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This document contains the list of acronyms used in the frame of ATLID programme.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1

2 DICTIONARY..................................................................................................................................................... 1

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1 INTRODUCTION

This document details the meaning of all acronyms used in the different documents issued by Astrium SAS in the frame of the ATLID programme.

Acronyms are classified in alphabetic order.

2 DICTIONARY

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A

ABCL As Built Configuration List

ACCD Accumulation Charged Coupled Device

ACDM ATLID Control and Data Management unit

ACS Analysis Coordinates System

AD Applicable document

ADD Architecture and Design Document

ADR Architecture Design Review

AIT Assembly, Integration, and Test

AIV Assembly, Integration, and Validation

AL Acceptance Level

ALADIN Atmospheric LAser Doppler INstrument

ALFA Atmospheric Lidar Filtering and Acquisition chain

AMP AMPlifier

AOCS Attitude and Orbit Control System

AOM Acousto-Optic Modulator

AR Acceptance Review

ARMA ATLID Reference Model of Atmosphere

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ASD Astrium Deutschland (GmbH)

ASF Astrium France (SAS)

ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ASU Astrium UK (Limited)

ATLID ATmospheric LIDar

ATOX ATomic OXygen

ATM ATMospheric

ATP Authorisation To Proceed

B

BB Bread Board

BBM Bread Board Model

BBR Broad Band Radiometer

BC Beam Combiner

BDR Baseline Design Review

BEX Beam EXpander

BF Blocking Filter

BKGE Background Etalon

BOL Beginning Of Life

BRC Basic Repetition Cycle

BSM Beam Steering Mechanism

BSME Beam Steering Mechanism Electronics

C

CAD Computer Aided Design

CADM Configuration And Data Management

CAS Co-Alignment Sensor

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CB Connector Bracket

CCB Change Control Board

CCD Charged Coupled Device

CCDB Characterisation and Calibration DataBase

CCN Contract Change Notice

CCSDS Consultative Comittee on Space Data System format

CDMU Control et Data Management Unit

CDP Cost Development Plan

CDR Critical Design Review

CDS Correlated Double Sampling

CFRP Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics

CIDL Configuration Item Data List

CIL Critical Item List

CLCL Cavity Length Control Loop

CLS Cavity Length Stabilisation

CME Coefficient of Moisture Expansion

CNC Computer Numerical Control

CoG Center of Gravity

CPR Cloud Profiling Radar

CR Change Request

CRB Change Review Board

CS Cooling System

CTE Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

CTRL Control

CVE Control & Video Electronics

CW Continuous Wave

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D

DAL Data Analysis Logical function

DC Direct Current

DCL Declared Component List

DDR Detailed Design Review

DEU Detection Electronics Unit

DFA Detection Fiber Assembly

DFU Detection Front-end Unit

DHAR Detection Harness

DHP Data Handling and Processing logical function

DHS Data Handling Subsystem

DIL Delivery Item List

DIP Diplexer

DM Development Model

DML Declared Material List

DMPL Declared Mechanical Parts List

DMS Data Management System

DNEL Disconnect Non Essential Loads

DoF Degree of Freedom

DOORS Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System

DRB Delivery Review Board

DRD Document Requirements Description

DRL Documents Requirement List

DSPG Distributed Single Point Grounding

E

EarthCARE Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer mission

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ECGP EarthCARE Ground Processor

ECOS ESA Costing Software

ECS Electronics Cooling System

ECSIM EarthCare end-to-end SIMulator

ECSS European Cooperation for Space Standardization

EEE Electrical, Electronics, and Electromechanical parts

EEM Engineering Electrical Model

EFIS Electronic Financial Invoicing system

EfM Engineering functional Model

EFM Electrical Flight Model program

EGSE Electrical Ground Support Equipment

EHP Euro Heat Pipe

EICD Electrical Interface Control Document

EIDP End Item Data Package

EIRD Electrical Interface Requirement Document

EM Engineering Model

EMC Electro-Magnetic Compatibility

EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference

EOL End Of Life

EOM Electro-Optic Modulator

EPS Electrical Power Subsystem

EQM Engineering and Qualification Model

EQSR Equipment Qualification Status Review

ERO Emit and Receive Optics

ESA European Space Agency

ESP Electrical Support Programme

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ESSS EarthCARE Satellite System Simulator

ESTEC European Space TEchnology and research Centre

E/V Environmental

F

FCA Fiber Coupler Assembly

FCA-TS Fiber Coupler Assembly – Telescope Side

FCA-DS Fiber Coupler Assembly – Detector Side

FDH Friedrichschafen

FDIR Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery

FEM Finite Element Model

FEU Front-End Units

FFM Flip-Flop Mechanism

FFP Firm Fixed Price

FM Flight Model

FMECA Failures Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis

FOV Field Of View

FP Fixed Price

FPA Focal Plane Assembly

FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array

FPO Focal Plane Optics

FR Final Review

FS Flight Spare

FWHM Full Width Half Maximum

G

GAL Selex Galileo

GDIR General Design and Interface Requirement

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GMM Geometrical Mathematical Model

GSE (E) Ground Support Equipment (Electrical)

H

HAR Harness

HC Harmonic Converter

HHG Higher Harmonic Generator

Hi-Rel High Reliability

HLOS Horizontal Line-Of-Sight

HS Harmonic Section

HSA Housing Structure Assembly

HSRE High Spectral Resolution Etalon

HV High Voltage

H/W HardWare

I

ICD (M,T,E) Interface Control Document (Mechanical, Thermal, Electrical)

ICM Interface and Control Module

ICU Instrument Control Unit

IDE Instrument Detection Electronics

IEC International Electrotechnical Commission

I/F Interface

IFOV Instantaneous Field-Of-View

IMDB Instrument Measurement Data Base

IMD Isostatic Mounting Device

IMDD Instrument Measurement Data Definition database

IOCR In Orbit Commissioning Review

IOV In Orbit Verification

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IR Infrared

IRD Interface Requirement Document

ISM Iso-Static Mounts

ISP Instrument Source Packet

ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITT Invitation To Tender

K

KO Kick-Off

L

LAT Lot Acceptance Test

LCA Laser Chopper Assembly

LCC Laser Cavity Control

LCL Latching Current Limiters

LCLK Low (rate) CLocK

LCM Laser Chopper Mechanism

LCS Laser Cooling system

LD Laser Diode

LDPSM Laser Diode Power Supply Module

LH Laser Head

LHP Loop Heat Pipe

LIC Laser Induced Contamination

LID Laser Induced Damage

LIDAR LIght Detection And Ranging

LIDT Laser Induced Damage Threshold

LISN Low Impedance Stabilisation Network

LLI Long Lead Item

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LOL Limit Of Liability

LOS Line Of Sight

LPO Low Power Oscillator

LSB Least Significant Bit

LSS Laser Signal Simulator

LT Long Term (Requirement)

LTC Laser Thermal Control

LV Low Voltage

L0 / L1 Level 0 / Level 1

M

Mbps Megabits per second

MCCD Memory CCD

MCS Maintenance and Calibration Sequence

MD Mechanical Dummy

MGSE Mechanical Ground Support Equipment

MICD Mechanical Interface Control Document

MIP Mandatory Inspection Point

MIRD Mechanical Interface Requirement Document

MLI Multi Layer Insulation

MO Master Oscillator

MOI Moment Of Inertia

MOPS Master Oscillator Pump Section

MPCB Materials & Processes Control Board

MPP Milestone Payment Plan

MRR Manufacturing Readiness Review

MS Main Structure

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MSB Most Significant Bit

MSI Multi Spectral Imager

MSU Main Supply Unit

MT Mid Term

MTP Main Test Processor

MTF Modulation Transfer Function

M1 Mirror 1

M2 Mirror 2

N

NA Not Applicable

NC Not Compliant / Non Conformance

NCI Non Critical Items

NCR Non-Conformance Report

NIR Near Infra-Red

NPRO Non Planar Ring Oscillator

NRB Non-conformance Review Board

O

OBA Optical Bench Assembly

OBS Optical Bench Structure / Organisation Breakdown Structure

OBT On-Board Time

OFM Optical Flight Model

OGSE Optical Ground Support Equipment

OICD Optical Interface Control Document

OSP Optical Support Programme

OIRD Optical Interface Requirement Document

OSTM Optical Structural & Thermal Model

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P

PA Product Assurance

PAD Part Approval Document

PAS Power Amplifier Stage

PATP Preliminary Authorisation To Proceed

PC Personal Computer / Partially Compliant

PCB Printed Circuit Board / Parts Control Board

PCDU Power Control and Distribution Unit

PDF Probability Density Function / Portable Document Format

PDM Pre-Development Model

PDR Preliminary Design Review

PE Proximity Electronics

PFM Proto Flight Model

PIP Payload Interface Plate

PLH Power Laser Head

PLH N & R Power Laser Head Nominal & Redundant

PM Project Management

PMAC Project Milestone Achievement Certificate

PMP Mechanical Parts, Materials, and Processes

PPS Pulse Per Second

PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency

PSA Part Stress Analysis

PSU Power Supply Unit

PT Product Tree

PtV Peak to Valley

PU Pump Unit

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Q

QA Quality Assurance

QCW Quasi-Continuous Wave

QE Quantum Efficiency

QL Qualification Level

QM Qualification Model

QR Qualification Review

QRR Qualification Readiness Review

QSD Q-Switch Driver

QSW Q-SWitch

QWP Quarter Wave Plate

R

RAMS Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Safety

RB Regulated Bus

RCP Reception Cross Polarisation

RCS Reference Coordinates System

RD Reference Document

REF Reference

REP REPorting logical function

RF Radio Frequency

RFC Radio Frequency Compatibility

RFD Request For Deviation

RFOV Receiver Field-Of-View

RFP Request For Proposal

RFW Request For Waiver

RHA Radiation Hardness Assurance

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RID Review Item Discrepancies

RLH Reference Laser Head

RLO Relay Optics

RMA Reference Model of the Atmosphere

RMS Root Mean Square

ROC Radius Of Curvature

RPP Reception Parallel Polarisation

RSA Relay Status Acquisition

RTN Return

Rx Receiver

S

S/C SpaceCraft

SDE Software Development Environment

SDVE Software Development and Verification Environment

SEE Single Event Effect

SEIS Satellite Electrical Interface Simulator

SEL Single Event Latch-up

SEU Single Event Upset

SiC Silicium Carbide

SICD Software Interface Control Document

SIOVT Satellite In Orbit Verification Tool

SIRD Software Interface Requirement Document

SK Spare Kit

SL Seed Laser

S/L Satellite

SLM Single Longitudinal Mode

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SM Structural Model

SMR Software Modification Request

SNR Signal to Noise Ratio

SoC Statement of Compliance

SoW Statement of Work

SRD System Requirements Document

SRDB Satellite Reference Data Base

SRR System Requirements Review / Software Requirements Review

SSA Stable Structure Assembly

SSG Simplified Scene Generator

SSM Second Surface Mirror

ST Short Term

STM Structural & Thermal Model / Single-Transverse Mode

SW Software

T

TAA Technical Assistance Agreement

TBA To Be Approved

TBC To Be Confirmed

TBD To Be Defined

TBS To Be Specified

TBV To Be Verified

TC TeleCommand

TCS Thermal Control Subsystem

TCU Thermal Control Unit

TEL Telescope

TFC Tuning Fork Chopper

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THG Third Harmonic Generation

TICD Thermal Interface Control Document

TIRD Thermal Interface Requirement Document

TLE Transmitter Laser Electronics

TM TeleMetry

TMM Thermal Mathematical Model

TM/TC TeleMetry / TeleCommand

TPF Test Point Fixed

TRB Test Review Board

TRP Temperature Reference Point

TRR Test Readiness Review

TSB Telescope Support Base Plate

TV Thermal Vacuum

TVQ Top Vision Quality

Tx Transmitter

TxA Transmitter Assembly

U

UFF Universal File Format

ULE Ultra Low Expansion

UMC Unit Mirror Cube

UV Ultra Violet

V

VCD Verification Control Document

VDA Vacuum Deposited Aluminium

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WBS Work Breakdown Structure

WCA Worst Case Analysis

WFE Wave Front Error

WPD Work Package Description

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Berlioz, Philippe X Toulemont, Yves X Spence, David

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