An acronym is a word formed from the initial letter
or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a
compound term. To add an acronym to our list send an email
to Carey Noll (Carey.Noll@nasa.gov).
| Acronym |
Definition |
| A |
| AAC |
Associate Analysis Center |
| AC |
Analysis Center |
| AC |
Astronomical Council (Russia) |
| ACSnet |
Australian Computer Science Network |
| ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
| ADEOS |
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite |
| AFB |
Air Force Base |
| AFGL |
Air Force Geophysics Laboratory |
| AFSPC |
Air Force Space Command (USA) |
| AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
| AIUB |
Astronomical Institute of Berne (Berne, Switzerland) |
| ALO |
Astronomical Latitude Observatory (Poland) |
| AMSAT |
Amateur Satellite |
| APD |
Avalanche Photo Diode |
| APRGP |
Asia-Pacific Regional Geodetic Project |
| APSG |
Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics Project |
| ARC |
Ames Research Center (Moffett Field, CA) |
| ARI |
Academic Research Infrastructure |
| ARPAnet |
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| ASAR |
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASI |
Italian Space Agency (Italy) |
| ASL |
Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory |
| ATEx |
Advanced Tether Experiment |
| ATSC |
AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation (Lanham, MD) |
| AUSLAS |
Graz, Austria Laser Station |
| AUSLIG |
Australian Surveying and Land Information Group |
| AWG |
Analysis Working Group |
| AZ |
Azimuth |
| AZ-EL |
Azimuth-Elevation |
| B |
| BAE |
British Aerospace (Australia) |
| BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
| BE-C |
Beacon Explorer C |
| BFEC |
Bendix Field Engineering Corporation (USA) |
| BIH |
Bureau International de l'Heure |
| BIPM |
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (France) |
| BITnet |
Because It's Time Network |
| BKG |
Bundesamt fr Kartographie und Geodsie (Germany) |
| BM |
Bench Mark |
| C |
| CALTECH |
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA) |
| CB |
Central Bureau |
| CCD |
Charged Coupled Device |
| CDDIS |
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System |
| CDP |
Crustal Dynamics Project |
| CEE |
Centro de Estudios Espaciales (Chile) |
| CERGA |
Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Geodynamiques et Astronomiques (France) |
| CERN |
Center for European Laboratory for Particle Physics (Switzerland) |
| CF |
Constant Fraction |
| CfA |
Center for Astrophysics (USA) |
| CGS |
Centro de Geodesia Spaziale (Italy) |
| CHAMP |
CHAllenging Mini-Satellite Payload |
| ChO |
Changchun Observatory/National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| CIO |
Conventional International Origin |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CIS |
Conventional Inertial System |
| CM |
Center of Mass |
| CMONOC |
Crustal Movement Observation Network of China |
| CNES |
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France) |
| CODE |
Center for Orbit Determination in Europe |
| COI |
Co-Investigator |
| COM |
Center Of Mass |
| CONAE |
Comisin Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (Argentina) |
| CONUS |
Continental United States |
| COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
| CRL |
Communications Research Laboratory (Japan) |
| CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) |
| C-SPAD |
Compensated Single Photoelectron Avalanche Detector |
| CSR |
Center for Space Research (University of Texas, Austin, TX) |
| CSTG |
International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics |
| CSnet |
Computer Science Network |
| CTLRS |
Chinese Transportable Laser Ranging System |
| CTU FNSPE |
Czech Technical University Faculty of Nuclear Science and Physical Engineering |
| D |
| D-PAF |
Germany Processing and Analysis Facility |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA) |
| DBMS |
Data Base Management System |
| DDN |
Defense Data Network |
| DDNA |
Divided Difference Noise Analysis |
| DEC |
Digital Equipment Corporation |
| DECnet |
DEC networking product |
| DEOS |
Delft Institute for Earth-Oriented Space Research (The Netherlands) |
| DET |
Detachment |
| DFPWG |
Data Formats and Procedures Working Group |
| DGFI |
Deutsches Geodtisches ForschungsInstitut (Germany) |
| DGPS |
Differential GPS |
| DIF |
DOMES Information Form |
| DIS |
Data Information System |
| DMA |
Defence Mapping Agency (USA) |
| DMAHTC |
Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic and Topographic Center (Japan) |
| DMS |
Data Measurement System |
| DOD |
Department of Defense (USA) |
| DOMES |
Directory Of MERIT Sites |
| DOMEX |
DOMEs EXtended |
| DORIS |
Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite |
| DOSE |
Dynamics of the Solid Earth |
| D-PAF |
Germany Processing and Analysis Facility |
| DREN |
Defense Research and Engineering Network |
| DUT |
Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) |
| DUT/OSG |
Delft University of Technology/Observatory for Space Geodesy (The Netherlands) |
| E |
| EARN |
European Academic Research Network |
| ED |
European Datum |
| EDC |
EUROLAS Data Center (Munich, Germany) |
| EDM |
Electronic Distance Measuring |
| EGS |
European Geophysical Society |
| ELV |
Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| ENVISAT |
ENVIronmental SATellite |
| EOC |
Earth Observation Center (NASDA) |
| EOP |
Earth Orientation Parameter |
| EOS |
Earth Observing System |
| EOS |
European Optical Society |
| EOS |
Electro Optical Systems (Australia) |
| ERA |
Ephemeris Research in Astronomy (Russia) |
| ERI |
Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (Japan) |
| ERS |
Earth Resources Satellite |
| ERS-1 |
Earth Resources Satellite 1 |
| ERS-2 |
Earth Resources Satellite 2 |
| ESA |
European Space Agency (Germany) |
| ESOC |
European Space Operations Center (Germany) |
| ESRIN |
European Space Research Institute |
| ETS |
Engineering Test Satellite |
| EUROLAS |
European Laser Consortium |
| Euro-SPAN |
European Space Physics Analysis Network |
| F |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration (USA) |
| FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions |
| FAS |
Federation of American Scientists |
| FAX |
Facsimile System |
| FDR |
Foundation for Research Development (South Africa) |
| FESG |
Forschungseinrichting Satellitengeodsie (Research Facility for Space Geodesy,
Germany) |
| FFDP |
Far Field Diffraction Pattern |
| FFI |
Forsvarets ForskningsInstitutt (Norway) |
| FGCC |
Federal Geodetic Control Committee |
| FGI |
Finnish Geodetic Institute |
| FGNP |
Field Generated Normal Points |
| FINLAS |
Metsahovi, Finland Laser Station |
| FLINN |
Fiducial Laboratories for an International Natural Science Network |
| FR |
Full-Rate |
| FRD |
Foundation for Research and Development (South Africa) |
| FTLRS |
French Transportable Laser Ranging System |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
| G |
| GAOUA |
Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine |
| GB |
Gigabyte |
| GB |
Governing Board |
| GDR |
Geophysical Data Record |
| GeoDAF |
Geodetical Data Archive Facility (Italy) |
| GeodIS |
Geodetic Information System (Germany) |
| GEOS |
Geodetic and Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| GEOSAT |
Geodesy Satellite |
| GFO |
GEOSAT Follow-On |
| GFO-1 |
GEOSAT Follow-On 1 |
| GFZ |
GeoForschungsZentrum (Potsdam, Germany) |
| GGAO |
Goddard Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory (Greenbelt, MD) |
| GGP |
Global Geodynamics Project (Gravity) |
| GI |
Geological Institute (Russia) |
| GIF |
Graphic Image Format (CompuServe) |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLAS |
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System |
| GLONASS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GLONASS |
Global'naya Navigatsionnay Sputnikovaya Sistema |
| GLRS |
Geodynamics Laser Ranging System |
| GM |
Gravity Model |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
| GP-B |
Gravity Probe B |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GRACE |
Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
| GRGS |
Groupe de Recherches de Godsie Spatiale (France) |
| GROSS |
Geodynamics, Rotation of the Earth, Orbit determination Searching Software (Russia) |
| GRS |
Global Reference System |
| GSC |
Geological Survey of Canada |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) |
| GSI |
Geographical Survey Institute (Tsukuba, Japan) |
| GSN |
Global Seismographic Network |
| GSS |
Geodetic Survey Squadron |
| H |
| HAVAGO |
Horizontal and Vertical Adjustment of Geodetic Observations |
| HDJ |
Hydrographic Department of Japan |
| HEPnet |
High Energy Physics Network |
| HMC |
Hydrogen Maser Clock |
| HO |
Haystack Observatory (Haystack, MA) |
| HOLLAS |
Haleakala Laser Station (Maui, HI) |
| HOPLAS |
Mount Hopkins Laser Station (Mt. Hopkins, AZ) |
| HRAO |
Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| HREF |
Hypertext Reference |
| HTC |
Hydrographic and Topographic Center |
| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
| HTSI |
Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (USA) |
| HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| H/W |
Hardware |
| I |
| IAA/RAS |
Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| IAG |
International Association of Geodesy |
| IAPG |
Institut fr Astronomische und Physikalische Geodsie (Germany) |
| IAU |
International Astronomical Union |
| ICESat |
Ice, Cloud, & land Elevation SATellite |
| ICCG |
Interagency Coordinating Committee for G |
| ICG |
Inter-Union Commission of Geodynamics |
| ICRF |
International Celestial Reference Frame |
| ICRS |
International Celestial Reference System |
| IDA |
International Deployment of Accelerometers Network |
| IERS |
International Earth Rotation Service |
| IESAS |
Academia Sinica, Institute of Earth Sciences (Taiwan) |
| IFAG |
Institut fur Angewandte Geodaesie (Germany) |
| IGEX |
International Glonass EXperiment |
| IGLOS |
International GLOnass Service |
| IGN |
Institut Geographique National (France) |
| IGS |
International GPS Service for Geodynamics |
| IGSCB |
IGS Central Bureau |
| ILRS |
International Laser Ranging Service |
| IMVP |
Institute of Metrology for Time and Space (Russia) |
| INASAN |
Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| INTA |
Instituto Nacional de Technica Aeroespacial (Spain) |
| ION |
Institute of Navigation |
| IPIE |
Institute for Precision Instrument Engineering (Russia) |
| IR |
Infra-Red |
| IRIS |
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (USA) |
| IRS |
Indian Remote Sensing Satellite |
| IRV |
Inter-Range Vector |
| ISAS |
Institute for Space and Astronautic Science (Sagamihara, Japan) |
| ISIR |
International Space Industry Report |
| ISRO |
Institute for Space Research Observatory (Graz, Austria) |
| ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
| ISTRAC |
ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (India) |
| ITRF |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame |
| ITRS |
International Terrestrial Reference System |
| ITSM |
Institute for Time and Space Metrology (Russia) |
| ITSS |
Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services (USA) |
| IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
| IVS |
International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry |
| J |
| JAnet |
Joint Academic Network (United Kingdom) |
| JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
| JCET |
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (USA) |
| JEA |
Environmental Agency of Japan |
| JGM |
Joint Gravity Model |
| JGR |
Journal of Geophysical Research |
| JHD |
Japanese Hydrographic Department |
| JILA |
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (USA) |
| JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena, CA) |
| K |
| KACST |
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) |
| L |
| LAGEOS |
LAser GEOdynamics Satellite |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LASER |
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| LASSO |
Laser Synchronization from Stationary Orbit |
| LEO |
Low Earth Orbit |
| LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging |
| LLR |
Lunar Laser Ranging |
| LOD |
Length Of Day |
| LRA |
Laser Retroreflector Array |
| LRRA |
Lunar RetroReflector Array |
| LRE |
Laser Ranging Equipment Satellite |
| L+T |
Swiss Federal Office of Topography |
| LURE |
LUnar Ranging Experiment |
| M |
| MAO |
Main Astronomical Observatory (Ukraine) |
| MATLAS |
Matera, Italy Laser Station |
| MCC |
Mission Control Center (Russia) |
| MCEP |
Mean Celestial Ephemeris Pole |
| MCP |
Micro Channel Plate |
| MEDLAS |
Mediterranean Laser Campaign |
| MERIT |
Monitoring of Earth Rotation and Intercomparison of Techniques |
| MILnet |
Defense data network |
| MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) |
| MJ |
Millijoule |
| MLRO |
Matera Laser Ranging Observatory (Italy) |
| MLRS |
McDonald Laser Ranging System |
| MOA |
Mount Observer Automation |
| MOBLAS |
MOBile LASer Ranging System |
| MOM |
Mobile Optical Mount |
| MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
| MSSSO |
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory (Canberra, NSW, Australia) |
| MSTI |
Miniature Seeker Technology Integration |
| MTLRS |
Modular Transportable Laser Ranging System |
| MTPE |
Mission to Planet Earth (USA) |
| MWG |
Missions Working Group |
| MWV |
MicroWave Radiometer |
| N |
| NAD |
North American Datum |
| NAO |
National Astronomical Observatory (Tokyo, Japan) |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASCOM |
NASA COMmunications Network |
| NASDA |
National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| NAVNET |
Navy VLBI Network |
| NAVSTAR |
Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging |
| NBSM |
National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (PRC) |
| NCL |
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (United Kingdom) |
| NCMN |
National Crustal Motion Network |
| NEOS |
National Earth Orientation Service |
| NERC |
Natural Environment Research Council (United Kingdom) |
| NEWG |
Networks and Engineering Working Group |
| Nd YAG |
Neodymium Yttrium Aluminum Garnet |
| NGRS |
National Geodetic Reference System |
| NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
| NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
| NIES |
National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) |
| NIPRNET |
Non-Classified IP Router Network |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NORAD |
North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| NOS |
National Ocean Survey |
| NP |
Normal Point |
| NRAO |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| NRIAG |
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (Egypt) |
| NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory (USA) |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation (USA) |
| NSFnet |
National Science Foundation Network |
| NSI |
NASA Science Internet |
| NSI-DECnet |
NASA Science Internet DECnet Protocol |
| NSI-TCP/IP |
NASA Science Internet TCP/IP Protocol |
| NSN |
NASA Science Network |
| NSSDC |
National Space Science Data Center (GSFC) |
| NWS |
National Weather Service (USA) |
| O |
| OAC |
Operational Analysis Center |
| OCA |
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur |
| OMC |
Observed Minus Computed |
| ONP |
On-site Normal Point |
| ORRLAS |
Orroral, Australia Laser Station |
| ORT |
Optical Ranging Telescope |
| OSC |
Orbital Sciences Corporation (USA) |
| OSGB |
Ordinance Survey of Great Britain |
| OSTA |
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications |
| P |
| PAS |
Polish Academy of Sciences |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PCGIAP |
Permanent Committee for GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDF |
Probability Density Function |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PL |
Phillips Laboratory (USA) |
| PM |
Polar Motion |
| PM/UT |
Polar Motion/Universal Time |
| PMT |
Photo Multiplier Tube |
| POD |
Precision Orbit Determination |
| POLAC |
Paris Observatory Lunar Analysis Center (France) |
| POLARIS |
POLar motion Analysis by Radio Interferometry |
| PPME |
Pacific Plate Motion Experiment |
| PRARE |
Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment |
| PRC |
Peoples Republic of China |
| PRN |
Pseudo Random Noise |
| PSI |
Packetnet Systems Interface |
| PSLR |
Portable Satellite Laser Ranging System (Latvia) |
| PSN |
Piano Spazial Nazionale (Italy) |
| R |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RA |
Radar Altimeter |
| RAM |
Random Access Memory |
| RAS |
Russian Academy of Sciences |
| RESURS |
Earth Remote Sensing Satellite |
| RFI |
Radio Frequency Interference |
| RGO |
Royal Greenwich Observatory (Great Britain) |
| RGOLAS |
RGO, Herstmonceux, Great Britain Laser System |
| RIS |
Reflector in Space |
| RISC |
Reduced Instruction-Set Computing |
| RISDE |
Russian Institute of Space Device Engineering |
| RITSS |
Raytheon Information Techology and Scientific Services (USA) |
| RM |
Reference Monument |
| RMS |
Root Mean Square |
| RMT |
Reference MonumenT |
| ROSAVIAKOSMOS |
Russian Aerospace Agency |
| RRA |
RetroReflector Array |
| RSA |
Russian Space Agency |
| S |
| SA |
Selective Availability |
| SAAO |
South African Astronomical Observatory |
| SAC |
Astronomical Station of Cagliari (Italy) |
| SAFE |
San Andreas Fault Experiment |
| SAFRD |
South African Foundation for Research Development |
| SALRO |
Saudi Arabian Laser Ranging Observatory (Riyahd, Saudi Arabia) |
| SAO |
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |
| SAO |
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (PRC) |
| SAR |
Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| SCEC |
Southern California Earthquate Center |
| SDSC |
San Diego Supercomputer Center |
| SENH |
Solid Earth and Natural Hazards |
| SEWP |
Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement |
| SGAPO |
Space Geodesy and Altimetry Projects Office |
| SGF |
Space Geodesy Facility (United Kingdom) |
| SGMS |
Space Geodetic Measurement Sites |
| SGP |
Space Geodesy Project |
| SHAO |
Shanghai Observatory (PRC) |
| SHO |
Simosato Hydrographic Observatory (Japan) |
| SHOLAS |
Simosato, Japan Laser Station |
| SI |
International System of Units |
| SINEX |
Software INdependent EXchange format |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (San Diego, CA) |
| SLR |
Satellite Laser Ranging |
| SNR |
Signal to Noise Ratio |
| SOAP |
Single Operator Automation System |
| SOD |
Site Occupation Designator |
| SOPAC |
Scripps Orbit and Permanent Array Center |
| SOR |
Starfire Optical Range (USA) |
| SP |
Signal Processing |
| SPAD |
Single Photon Avalanche Diode |
| SPAN |
Space Physics Analysis Network |
| SPE |
Single Photo Electron |
| SPIE |
International Society for Optical Engineers |
| SPNLAS |
San Fernando, Spain Laser Station |
| SPRINTmail |
SPRINT Mail (formerly TELEMAIL) |
| SPWG |
Signal Processing Working Group |
| SRDC |
Shanghai Regional Data Center (China) |
| SRI |
Space Research Institute (Russia) |
| SRP |
System Reference Point |
| SSC |
Set of Station Coordinates |
| SSFPO |
Space Station Freedom Project Office |
| SSL |
Space Science Laboratory (MSFC) |
| SSV |
Set of Station Velocities |
| STALAS |
Standard Laser Station |
| STDN |
Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network |
| SUNSAT |
Stellenbosch UNiversity SATellite |
| SV |
Space Vehicle |
| S/W |
Software |
| T |
| TAC |
Totally Accurate Clock |
| TAI |
International Atomic Time |
| TB |
TerraByte |
| TBF |
Time Bias Function |
| TCUP |
TLRS Upgrade Project |
| TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/INTERnet Protocol |
| TDRSS |
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
| TELENET |
GTE public packet switching network |
| TFO |
TOPEX/Poseidon Follow-ON |
| THEnet |
Texas Higher Education Network |
| TIGO |
Transportable Integrated Geodetic Observatory |
| TIPS |
Tether Physics and Survivability Experiment |
| TIRV |
Tuned Inter-Range Vector |
| TIU |
Time Interval Unit |
| TLRS |
Transportable Laser Ranging System |
| TOPEX |
Ocean TOPography EXperiment |
| T/P |
TOPEX/Poseidon |
| T/R |
Transfer/Receive |
| TRF |
Terrestrial Reference Frame |
| TROS |
TRansportable Observation Station |
| TTandC |
Tracking-Telemetry/Control |
| TUJJB |
Turkish Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
| TUM |
Technical University of Munich (Germany) |
| U |
| UARS |
Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UM |
University of Maryland (College Park, MD) |
| UMBC |
University of Maryland Baltimore County (USA) |
| UNAVCO |
University NAVSTAR Consortium |
| UOSATS |
University of Surrey Satellite (United Kingdom) |
| UPF |
Universit de la Polynsie Franaise (French Polynesia) |
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator |
| USA |
United States of America |
| USAF |
United States Air Force |
| USC & GS |
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USN |
United States Navy |
| USNO |
United States Naval Observatory |
| USSPACECOM |
United States Space Command |
| UT |
Universal Time |
| UT |
University of Texas (USA) |
| UT Austin |
University of Texas, Austin (USA) |
| UTC |
Universal Coordinated Time |
| UTCSR |
University of Texas Center for Space Research |
| UTOPIA |
University of Texas Orbit Processor (USA) |
| UTXM |
University of Texas McDonald Observatory (USA) |
| UUCP |
Unix to Unix Copy Program |
| V |
| VAFB |
Vandenberg Air Force Base (Vandenberg, CA) |
| VCL |
Vegetation Canopy Lidar |
| VLBA |
Very Long Baseline Array |
| VLBI |
Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| VNIIFTRI |
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Technical and Radiotechnical
Measurements (Russia) |
| VOL |
Variation Of Latitude |
| W |
| WEGENER |
Working Group of European Geoscientists for the Establishment of Networks for
Earth-science Research |
| WETLAS |
Wettzell, Germany Laser Station |
| WGS |
World Geodetic System |
| WLRS |
Wettzell Laser Ranging System (Germany) |
| WESTPAC |
Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network Satellite |
| WFF |
Wallops Flight Facility (NASA) |
| WG |
Working Group |
| WLRS |
Wettzell Laser Ranging System (Germany) |
| WPLTN |
Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network |
| WRMS |
Weighted Root Mean Square |
| WTU |
Wuhan Technical University (PRC) |
| WWW |
World Wide Web |
| X |
| X.25 |
Level II communication protocal for packet |
| Y |
| Y2K |
Year 2000 |
| Z |
| ZIMLAS |
Zimmerwald, Switzerland Laser Station |