation Analysis. Separated Atom. Sequential Automated. Ser­ vice Assistant. Service d'Aeronomie (France) • Set At­ SAASIN: Sociedad Astronomica Amateur de Sinaloa (Mex­ tribute. Shaft Angle. Shaping Amplifier. Shapley-Ames ico) • Shop Aid. Sierra. Signal Accuracy. Signal Analyzer. SAASS: South African Airborne Scanner Survey A. Heck StarBriefs 2001 A. Heck, StarBriefs 2001 © Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001 620 StarBriefs 2001 SAASTEC: South African Association of Science and Tech- SACAC: South African Council for Automation and Com­ nology Centers putation SAAT: Satellite Attitude Acquisition Technique SACAP: Selection, Acquisition, Cataloguing, And Process­ SAATN: Shuttle/Atlas Advanced TIROS Satellite ing Sab: Sabado • Sabato. Sabbath SACC: Satellite Archive Coordination Center. Science Ac­ tion Coordinating Committee • Science Archive Coordi­ SAB: Saba Island (Netherlands Antilles) (location identi­ nation Center. Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee fier) • Same As Basic • Satellite Assembly Building • SACCS: SAC Automated Command Control System Science Advisory Board • Shuttle Assembly Building • Shuttle Avionics Breadboard. Simulation of Adaptive Be­ SACDA: System Analysis, Control and Design Activity havior • Site Activation Board. Sociedad de Astronomia SACEM: Societe des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Balear (Baleares) • Sociedade Astronomica Brasileira (Bra­ Musique zil) • Societe Astronomique de Bordeaux (France) • Societe Astronomique de Bourgogne (France) • Solar-Array Bat­ SACEP: South Asia Cooperative Environment Program tery • Source Approval Bulletin • Spacecraft Assembly SACEPO: Standing Advisory Committee before the Euro- Building. Standards Activities Board • Storage and As­ pean Patent Office sembly Building. Synoptic Analysis Branch Sachs: Sachsen (Germany) Sabat: Sabatique. Sabbatical Sikhs: Siichsische (Germany) SABC: South African Broadcasting Corporation Sachs-Anh: Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany) SABCA: Societe Anonyme BeIge de Constructions Aeronau­ SACI: Secondary Address Code Indicator tiques (Belgium) SACK: Selective Acknowledgement SABENA: Societe Anonyme BeIge d'Exploitation de la Nav­ igation Aerienne (Belgium) SACL: Standards And Calibration Laboratory SABER: Situational Awareness Beacon with Reply SACM: Smart Acoustic Current Meter • Sociedad de Au­ tores y Compositores de Mexico (Mexico) SABEW: Society of American Business and Economic Writ­ SACMA: Suppliers of Advanced Composite Materials As- ers (USA) sociation SABINET: South African Bibliographic and Information SACN: Secretaire Administratif de Classe Normale Network Sacr: Sacramento (USA-CA) SABIR: Semiautomatic Bibliographic Information Retrieval • Space-Based Interceptor SACRD: Safety Analysis Computerized Reactor Data SABIRS: Semiautomatic Bibliographic Information Retrieval SACRS: South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing System SACS: Satellite Attitude Control Simulator. Software A vion- SABIT: Special American Business Internship Training ics Command Support. Solar Attitude Control System. Synchronous Attitude Communications Satellite SABLE: Simulator Atmospheric Boundary Layer Environ­ ment SACSIR: South African Council for Scientific and Indus­ trial Research SABOR: Same As Basic Or SACSIRO: South African Commonwealth Scientific and In- SABRE: Semiautomatic Business Research Environment. dustrial Research Organization Sweden And Britain Radar Experiment SACTO: Sacramento Test Operations SABREX: Satellite-Borne Radiometer Experiment SACU: South African Customs Union SABRO: South American Biological Research Organization SACV: Spacecraft Autonomy Concept Validation SABS: Shared-Aperture Boresight Sensor. South African