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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    DME

    Direction des Missiles et de l’Espace

    In French

    DMJU

    Dansk Model Jernbane Unions (www.dmju.dk)

    In Danish

    DMS

    Docking Mechanism Subsystem

    In English

    DMS
    Docking Module System

    The abbreviation DMS (Docking Module System) includes the abbreviation DM (Docking Module).

    In English

    DMSP

    Defense Meterological Satellite Program

    In English

    DMSP

    Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

    In English

    DMSS

    Defense Meteorological Satellite System

    In English

    DNA

    Direction de la Navigation Aérienne

    In French

    DNO

    Descending-Node Orbit

    In English

    DNS

    Departure Nuclear Stage

    In English

    DNW

    Deutsch-Niederländische Windkanäle

    In German

    DOC

    Drift-Orbit Correction

    In English

    DODSTP

    Department of Defense Standard Satellite

    In English

    DOI

    Descent Orbit Insertion

    In English

    DOI

    Direct Orbit Insertion

    In English

    DOMSAT

    Domestic Satellite

    In English

    DOP
    Dilution Of Precision

    The abbreviation DOP (Dilution Of Precision) is included in the abbreviation GDOP (Geometric Dilution Of Precision).

    In English

    DORIS

    Determination of Orbit Radio Positioning Integrated from Shuttle

    In English

    DORIS

    Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite

    In English

    DOVAP

    Doppler Velocity And Position

    In English

    DPAC

    Direction des Programmes Aéronautiques Civils

    In French

    DPCL

    Dedicated Payload Communication Link

    In English

    DPRS

    Docking Probe Retraction System

    In English

    DPS

    Descent Propulsion System

    In English

    DRS
    Data Relay Satellite

    The abbreviation DRS (Data Relay Satellite) is included in abbreviations such as TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite), DRSS (Data Relay Satellite System), EDRS (European Data Relay Satellite), ATDRS (Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) and TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System).

    In English

    DRSS
    Data Relay Satellite System

    The abbreviation DRSS (Data Relay Satellite System) includes the abbreviation DRS (Data Relay Satellite).

    In English

    DRT

    Design Reference Trajectory

    In English

    DS
    Docking System

    The abbreviation DS (Docking System) is included in abbreviations such as AMDS (Advanced Missions Docking System) and NDS (NASA Docking System).

    In English

    DS3

    Deep-Space Surveillance System

    In English

    DSAT

    Defensive Satellite

    In English

    DSCS

    Defense Satellite Communications System

    In English

    DSCS

    Defense Support Communication Satellite

    In English

    DSIF

    Deep-Space Instrumentation Facility

    In English

    DSIFE

    Deep-Space Instrumentation Facility Equipment

    In English

    DSIS

    Defense Satellite Information System

    In English

    DSN

    Deep Space Network

    In English

    DSS
    Deep Space Station

    The abbreviation DSS (Deep Space Station) is included in the abbreviation DSSC (Deep Space Station Complex), and it includes the abbreviation SS (Space Station).

    In English

    DSSC
    Deep Space Station Complex

    The abbreviation DSSC (Deep Space Station Complex) includes abbreviations DSS (Deep Space Station) and SS (Space Station).

    In English

    DSSM

    Dedicated Solar Sortie Mission

    In English

    DSTF
    Delta Spin Test Facility

    The abbreviation DSTF (Delta Spin Test Facility) includes abbreviations STF (Spin Test Facility) and TF (Test Facility).

    In English

    DTCA

    Direction Technique des Constructions Aéronautiques

    In French

    DTCN

    Direction Technique des Constructions Navales

    In French

      DTV

      Developmental Test Vehicle

      In English

        DUM

        Deep Underwater Missile

        In English

        DVB-S

        Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite

        In English

        DVD

        Delta Velocity Display

        In English

        DVL

        Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt

        In German

        DVO

        Delta Velocity On/Off

        In English

        DVS

        Delta Velocity System

        In English

        DVU

        Delta Velocity Ullage

        In English

        DWS

        Disaster Warning Satellite

        In English

        DZR

        Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei

        In German

        EADI

        Electronic Attitude Director Indicator

        In English

        EAFB
        Edwards Air Force Base (https://www.edwards.af.mil/)

        The abbreviation EAFB (Edwards Air Force Base) includes abbreviations AF (Air Force) and AFB (Air Force Base).

        In English

        EAL

        Equipment Airlock

        In English

        EALA

        European Air Law Association

        In English

        EAS
        Equivalent Airspeed

        The abbreviation EAS (Equivalent Airspeed) is included in the abbreviation KEAS (Knots Equivalent Airspeed).

        In English

        EASA

        European Aviation Safety Agency (https://www.easa.europa.eu/)

        In English

        EATR

        Extravehicular Assist Teleoperator Robot

        In English

        EB

        Expendable Booster

        In English

        EBR

        Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance

        In French

        EC

        Engine Control

        In English

        EC

        Engine Cutoff

        In English

        ECA

        Engine Control Assembly

        In English

        ECAC

        European Civil Aviation Conference

        In English

        ECAL

        East Coast Abort Landing

        In English

        ECATA

        European Consortium for Advanced Training in Aerospace (www.ecata.org)

        In English

        ECD

        Entry Corridor Display

        In English

        ECLSS
        Environmental Control and Life Support System

        The abbreviation ECLSS (Environmental Control and Life Support System) includes the abbreviation LSS (Life Support System).

        In English

        ECO

        Engine Combustion

        In English

          ECO

          Engine Cutoff

          In English

            ECS

            Engine Control System

            In English

              ECSS

              European Cooperation for Space Standardization

              In English

              ECU

              Engine Control Unit

              In English

                EDC

                EUROLAS Data Center

                In English

                EDO

                Extended Duration Orbiter

                In English

                EDO

                Extended-Duration Orbiter

                In English

                EDOMP

                Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project

                In English

                EDONA

                Environnement de Développement aux Normes de l'Automobile

                In French

                EDRS
                European Data Relay Satellite

                The abbreviation EDRS (European Data Relay Satellite) includes the abbreviation DRS (Data Relay Satellite).

                In English

                EELV
                Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

                The abbreviation EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle) includes abbreviations ELV (Expendable Launch Vehicle) and LV (Launch Vehicle).

                In English

                EEM

                Earth Entry Module

                In English

                EES

                Ejection Escape Suit

                In English

                EES

                Emergency Ejection Suit

                In English

                EES

                Escape Ejection Suit

                In English

                EEU

                Extravehicular Excursion Unit

                In English

                EEV

                Enhanced Environmentally friendly Vehicle

                In English

                  EFA

                  Experiment Flight Application

                  In English

                  EFI

                  Ensemble Fourgon d’Incendie

                  In French

                  EFP

                  ESA Furnished Property

                  In English

                  EFSSS

                  Engine Failure Sensing and Shutdown System

                  In English

                  EGB

                  Electronic Gimbal Box

                  In English

                  EGNOS

                  European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

                  In English

                  EHOT

                  External Hydrogen/Oxygen Tank

                  In English

                  EIU

                  Engine Interface Unit

                  In English

                  ELACS

                  Extended-Life Attitude Control System

                  In English

                  ELCIDIS

                  ELectric CIty DIstribution System

                  In English

                  ELDO

                  European Launcher Development Organisation

                  In English

                  ELINT

                  Electronic Intelligence Satellite

                  In English

                  ELP

                  Embarcation de Lutte contre la Pollution

                  In French

                  ELS
                  Eastern Launch Site

                  The abbreviation ELS (Eastern Launch Site) includes the abbreviation LS (Launch Site).

                  In English

                  ELS

                  Embarcation Légère de Sauvetage

                  In French

                  ELV
                  Expendable Launch Vehicle

                  The abbreviation ELV (Expendable Launch Vehicle) is included in abbreviations such as CELV (Commercial Expendable Launch Vehicle) and EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle), and it includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).

                  In English

                  ELV

                  End-of-Life Vehicule

                  In French

                    ELV
                    Earth Launch Vehicle

                    The abbreviation ELV (Earth Launch Vehicle) includes the abbreviation LV (Launch Vehicle).

                    In English

                    EM&IAS

                    Electromechanical and Integrated Avionics Subsystem

                    In English

                    EMCC
                    Emergency Mission Control Center

                    The abbreviation EMCC (Emergency Mission Control Center) includes abbreviations CC (Control Center) and MCC (Mission Control Center).

                    In English

                    EMD

                    Entry Monitor Display

                    In English

                    EMEC

                    Electromagnetic Effects Capability

                    In English

                    EML
                    Electromagnetic Laboratory

                    NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Electromagnetic Lab (EML) is the center’s multi-discipline test facility used for electromagnetic design certification for electrical systems, electromagnetic environment development, and electromagnetic operational validation, notably for large programs such as the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS).

                    In English

                    EML

                    Electromagnetic Launcher

                    In English

                    EMMA

                    Expert Missile Maintenance Aid

                    In English

                    EMMA

                    Expert Missile Maintenance Aim

                    In English

                    EMP

                    Enhanced MDM Pallet

                    In English

                    EMR

                    Eastern Missile Range

                    In English

                    EMR

                    Engine Mix Ratio

                    In English

                      EMR

                      Engine Mixture Ratio

                      In English

                        EMSEA

                        Environmental Monitoring from Space of East Asia

                        In English

                        EMU

                        Extravehicular Mobility Unit

                        In English

                        EMĈ

                        Esperantista Motorciklanta Ĉeno

                        In Esperanto

                        ENAC

                        École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (https://www.enac.fr/fr)

                        In French

                        ENAC

                        Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione Civile

                        In Italian

                        ENATT

                        École Nationale d'Application des Techniques des Transports Terrestres

                        In French

                        ENB

                        Engin Blindé du Génie

                        In French

                        ENSAE

                        École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace

                        In French

                        ENSICA

                        École Nationale Supérieure de Constructions Aéronautiques

                        In French

                        ENSICA

                        École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautiques

                        In French

                        ENSICA

                        École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs des Constructions Aéronautiques

                        In French

                        ENSMA

                        École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique (www.ensma.fr)

                        In French

                        ENSMA

                        École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique

                        In French

                        ENVISAT

                        Environmental Satellite

                        In English

                        EOAST

                        Earth-Oriented Applications and Space Technology

                        In English

                        EOC

                        Engine Order Capability

                        In English

                          EOC

                          Engine-Out Capability

                          In English

                            EODRS

                            Earth Observation Data Retrieval System

                            In English

                            EOHT

                            External Oxygen and Hydrogen Tank

                            In English

                            EOI

                            Earth Orbit Insertion

                            In English

                            EOL

                            Earth Orbit Launch

                            In English

                            EOM

                            Earth Orbital Mission

                            In English

                            EOPF

                            End of Powered Flight

                            In English

                            EORC

                            Earth Observation Research Center (www.eorc.jaxa.jp)

                            In English

                            EORSAT

                            Electronic Ocean Reconstruction Satellite

                            In English

                            EOS

                            Earth Observation Satellite

                            In English

                            EOS

                            Earth-Orbit Shuttle

                            In English

                            EOSS
                            Earth Orbital Space Station

                            The abbreviation EOSS (Earth Orbital Space Station) includes the abbreviation SS (Space Station).

                            In English

                            EOSS

                            Extravehicular Activity Operational Slide-Wire System

                            In English

                            EPC

                            Étage Principal Cryotechnique

                            In French

                            EPOC

                            External Payload Operations Center

                            In English

                            ERAP

                            Earth Resources Aircraft Program

                            In English

                            ERATO

                            Extended Range Automatic Targeting of Otomat missile

                            In English

                            ERBE

                            Earth Radiation Budget Experiment

                            In English

                            ERBM
                            Extended-Range Ballistic Missile

                            The abbreviation ERBM (Extended-Range Ballistic Missile) includes the abbreviation BM (Ballistic Missile).

                            In English

                            ERBS

                            Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

                            In English

                            EREA

                            Établissements de Recherche Européens de l'Aéronautique

                            In French

                            ERETS
                            Edwards Rocket Engine Test Site

                            The abbreviation ERETS (Edwards Rocket Engine Test Site) includes the abbreviation TS (Test Site).

                            In English

                            ERINT

                            Exoatmospheric Reentry Vehicle Interceptor

                            In English

                            ERIS

                            Endoatmospheric Reentry Vehicle Interceptor System

                            In English

                            ERO

                            Earth Return Orbiter

                            In English

                            EROS

                            Earth Resources Observations System

                            In English

                            EROS

                            Electrical Racecar Overharzer Students

                            In English

                            ERP

                            Elevator Reference Plane

                            In English

                            ERRAC

                            European Rail Research Advisory Council (https://errac.org/)

                            In English

                            ERRI

                            European Railway Research Institute

                            In English

                            ERS

                            European Remote Sensing (Satellite)

                            In English

                            ERS
                            Earth Resources Satellite

                            The abbreviation ERS (Earth Resources Satellite) is included in abbreviations such as JERS (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite) and CBERS (China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite).

                            In English

                            ERS

                            Environmental Research Satellite

                            In English

                            ERS

                            Entry and Recovery Simulation

                            In English

                            ERSIR
                            Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar

                            The abbreviation ERSIR (Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar) includes the abbreviation SIR (Shuttle Imaging Radar).

                            In English

                            ERTRAC

                            European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (www.ertrac.org)

                            In English

                            ERTS

                            Earth Resources Technology Satellite

                            In English

                            ERV
                            Experimental Reentry Vehicle

                            The abbreviation ERV (Experimental Reentry Vehicle) includes the abbreviation RV (Reentry Vehicle).

                            In English

                            ESA
                            European Space Agency

                            The abbreviation ESA (European Space Agency) is included in abbreviations such as ESABu (European Space Agency Bulletin), ESAJ (European Space Agency Journal), ESAST (European Space Agency Scientific Technical Review) and ESA-CWE (European Space Agency - Study on Collaborative Working environments for large organizations).

                            In English

                            ESA-CWE
                            European Space Agency - Study on Collaborative Working environments for large organizations

                            The abbreviation ESA-CWE (European Space Agency - Study on Collaborative Working environments for large organizations) includes the abbreviation ESA (European Space Agency).

                            In English

                            ESABu
                            European Space Agency Bulletin

                            The abbreviation ESABu (European Space Agency Bulletin) includes the abbreviation ESA (European Space Agency).

                            In English

                            ESAJ
                            European Space Agency Journal

                            The abbreviation ESAJ (European Space Agency Journal) includes the abbreviation ESA (European Space Agency).

                            In English

                            ESAST
                            European Space Agency Scientific Technical Review

                            The abbreviation ESAST (European Space Agency Scientific Technical Review) includes the abbreviation ESA (European Space Agency).

                            In English

                            ESCS

                            Electronic Spacecraft Simulator

                            In English

                            ESDAC

                            European Space Data Center

                            In English

                            ESE

                            EVA Support Equipment

                            In English

                            ESEO

                            European Student Earth Orbiter

                            In English

                            ESIS

                            ESA Space Information Systems

                            In English

                            ESM
                            Experiment Support Module

                            The abbreviation ESM (Experiment Support Module) includes the abbreviation SM (Support Module).

                            In English

                            ESMC

                            Eastern Space and Missile Center

                            In English

                            ESMCR

                            Eastern Space and Missile Center Regulation

                            In English

                            ESMO

                            European Student Moon Orbiter

                            In English

                            ESMR

                            European Student Moon Rover

                            In English

                            ESOC

                            European Space Operations Centre

                            In English

                            ESOC

                            European Space Operations Center

                            In English

                            ESP

                            Electronic Stability Program

                            In English

                            ESP

                            Énergie et Systèmes de Propulsion

                            In French

                            ESPC

                            European Space Power Conference

                            In English

                            ESPI

                            European Space Policy Institute

                            In English

                            ESPON

                            European Spatial Planning Observation Network

                            In English

                            ESRIN

                            European Space Research Institute

                            In English

                            ESRO

                            European Space Research Organisation

                            In English

                            ESRO

                            European Space Research Organization

                            In English

                            ESS
                            Early Space Station

                            The abbreviation ESS (Early Space Station) includes the abbreviation SS (Space Station).

                            In English

                            ESSM

                            Enhanced Sea Sparrow Missile

                            In English

                            ESSM

                            Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile

                            In English

                            ESTEC

                            European Space Research and Technology Centre

                            In English

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