A
AER Aerospazio Tecnologie
AIAA The American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
ASP Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH
AST Advanced Space Technologies
B
BB Breadboard
BBM Breadboard Model
BIPR Background Intellectual Property Rights
C
CA Consortium Agreement
CAD Computer Aided Design
CDR Critical Design Review
CI Classified information-EC Decision 2001/844/EC
CO Confidential
COC Certificate of Conformance
COTS Commercial off-the-shelf
D
DC Direct Current
DEC Dissemination deliverables (i.e. website, etc.)
DLR German Space Agency
DM Demonstrator Model
E
EC European Commission
ECSS European Cooperation for Space Standardization
EGSE Electronic Ground Support Equipment
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EOR Electric Orbit Raising
EP Electric Propulsion
EPIC PSA Electric Propulsion Innovation & Competitiveness, Programme Support Activity aiming to prepare roadmaps
EPR Electric Pressure Regulator
EPS Electric Propulsion System
EQM Engineering Qualification Model
ESA European Space Agency
ESPC European Space Propulsion Conference
EU European Union
F
FCU Flow Control Unit
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCV Flow Control Valve
FM Flight Model
FMS Fluidic Management System
FMEA Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
FMECA Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis
FMS Fluidic Management System
FSS Fixed Service Satellite
FSMD Fluid Surface Mounted Device
FTE Full-Time equivalents
G
GEO Geostationary satellites
GSE Ground Support Equipment
GSO Geostationary Orbit
GTO geostationary transfer orbit
H
H2020 Horizon 2020
HEMP Highly Efficient Multistage Plasma
HEMP-TIS Highly Efficient Multistage Plasma – Thruster In-Orbit verification on SmallGeo
HEMPT Highly Efficient Multistage Plasma Thruster
HEMPT-NG Highly Efficient Multistage Plasma Thruster – Next Generation
HEMPT-NG2 Highly Efficient Multistage Plasma Thruster – Next Generation 2
HET Hall Effect Thruster
HTA HEMP Thruster Assembly
HTM HEMP Thruster Module
HV High Voltage
HW Hardware
I
IAC International Astronautical Congress
IEPC International Electric Propulsion Conference
ISP Specific Impulse (measuring efficiency of rockets and jet engines)
ISPC International Space Propulsion Conference
K
KPI Key Performance Indicator
L
LEAR Legal Entity Appointed Representative for HORIZON 2020
LEIT Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
LEO MAIT Low Earth Orbit satellites Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Test
M
MEO Medium Earth Orbit satellites
MIS Microwave & Imaging Subsystems
LEO MAIT Mandatory Inspection Point
N
NSSK North South Station Keeping
P
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PPU Power Processing Unit
PSA Pressure Supply Assembly
PSCU Power Supply and Control Unit
PTTR or P/T Power To Thrust Ratio
PWM Pulse Width Modulated
Q
QA Quality Assurance
R
RIT Radio Frequency Ion Thruster
S
SGEO Small Geostationnary satellites
SK Station keeping
SMD Surface Mounted Device
SRC Strategic Research Cluster
SW Software
T
TAS Thales Alenia Space
THR Thruster
TRL Technology Readiness Level
TWT Traveling Wave Tube
U
UG University of Greifswald
V
VCD Verification Control Document
VHTS Very High Throughput Satellite
VSR Verification Status Review
W
WCA Worst Case Analysis
WP Work Package
A
AER Aerospazio Tecnologie
AIAA The American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
ASP Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH
AST Advanced Space Technologies
B
BB Breadboard
BBM Breadboard Model
BIPR Background Intell...