Astronomy Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Astronomy Acronyms

• GOMOS — Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation of Stars
• GOMR — Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer
• GOSAMR — Gelation of Soils: Applied Microgravity Research
• GOX — Gaseous OXygen
• GPC — General Purpose Computer
• GPPF — Gravitational Plant Physiology Facility
• GPS — Global Positioning System
• GR — General Relativity
• GRO — Gamma Ray Observatory
• GRS — Gamma Ray Spectrometer
• GRS — Great Red Spot
• GRTLS — Glide RTLS
• GRU — Glavnoye Razvedivatel’noye Upravileniye
• GSC — Guide Star Catalog
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center
• GSO — GeoSynchronous Earth Orbit
• GST — Greenwich Sidereal Time
• GTO — Geostationary Transfer Orbit
• GUGK — Glavnoye Upravileniye Geodesii I Kartografii
• HAINS — High Accuracy Inertial Navigation System
• HALOE — Halogen Occultation Experiment
• HAO — High Altitude Observatory
• HB — Horizontal Branch
• HCI — Highes Communications
• HCMM — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
• HD — Henry Draper Catalog Entry
• HDE — Henry Draper Extension
• HDM — Hot Dark Matter
• HEAO — High Energy Astronomical Observatory
• HERA — Hermes Robotic Arm
• HF — High Frequency
• HGA — High Gain Antenna
• HH — Hitchhiker
• HIRDLS — High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder
• HIRIS — High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• HIRS — High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder
• HJD — Helicentric Julian Date
• HLC — Heavy Lift Capability
• HLV — Heavy Lift Vehicle
• HMC — Halley Multicolor Camera
• HOTOL — HOrizontal TakeOff And Landing
• HPFTP — High Pressure Fuel Turbopump
• HPOTP — High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump
• HR — Hertzsprung-Russell
• HRDI — High Resolution Doppler Imager
• HRI — High Resolution Imager
• HRMS — High Resolution Microwave Survey
• HRPT — High Resolution Picture Transmission
• HRSC — High Resolution Stereo Camera
• HRSI — High-temperature Reusable Surface Insulation
• HRSR — High-Resolution Scanning Radiometer
• HSP — High Speed Photometer
• HST — Hubble Space Telescope
• HTHL — Horizontal Takeoff Horizontal Landing
• HTVL — Horizontal Takeoff Vertical Landing
• HUT — Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
• HV — High Voltage
• IAPPP — International Amateur/Professional Photoelectric Photometry
• IAU — International Astronomical Union
• IAUC — IAU Circular
• IBSS — Infrared Background Signature Survey
• IC — Index Catalog
• ICE — International Cometary Explorer
• IDA — International Dark-sky Association
• IDL — Interactive Data Language
• IFEA — Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly
• IGBP — International Geosphere/Biosphere Programme
• IGM — InterGalactic Medium
• IGY — International Geophysical Year
• IKI — Institut Kosmischeskikh Issledovaniya
• IML — International Microgravity Lab
• IMO — International Meteor Organization
• IMU — Inertial Measurement Unit
• INCO — Integrated Communications Officer
• INMARSAT — International Maritime Satellite
• INTELSAT — International Telecommunications Satellite
• IOA — Institute of Astronomy (Cambridge)
• IOBM — In Ocean By Mistake
• IOC — In-Orbit Checkout And Calibration
• IOTA — Infrared-Optical Telescope Array
• IOTA — International Occultation Timing Association
• IPAC — Infrared Processing & Analysis Center
• IPMP — Investigations Into Polymer Membrane Processing
• IPS — Inertial Pointing System
• IR — InfraRed
• IRAF — Image Reduction And Analysis Facility
• IRAS — InfraRed Astronomical Satellite
• IRFNA — Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder
• ISAS — Institute of Space AND Astronautical Science
• ISEP — Isolated/Stabilized Exercise Platform
• ISM — InterStellar Medium
• ISO — Imaging Spectrometic Observatory
• ISO — Infrared Space Observatory
• ISO — International Standards Organization
• ISPM — International Solar Polar Mission
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• ISTS — Institute For Space And Terrestrial Science
• ISU — International Space University
• ISY — International Space Year