| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| FTO |
Flight Test Objective |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTOH |
Flight Test Operations Handbook |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTP |
Flight Test Procedure |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTPF |
Flight and Training Planning Facility |
In English |
→ Education
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTR |
Flight Test Requirement |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTRD |
Flight Test Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Telerobotic Service |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Telerobotic Servicer |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Termination System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Test Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FTS |
Flight Test System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FU |
Flight Unit |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FUSE |
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| FUT |
Flight Unit Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FV |
Flight Version |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| FVF |
First Vertical Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GA |
Ground to Air |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GAAR |
Guet Aérien Armé |
In French |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Firefighting |
| GAC |
Grumman Aerospace Corporation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GACU |
Ground Avionics Cooling Unit |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GAEC |
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GALEX |
Galaxy Evolution Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Cosmology |
| GAPAN |
Guild of Air Pilots And Navigators |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport by air
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GASD |
Government Aerospace Systems Division |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GASP |
General Ascent Trajectory and Sizing Program |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GASPI |
Gimbal Angle, Surface Position Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GC |
Gimbal Case |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GCA |
Ground-Controlled Approach |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport by air |
| GCA |
Guidance Coupler Assembly |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ 62678 |
| GCL |
Ground Control Landing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GDA |
General Dynamics Astronautics |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GDA |
Gimbal Drive Actuator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GDA |
Gimbal Drive Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GDCA |
General Dynamics Convair Aircraft |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GDTA |
Groupement pour le Développement de la Télédétection Aérospatiale |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GEA |
Gimbal Electronics Assembly |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| GEA |
Groupe des Écoles Aéronautiques et spatiales |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Specialized or polytechnical colleges
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ France |
| GEAESD |
General Electric Aerospace Electronics Systems |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GECAS |
General Electric Commercial Aviation Services |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Transport by air
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GEM |
Giotto Extended Mission |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GEO |
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GEO |
Group on Earth Observations (www.earthobservations.org) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronautics
→ Earth sciences |
| GEO |
Geostationary Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GEODSS |
Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep-space Surveillance System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GEODSS |
Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep-Space Surveillance |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering
→ Astronautics |
| GEOSEPS |
Geosynchronous Solar Electric Propulsion Stage |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering
→ Astronautics |
| GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems (www.epa.gov/geoss/) |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Earth sciences |
| GETL |
Ground Elapsed Time of Landing |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GFAE |
Government-Furnished Aeronautical Equipment |
In English |
→ Public administration, government
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GFAE |
Government-Furnished Aircraft Equipment |
In English |
→ Public administration, government
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GfW |
Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GLAADS |
Gun Low-Altitude Air Defense System |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ 358 |
| GLAST |
Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| GLOMR |
Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GME |
Gimbal Module Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| GMLS |
Guided Missile Launching System |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Astronautics |
| GMS |
Geostationary Meterological Satellite |
In English |
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Astronautics |
| GMS |
Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Meteorology, climatology |
| GNCFTS |
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Flight Test Station |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GOAL |
Ground Operations Aerospace Language |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GOCNAE |
Grupo de Organização da Comissão Nacional de Atividades Espaciais |
In Portuguese |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
In English |
→ Threats to the environment
→ Astronautics |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Astronautics |
| GOES |
Geosynchronous Operational Environmental Satellite |
In English |
→ Earth sciences
→ Astronautics |
| GPAS |
General-Purpose Airborne Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| GPD |
Gimbal Position Display |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GPI |
Gimbal Position Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GPL |
GOAL Processing Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Astronautics |
| GPRN |
GOAL Test Procedure Release Notice |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Astronautics |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
In English |
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| GPSCP |
GPS (Global Positioning System) Computer Program |
In English |
→ Computer programs
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Astronautics |
| GPUR |
GOAL Test Procedure Update Request |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Astronautics |
| GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/) |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Geophysics
→ Meteorology, climatology |
| GrAeH |
Grumman Aerospace Horizons |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| GRC |
Glenn Research Center (www.grc.nasa.gov) |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| GRE |
Gamma Ray Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GRO |
Gamma Ray Observatory |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Observatories |
| GSA |
Galileo Supervisory Authority (https://www.gsa.europa.eu)
= GSA | European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority | In English
|
In English |
→ European Union
→ Astronautics
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Europe |
| GSA |
European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority (https://www.gsa.europa.eu)
= (look above)
|
In English |
→ European Union
→ Astronautics
→ Geodesy, cartography
→ Europe |
| GSAT |
Geosynchronous Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GSFC |
(NASA) Godddard Space Flight Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GSMaP |
Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Meteorology, climatology
→ Hydrology |
| GSS |
Geosynchronous Space Station |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GSTAR |
Saudi Arabian Communications Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications
→ Saudi Arabia |
| GSTDN |
Ground Space Flight Tracking and Data Network |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GSTDN |
Ground Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
In English |
→ Data
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GSVOO |
Ground Station Visibility of Orbiting Objects |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GTEPE |
Grupo de Trabalho de Estudos e Projetos Espaciais |
In Portuguese |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| GTO |
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GTVI |
Gimbal angle and Translational Velocity Indicator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| GVSC |
Generic VHSIC Spacecraft Computer |
In English |
→ Computer hardware
→ Astronautics |
| GX |
Galaxy Express |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAA |
High-Altitude Abort |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAADS |
High-Altitude Attitude Determination System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAARS |
High-Altitude Attitude Reference System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HAAS |
High Altitude Aircrafts and Airships |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HABP |
Hypersonic Arbitrary Body Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HAC |
Hughes Aircraft Company |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HAFB |
Hill Air Force Base (www.hill.af.mil) |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ United States |
| HAFB |
Holloman Air Force Base (www.holloman.af.mil) |
In English |
→ 358
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ United States |
| HAL |
Houston Aerospace Language |
In English |
→ Programming languages
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics
→ United States |
| HALCA |
Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications
→ Astronomy |
| HALS |
High-order Assembly Language for Shuttle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HEACE |
Health Effect of Aircraft Cabin Environment |
In English |
→ Medicine
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| HEAO |
High Energy Astronomical Observatory |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Observatories |
| HEAO |
High Energy Astronomy Observatory |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| HEO |
High Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HEO |
High-Energy Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HETE |
High Energy Transient Explorer |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| HF |
Horizontal Flight |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFC |
Hydraulic Flight Control |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFCL |
Hydraulic Flight Control Laboratory |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFCT |
Hydraulic Flight Control Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFS |
Horizontal Flight Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFT |
Horizontal Flight Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFTF |
Horizontal Flight Test Facility |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HFTS |
Horizontal Flight Test Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HIAD |
Handbook of Information for Aircraft Designers |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HIAD |
High-Altitude Defense Program |
In English |
→ Military affairs
→ Military engineering
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HICAMP |
Highly Calibrated Airborne Measurements Program |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HiMAT |
Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HLLV |
Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HMA |
Hypergolic Maintenance Area |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| HMCF |
Hypergolic Maintenance and Checkout Facility |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| HMF |
Hypergolic Maintenance Facility |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics |
| HMP |
Hydrazine Monopropellant |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HOTOL |
Horizontal Takeoff and Landing |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HP |
Perigee Altitude |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HPBRM |
High Payload Baseline Reference Mission |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HPCA |
Hot Plasma Composition Analyzer |
In English |
→ Plasma physics
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy |
| HPPF |
Horizontal Payloads Processing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HRSC |
High Resolution Stereo Camera |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HSA |
Heat Shield Abort |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Thermodynamics |
| HSC |
House Spacecraft |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSE |
Heat Shield Entry |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSF |
Hypergolic Servicing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSRV |
Heat-Source Reentry Vehicle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HSSM |
Hardened Space Sensor Model |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| HSTF |
Hypergolic System Test Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HTH |
Heavy Transport Helicopter |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| HTO |
Horizontal Takeoff |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HTP |
Hydroxyl Terminated Propellant |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Chemical technology |
| HTP |
Horizontal Tail Plane |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| HYPACE |
Hybrid Programmable Attitude Control Electronics |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| HYSAT |
Hybrid Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| HYSAT |
Hybrid Sensor Experimental Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IA&A |
Ingenieria aeronáutica y astronáutica |
In Spanish |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IAA |
International Aerospace Abstracts |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IACO |
International Aviation COnsulting |
In French |
→ 3592
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IACS |
Inertial Attitude Control System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IAESM |
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Aerospace Electronic Systems Magazine |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Electronics
→ Astronautics |
| IAF |
International Astronautical Federation |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronautics |
| IARC |
International Aerial Robotics Competition |
In English |
→ Electronics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IAS |
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IAS |
Integrated Avionics Subsystem |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IAT |
Integrated Avionics Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
In English |
→ Military engineering
→ Astronautics |
| ICA |
Ingénieur du Contrôle Aérien |
In French |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization
= IOCA | Internacia Organizo pri Civila Aviado | In Esperanto
|
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ICAOB |
ICAO Bulletin (International Civil Aviation Organization) |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| ICAPC |
Increased-Capability Adaptive Payload Carrier |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ICE |
Ideal Cabin Environment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ICG |
In-Flight Coverall Garment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ICG |
International Committee on GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Astronautics |
| ICG |
International Communications Group (www.icg.aero) |
In English |
→ Telecommunications
→ Astronautics |
| IDB |
In-Suit Drink Bag |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Beverage industry |
| IDEAS2 |
Independent Design and Evaluation of Advanced Spacecraft |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ 6585 |
| IEA |
Ingénieur de l'Électronique Aéronautique |
In French |
→ Electronics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IFA |
In-Flight Analysis |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IFM |
In-Flight Maintenance |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Astronautics
→ Astronautics |
| IFOT |
In-Flight Operations and Training |
In English |
→ Education
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IFR |
Instrument Flight Rules |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Transport and postal services |
| IFRU |
In-Flight Replaceable Unit |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| IFS |
Integrated Flight Simulator |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IFT |
In-Flight Test |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IFTM |
In-Flight Test and Maintenance |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IFTS |
In-Flight Test System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IG |
Inner Gimbal |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IGA |
Inner Gimbal Angle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IGAX |
Inner Gimbal Axis |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IGOS |
Interactive Graphic Orbit System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IGS |
Intergimbal Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IGSE |
In-Space Ground Support Equipment |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| IIOP |
In-Orbit Plane |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IJSC |
International Journal of Satellite Communications |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronautics
→ Telecommunications |
| ILA |
Instrument Landing Approach |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ILA |
Institut für Luftfahrtantriebe |
In German |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ILAS |
Instrument Landing Approach System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ILC |
Initial Launch Capability |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ILRS |
International Laser Ranging Service (http://https://ilrs.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov/) |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Geodesy, cartography |
| ILRV |
Integral Launch and Reentry Vehicle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| ILS |
Instrument Landing System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| ILSSE |
Integrated Life Science Shuttle Experiment |
In English |
→ Biological sciences
→ Astronautics |
| IMASSA |
Institut de Médecine Aérospatiale - Service de Santé des Armées |
In French |
→ Medicine
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| IMC |
Instrument Meteorological Conditions |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Meteorology, climatology |
| IMLEO |
Initial Mass in Low Earth Orbit |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| IMP |
Inflatable Micrometeoroid Paraglider |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
| IMS |
Interplanetary Monitor Satellite |
In English |
→ Astronomy
→ Astronautics |
