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| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDA | Continuous Descent Approach | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport by air |
| CDC | Confined Detonating Cord | In English | → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| CDDIS | Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (http://https://cddis.nasa.gov/) | In English | → Software → Data → Astronautics → Geodesy, cartography |
| CDHR | Camion Dévidoir Hors-Route | In French | → Automobile manufacturing → Firefighting |
| CDSF | Commercially Developed Space Facility | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| CEA | Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics | In English | → Research institutes → Astronomy → Optics → Astronautics |
| CEGF | Compagnie des Entrepôts et Gares Frigorifiques | In French | → Transport and postal services → Rail transport engineering |
| CELV | Commercial Expendable Launch Vehicle | In English | |
| CEMAS | Centre d'Évaluation des Microtechniques pour l'Analyse Sensorielle | In French | → Mechanical engineering |
| CERES | Capacité de Renseignement Électromagnétique Spatiale | In French | → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| CERMA | Centre d'Études et de Recherches de Médecine Aéronautique | In French | → Medicine → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CES | Combined Earth Sensor | In English | → Astronautics |
| CES | Conical Earth Sensor | In English | → Astronautics |
| CES | Crew Escape System | In English | → Astronautics |
| CETUR | Centre d'Études Techniques des Transports Urbains | In French | → Transport and postal services |
| CEV | Crew Exploration Vehicle | In English | |
| CEVE | Comité Européen du Véhicule Expérimental | In French | |
| CFAE | Contractor-Furnished Airborne Equipment | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CFC | Chemins de Fer de la Corse (www.traincorse.net) | In French | → Rail transport engineering → Transport and postal services |
| CFCC | Comité Français de Coordination du Carburéacteur | In French | → Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → France |
| CFF | Columbus Free Flyer | In English | → Astronautics |
| CFP | Conceptual Flight Profile | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CFTE | Center for Transportation Excellence | In English | → Transport and postal services |
| CGEA | Compagnie Générale d'Entreprise Automobile | In French | → Automobile manufacturing |
| CGRO | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory | In English | → Astronautics → Astronomy |
| CHAMP | Challenging Minisatellite Payload | In English | → Astronautics |
| CHIPS | Cosmic Hot Interstellar Spectrometer | In English | → Astronautics → Astronomy |
| ChJA | Chinese Journal of Aeronautics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → China |
| ChJSS | Chinese Journal of Space Science | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Astronautics → China |
| CHMAC | Coopération Homme-Machine pour l'Assistance à la conduite | In French | → Human-computer interaction → Transport and postal services |
| ChSAJ | Chinese Society of Astronautics Journal | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronautics → China |
| ChSST | Chinese Space Science Technology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Astronautics → China |
| CIMSA | Compagnie d'Informatique Militaire, Spatiale et Aéronautique | In French | → Computer science → Military engineering → Astronautics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CINCNORAD | Commander-In-Chief, North American Aerospace | In English | → Military affairs → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CIRCE | Confusion-limited Infrared Cosmology Explorer | In English | → Astronautics → Cosmology |
| CIRRIS | Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle | In English | → Astronautics |
| CIRRIS | Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle | In English | → Astronautics |
| CLM | Circumlunar Mission | In English | → Astronautics |
| CLOT | Combined Loads Orbiter Test | In English | → Astronautics |
| CLS | Contingency Landing Site | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CLS | Collecte Localisation Satellites | In English | → Astronautics → Earth sciences |
| CLSO | Contingency Landing Support Officer | In English | → 692973 → Astronautics |
| CMA | Compagnie Maritime d'Affrètement | In French | → 6295 → Transport and postal services |
| CNAE | Comissão Nacional de Atividades Espaciais | In Portuguese | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| CNCMA | Centro Nazionale di Meteorologia e Climatologia Aeronautica | In Italian | → Central administration → Meteorology, climatology → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CNES | Centre National d'Études Spatiales (www.cnes.fr) | In French | → Research institutes → Astronomy → Astronautics → France |
| CNSA | China National Space Administration (www.cnsa.gov.cn) | In English | → Central administration → Astronomy → Astronautics → China |
| CNTS | Centre National des Techniques Spatiales | In French | → Research institutes → Astronautics |
| COBAE | Comissão Brasileira de Atividades Espaciais | In Portuguese | → Astronomy → Astronautics → Brazil |
| COBE | Cosmic Background Explorer | In English | → Astronautics → Astronomy |
| COFR | Certificate/Certification Of Flight Readiness | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| COFW | Certificate Of Flight Worthiness | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| COGMAN | Center Of Gravity of payload Manifest | In English | → Astronautics |
| COMAS | Combined Orbital Maneuvering and Abort System | In English | → Astronautics |
| COMSAT | Communications Satellite | In English | → Astronautics → Telecommunications |
| ComSp | Commercial Space | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| COMTR | COMSAT Technical Review | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → 645 → Astronautics |
| CONIE | Comisión Nacional de Investigación del Espacio | In Spanish | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| COP | Co-Orbiting Platform | In English | → Astronautics |
| COPEC | Contribution de la Psychologie et de l'Ergonomie Cognitives (à la coopération homme-machine dans la conduite automobile) | In French | → Human-computer interaction → Psychology → Transport and postal services |
| COROT | COnvection, ROtation & Planetary Transits | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| CORSA | Cosmic Radiation Satellite | In English | → Astronautics → Astronomy |
| COSPAR | Committee on Space Research | In English | → Organizations and associations → Astronautics |
| COSTAR | Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| CPF | Cost Per Flight | In English | → Prices → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CPG | Coarse-Pointing Gimbal | In English | → Astronautics |
| CPM | Cargo Propulsion Module | In English | |
| CPSE | Common Payload Support Equipment | In English | → Astronautics |
| CPTA | Core Propulsion Test Article | In English | |
| CRAF | Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Fly-by | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| CRALT | CNES Radar Altimeter | In English | → Astronautics |
| CREAM | Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor | In English | → Computer hardware → Astronautics |
| CREDO | Cabin noise Reduction by Experimental and numerical Design Optimization | In French | → Acoustics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CRIS | Crash Records Information System | In English | → Records management → Automobile manufacturing → Road transport → United States |
| CRISTAL | Cellule de Recherche Industrielle en Systèmes de Transports Automatisés Légers | In French | → Automobile manufacturing → Road transport → France |
| CRMA | Société de Construction et de Réparation de Matériel Aéronautique | In French | → Maintenance and logistics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CRPNPAC | Caisse de Retraite du Personnel Navigant de l'Aéronautique Civile | In French | → Labour, labour economics → Insurance → Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| CRRES | Combined Release/Radiation Effects Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| CRRES | Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| CS | Spacelab Operations Directorate | In English | → Astronautics |
| CSA | Canadian Space Agency (www.space.gc.ca) | In English | → Central administration → Astronomy → Astronautics → Canada |
| CSCSAT | Commercial Synchronous Communication Satellite | In English | → Astronautics → Telecommunications |
| CSF | Crew Storage Facility | In English | → Maintenance and logistics → Astronautics |
| CSG | Centre Spatial Guyanais | In French | → Astronautics |
| CSNM | Chambre Syndicale Nationale du Motocycle | In French | → Organizations and associations |
| CSNU | Commandement Spatial des Nations Unis | In French | → Military affairs → United Nations → Astronautics |
| CSOC | Consolidated Space Operations Center | In English | → Astronautics |
| CSS | Control Stick Steering | In English | → Mechanical engineering → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CSS | Core Segment Simulator | In English | → Astronautics |
| CSS | Crew Safety System | In English | → Accidents, risks, safety → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CSS | Chinese Space Station | In English | → Astronautics → China |
| CSST | Centro Studi sui Sistemi di Trasporto | In Italian | → Transport and postal services |
| CSTA | Crew Software Training Aid | In English | → Education → Software → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CSTAR | Continuous Stellar-Tracking Attitude Reference | In English | → Astronautics |
| CSTC | Consolidated Space Test Center | In English | → Astronautics |
| CSUE | Centro Satellitare dell'Unione Europea (www.eusc.europa.eu) = EUSC | European Union Satellite Centre | In English = CSUE | Centro de Satélites de la Unión Europea | In Spanish |
In Italian | → European Union → Astronautics → Europe |
| CSUE | Centro de Satélites de la Unión Europea (www.eusc.europa.eu) = EUSC (look above) |
In Spanish | → European Union → Astronautics → Europe |
| CTF | Commit To Flight | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CTS | Canadian Technology Satellite | In English | → Astronautics → Canada |
| CTS | Communications Technology Satellite | In English | → Astronautics → Telecommunications |
| CTS | Centre des Techniques Spatiales | In French | → Astronautics |
| CUTE | Clean Urban Transport Europe | In English | → Transport and postal services |
| CV | Deployable Payloads Operation | In English | → Astronautics |
| CVA | Convair Astronautics | In English | → Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CVDC | Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium (https://www-cvdc.eng.cam.ac.uk/) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Automobile manufacturing → United Kingdom |
| CWL | Cardiff International Airport (https://www.cardiff-airport.com/) | In English | → Transport by air → Aeronautics, aircraft → United Kingdom |
| CYSF | Cape York Space Facility | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| DA | Dévidoir Automobile | In French | → Automobile manufacturing → Firefighting |
| DADS | Dual Air Density Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| DAIS | Data Avionics Information System | In English | → Software → Data → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DAP | Descent Analysis Program | In English | → Computer programs → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DAP | Dévidoir Automobile Prémélangeur | In French | → Automobile manufacturing → Firefighting |
| DARA | Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheiten | In German | → Organizations and associations → Astronomy → Astronautics → Germany |
| DAS | Digital Avionics System | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DASA | Dual Aerospace Servoamplifier | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DATT | Dévidoir Automobile Tout-Terrain | In French | → Automobile manufacturing → Firefighting |
| DBC | Dictionnaire Biographique des Cheminots | In French | → Dictionaries → Biography → Rail transport engineering → Rail transport → France |
| DC | Delta Clipper | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DCAT | Diesel Clean Advanced Technology | In English | |
| DCSD | Département Commande des Systèmes et Dynamique du vol | In French | → Electronics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DDF | De Dietrich Ferroviaire | In French | → Organizations and associations → Rail transport engineering → France |
| DEFA | Dana Esperantista Fervojista Asocio | In Esperanto | → Associations → Rail transport engineering → Transport and postal services → Artificial languages (linguistics) → Denmark |
| DEL | Deorbit, Entry, and Landing | In English | → Astronautics |
| DF | Development Flight | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DF | Direct Flight | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DFA | Dutch Flight Academy (www.dfa-fto.nl) | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services → Netherlands |
| DFCS | Digital Flight Control Software | In English | → Software → Aeronautics, aircraft → 62989 |
| DFCS | Digital Flight Control System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DFI | Development Flight Instrumentation | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DFI | Development Flight Integration | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DFL | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luftfahrt | In German | → Research institutes → Aerodynamics → Aeronautics, aircraft → Germany |
| DFRC | Dryden Flight Research Center | In English | → Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → United States |
| DFRF | Dryden Flight Research Facility | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DFS | Dynamic Flight Simulator | In English | → Computer simulation → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DFS | Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH = DDT | Dichlorodiphényltrichloréthane | In French = ДДТ | дихлоро-дифенил-трихлороетан | In Bulgarian = DDT | Dihlor-difenil-trihloretan | In Bosnian = DDT | Dicloro-difenil-tricloroetà | In Catalan = DDT | Dichlordiphenyltrichlorethan | In Danish = DDT | Dichlordiphenyltrichlorethan | In German = DDT | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane | In English = DDT | Diklor-difenil-trikloretano | In Esperanto = DDT | Dicloro-difenil-tricloroetano | In Spanish = DDT | Diklorodifenüültrikloroetaan | In Estonian = DDT | Dikloori-difenyyli-trikloorietaani | In Finnish = די די טי | דיכלורו-דיפניל-טריכלורו-אתאן | In Hebrew = DDT | Diklór-difenil-triklór-etán | In Hungarian = DDT | Diclorodifeniltricloroetano | In Italian = DDT | Dichloro-Difenil-Trichloroetanas | In Lithuanian = DDT | Dichloordifenyltrichloorethaan | In Dutch = DDT | Diklor-difenyl-trikloretan | In Nynorsk = DDT | Dichlorodifenylotrichloroetan | In Polish = DDT | Dicloro-Difenil-Tricloroetano | In Portuguese = DDT | Diclor-Difenil-Tricloretan | In Romanian = ДДТ | ДихлорДифенилТрихлорметилметан | In Russian = DDT | Dichlórdifenyltrichlóretán | In Slovak = DDT | Dikloro-Difenil-Trikloroetan | In Slovenian = ДДТ | Дихлор-дифенил-трихлоретан | In Serbian = DDT | Diklordifenyltrikloretan | In Swedish |
In German | → Transport and postal services → Aeronautics, aircraft → Chemicals → Agricultural sciences |
| DFVLR | Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt | In German | → Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → Germany |
| DGAA | Direzione Generale Armamenti Aeronautici | In Italian | → Military engineering → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DGAC | Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile | In French | → Public administration, government → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DGMT | Direction Générale de la Mer et des Transports | In French | → Transport and postal services |
| DIASP | Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aeronautica e Spaziale | In Italian | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| DLO | Director of Launch Operations | In English | → Astronautics |
| DLR | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (www.dlr.de) | In German | → Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → Germany |
| DLR | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (www.dlr.de) | In German | → Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → Germany |
| DM | Development Motor | In English | |
| DMA | Drive Motor Assembly | In English | |
| DME | Direction des Missiles et de l'Espace | In French | → Military affairs → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| DMJU | Dansk Model Jernbane Unions (www.dmju.dk) | In Danish | → Organizations and associations → Entertainment → Rail transport engineering |
| DMSP | Defense Meterological Satellite Program | In English | → Military affairs → Meteorology, climatology → Astronautics |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| DMSS | Defense Meteorological Satellite System | In English | → Meteorology, climatology → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| DNA | Direction de la Navigation Aérienne | In French | → Astronautics → Transport and postal services |
| DNO | Descending-Node Orbit | In English | → Astronautics |
| DNW | Deutsch-Niederländische Windkanäle | In German | → Aerodynamics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DOC | Drift-Orbit Correction | In English | → Astronautics |
| DODSTP | Department of Defense Standard Satellite | In English | → Military affairs → Astronautics |
| DOI | Descent Orbit Insertion | In English | → Astronautics |
| DOI | Direct Orbit Insertion | In English | → Astronautics |
| DOMSAT | Domestic Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| DORIS | Determination of Orbit Radio Positioning Integrated from Shuttle | In English | → Telecommunications → Astronautics |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| DPAC | Direction des Programmes Aéronautiques Civils | In French | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DPCL | Dedicated Payload Communication Link | In English | → Telecommunications → Astronautics |
| DPS | Descent Propulsion System | In English | → Astronautics |
| DRS | Data Relay Satellite | In English | → Data → Astronautics |
| DRSS | Data Relay Satellite System | In English | → Data → Astronautics |
| DS3 | Deep-Space Surveillance System | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSAT | Defensive Satellite | In English | → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System | In English | → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| DSCS | Defense Support Communication Satellite | In English | → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| DSIF | Deep-Space Instrumentation Facility | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSIFE | Deep-Space Instrumentation Facility Equipment | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSIS | Defense Satellite Information System | In English | → Astronautics → Military affairs |
| DSN | Deep-Space Network | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSS | Deep Space Station | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| DSS | Deep-Space Station | In English | → Astronautics |
| DSSC | Deep Space Station Complex | In English | → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| DTCA | Direction Technique des Constructions Aéronautiques | In French | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| DTCN | Direction Technique des Constructions Navales | In French | |
| DTV | Developmental Test Vehicle | In English | |
| DVB-S | Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite | In English | → Astronautics → Telecommunications |
| DVL | Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt | In German | → Research institutes → Aerodynamics → Aeronautics, aircraft → Germany |
| DWS | Disaster Warning Satellite | In English | → Astronautics |
| DZR | Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei | In German | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| EADI | Electronic Attitude Director Indicator | In English | → Astronautics |
| EALA | European Air Law Association | In English | → Associations → Law, jurisprudence → Aeronautics, aircraft → 65 |
| EAS | Equivalent Airspeed | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| EASA | European Aviation Safety Agency | In English | → Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| EATR | Extravehicular Assist Teleoperator Robot | In English | → Astronautics |
| EC | Engine Control | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| EC | Engine Cutoff | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| ECA | Engine Control Assembly | In English | |
| ECAC | European Civil Aviation Conference | In English | → Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Transport and postal services |
| ECAL | East Coast Abort Landing | In English | → Astronautics |
| ECATA | European Consortium for Advanced Training in Aerospace (www.ecata.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics → Europe |
| ECLSS | Environmental Control and Life Support System | In English | → Astronautics |
| ECO | Engine Combustion | In English | |
| ECO | Engine Cutoff | In English | |
| ECS | Engine Control System | In English | |
| ECSS | European Cooperation for Space Standardization | In English | → Standardization → Astronomy → Astronautics |
| ECU | Engine Control Unit | In English |