| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| PLBD |
Payload Bay Doors |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLBD |
Payload Bay Door |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLC |
Programmable Logic Controller |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PLC |
Propellant Loading Console |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLC |
Power Line Communication |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering
→ Telecommunications |
| PLCC |
Payload Launch Control Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLD |
Programmable Logic Device |
In English |
→ Computer hardware
→ Electronics |
| PLDF |
Payload Data File |
In English |
→ Files
→ Astronautics |
| PLH |
Payload Handling |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLHX |
Payload Heat Exchanger |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Astronautics |
| PLI |
Propellant-Level Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLI |
Pays de la Loire Innovation |
In French |
→ Regional administration
→ Research policy |
| PLIC |
Payload Intelligent Controller |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLIM |
Payload Installation Mechanism |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLIM |
Propellant Linear Insulation Matrix |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLIMHR |
Payload Integration Management Hardware Review |
In English |
→ Management
→ Computer hardware
→ Astronautics |
| PLIMR |
Payload Integration Management Review |
In English |
→ Management
→ Astronautics |
| PLINS |
Payload Integration Schedule |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLL |
Phase Lock Loop |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PLM |
Payload Management |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLM |
Payload Monitoring |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLPS |
Propellant Loading and Pressurization System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLRV |
Payload Launch Readiness Verification |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLS |
Payload Simulator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLS |
Payload System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLS |
Personnel Launch System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PLS |
Postlanding and Safing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PLS |
Primary Landing Site |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PLS |
Propellant Loading System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLSL |
Propellants and Life Support Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Astronautics |
| PLSP |
Payload Signal Processor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLSR |
Postlaunch Service Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PLV |
Payload Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Astronautics |
| PLV |
Postlanding Valve |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PLV |
Postlanding Ventilation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PLVC |
Postlanding Vent Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PM |
Payload Management |
In English |
→ Management
→ Astronautics |
| PM |
Propulsion Module |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PM |
Payload Midbody |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PM |
Payload Module |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PM |
Pointe Mobile |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PM&P |
Parts, Materials, And Processes |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics |
| PMAD |
Power Management And Distribution |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PMALS |
Preliminary Miniature Air-Launched System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PMAWS |
Passive Missile Approach Warning System |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| PMC |
Payload Monitoring Control |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMC |
Permanently Manned Capability |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMC |
Plutonia-Molybdenum Cermet |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Nuclear technology |
| PMD |
Power Management and Distribution |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering
→ Energy economics |
| PMD |
Propellant Management Device |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMDM |
Payload Multiplexer/Demultiplexer |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMF |
Perigee Motor Firing |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PMF |
Pression Moyenne de Frottement |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| PMG |
Pôle Marketing Gaz |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| PMI |
Punch Motive International |
In English |
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| PMM |
Planetary Mission Module |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMP |
Prelaunch Monitor Program |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction
→ Astronautics |
| PMP |
Premodulation Processor |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PMPH |
Provision pour le Maintien du Potentiel Hydraulique |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| PMPL |
Preferred Mechanical Parts List |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PMR |
Pacific Missile Range |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| PMR |
Payload Manifest Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMR |
Payload Manifesting Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMR |
Payload Mixing Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMS |
Payload Mounting Structure |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Astronautics |
| PMS |
Power Management System |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PMS |
Professor of Military Science |
In English |
→ Education
→ Military affairs
→ Military engineering |
| PMV |
Permanent Manned Vehicle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PNB |
Pôle Nucléaire Bourguignon |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| PO |
Power On |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PO |
Power Oscillator |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POAC |
Process on a Chip |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| POC |
Payload Operations Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POCC |
Payload/Platform Operations Control Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POCC |
Payload Operations Control Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POCHEP |
Poste Communautaire d'Hygiène et d'Eau Potable |
In French |
→ Public health and hygiene
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| POD |
Payload Operations Division |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POD |
Precision Orbit Determination |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PODTG |
Precision Orbit Determination Task Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POE |
Pilot Operational Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PoE |
Power over Ethernet |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Electrical engineering |
| POEM |
Polar Orbiting Earth Mission |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy
→ Earth sciences |
| POGDC |
Piston Octogonal à Géométrie Déformable Contrôlée |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| POGO |
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
In English |
→ Geophysics
→ Astronautics |
| POGS |
Polar-Orbiting Geomagnetic Survey |
In English |
→ Geophysics
→ Astronautics |
| POI |
Power-On/Off Interrupt |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POIC |
Payload Operations Integration Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POID |
Power-On/Off Interrupt Delay |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POLDEN |
Pollution, Déchets, Environnement |
In French |
→ Environmental protection
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| POP |
Perpendicular to Orbit Plane |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POP |
Polar-Orbiting Platform |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POP |
Preburner Oxidizer Pump |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| POP |
Preflight Operations Procedure |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POP |
Prelaunch Operations Plan |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POR |
Power-On Reset |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POrCo |
Progress in Organic Coatings |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Materials science |
| PORSEC |
Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference |
In English |
→ Congresses
→ Astronautics
→ Marine research, oceanography |
| POST |
Payload Operations Support Team |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POST |
Program to Ootimize Simulated Trajectories |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POT |
Proof of Technology |
In English |
|
| POV |
Peak Operating Voltage |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POV |
Proximity Operations Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| POV |
Privately Owned Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| POWG |
Payload Operations Working Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POWG |
Payload Orbital Working Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PP |
Power Plant |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PP |
Premodulation Processor |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PPA |
Power Pitch-Around |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PPC |
Payload Preparation Complex |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPCF |
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (www.iop.org/EJ/journal/PPCF) |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Plasma physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| PPCU |
Partial Payload Checkout Unit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPD |
Power Pitch-Down |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PPE |
Premodulation Processor Equipment |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PPE |
Programme de Principe d'Essais |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| PPE |
Post-Production Engineering |
In English |
|
| PPEE |
Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Electrical engineering |
| PPF |
Payload Processing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPL |
Production Payload |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPM |
Prioriteitsprogramma Materialenonderzoek |
In Dutch |
→ Research policy
→ Materials science |
| PPM |
Payload Project Manager |
In English |
→ Management
→ Astronautics |
| PPME |
Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanical engineering |
| PPP |
Payload Patch Panel |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPQT |
Preproduction Qualification Test |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| PPR |
Payload Preparation Room |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPRA |
Pôle Productique Rhône-Alpes |
In French |
|
| PPS |
Partial-Pressure Suit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPS |
Payload Pointing System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPS |
Primary Propulsion System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PPT |
Prelaunch Package Test |
In English |
→ 67973
→ Astronautics |
| PPTE |
Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| PQE |
Progress in Quantum Electronics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Quantum mechanics
→ Electronics |
| PQFP |
Plastic Quad Flat Pack |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PQGS |
Propellant Quantity Gauging System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PQT |
Production Qualification Test |
In English |
→ Quality management |
| PrAA |
Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronautics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| PrAeS |
Progress in Aerospace Sciences |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PRAI |
Programme Régional d'Actions Innovatrices |
In French |
→ Regional administration |
| PRATIC |
PRocédure d'Analyse et de Traitement des Informations Commerciales |
In French |
→ Software
→ Trade
→ Energy economics |
| PRB |
Parachute Refurbishment Building |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PRD |
Payload Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRDA |
Program Research and Development Announcement |
In English |
→ Research policy |
| PRDT |
Prestation Régionale de Développement Technologique |
In French |
|
| PRE |
Power Regulation Equipment |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PREDIS |
Plan Régional d'Élimination des Déchets Industriels Spéciaux |
In French |
→ Environmental protection
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PREDIT |
Programme National de Recherche et d'Innovation dans les Transports Terrestres |
In French |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| PrEx |
Propellants and Explosives |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PrExP |
Propellants and Explosives Pyrotechnics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PRIIM |
Projet de Réalisation et d'Innovation Industrielle de Microsystèmes Hétérogènes |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Electronics |
| PRIS |
Payload Remote Integration System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRISM |
Process Industries Safety Management |
In English |
|
| PRISMA |
Productique et Informatique des Systèmes Manufacturiers |
In French |
→ Computer-based techniques
→ Mechanical engineering |
| PRK |
Prix de Revient Kilométrique |
In French |
→ Prices
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| PRL |
Payload Retention Latch |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRLA |
Payload Retention Latch Actuator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRLA |
Payload Retention Latch Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRM |
Payload Retention Mechanism |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Astronautics |
| PRM |
Posigrade Rocket Motor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PrMS |
Progress in Materials Science |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Materials science |
| PROGRESS |
Programme for Research on Embedded Systems & Software |
In English |
→ Software
→ Electronics |
| PROTON |
Public Research Organisations' Technology Offices Network |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy |
| PRR |
Preflight Readiness Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PRRB |
Payload Requirements Review Board |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRS |
Payload Retention System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRST |
Pôle de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy |
| PRTLS |
Powered Return To Launch Site |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRTR |
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register |
In English |
→ 5023
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PS |
Parachute System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PS |
Payload Specialist |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PS |
Payload Station |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PS |
Payload Support |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PS |
Power Supply |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PS |
Puissance Souscrite |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| PSA |
Power and Servoassembly |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSA |
Power Servoamplifier |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSA |
Power Switching Assembly |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSA |
Payload Service Area |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSA |
Payload Support Avionics |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PSBLS |
Permanent Space-Based Logistics System |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| PSC |
Payload Support Contractor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSC |
Planetary Spacecraft |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSCL |
Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Astronautics |
| PSCU |
Power Supply Control Unit |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSD |
Power Spectral Density |
In English |
→ Physics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSD |
Power Systems Division |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSDE |
Payload and Spacecraft Development and Experimentation |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSDF |
Propulsion System Development Facility |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PSDP |
Payload Station Distribution Panel |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSDP |
Payload System Distribution Panel |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSDU |
Power and Signal Distribution Unit |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering
→ Telecommunications |
| PSE |
Payload Service Equipment |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSE |
Payload Support Engineer |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSE |
Payload Support Equipment |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSEPR |
Pôle Système Électrique Production Régionale |
In French |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSF |
Probability of Stress Failure |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| PSF |
Propellant Servicing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSG |
Power Subsystem Group |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PSI |
Power Static Inverter |
In English |
→ Energy economics |
| PSI |
Programme de Surveillance de l'Irradiation |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| PSIG |
Propulsion Systems Integration Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PSIU |
Power and Signal Interface Unit |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering
→ Telecommunications |
