ARTEMIS | Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun |
ASEB | Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board |
CARA | conjunction assessment risk analysis |
DAS | Debris Assessment Software |
DLR | German Aerospace Center |
DOD | Department of Defense |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
GEO | geosynchronous/geostationary Earth orbit |
GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement (mission) |
HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
HVIT | Hypervelocity Impact Technology |
IADC | Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee |
JSpOC | Joint Space Operations Center |
LEO | low Earth orbit |
MEM | Meteoroid Environment Model |
MMOD | meteoroid and orbital debris |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRC | National Research Council |
OCT | Office of the Chief Technologist |
ODPO | Orbital Debris Program Office |
ORDEM | Orbital Debris Environment Model |
ORSAT | Object Reentry Survival Analysis Tool |
OSTP | Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PSFT | Propulsion Systems Foundation Technology |
R&D | research and development |
TRL | technology readiness level |
UN | United Nations |
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