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CGMS
Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
CISP
Committee on International Space Programs (U.S.)
CLAES
Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
CNES
Centre National d'Études Spatiales (French Space Agency)
COMPLEX
Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration
COS
Cosmic Ray Satellite (Germany)
COS-B
Cosmic Ray Satellite B
COSPAR
Committee on Space Research
COSTAR
Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (HST)
CPCG
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth Facility
CPF
Critical Point Facility
CRAF
Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
CRISTA
Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere
CRRES
Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
CSA
Canadian Space Agency
CSLM
Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures Facility
D/APP, D/SCI
Directorate of Application Programmes, Directorate of Scientific Programmes
DARA
Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrt Angelegenheiten (German Space Agency)
DCE
Droplet Combustion Experiment
DISCO
Dual Spectral Irradiance and Solar Constant Orbiter
DLR-PT
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt-Projektträger [German Center for Air and Spaceflight Projects]
DME
Direct Measurement Explorer
DOD
Department of Defense (U.S.)
DORIS
Détermination d'Orbite et Radiopositionnement Intégré par Satellite
[Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite]
DSN
Deep Space Network
DSRI
Danish Space Research Institute
ECF
European Coordinating Facility
EGS
EOS Ground System
ELDO
European Launcher Development Organization
ELV
Expendable Launch Vehicle
ENVISAT
Environmental Satellite
EOAC
Earth Observation Advisory Committee
EO-ICWG
Earth Observation-International Coordination Working Group
EOIM
Evaluation of Oxygen Interaction with Materials
EOPP
Earth Observation Preparatory Programme
EOS
Earth Observing System
EOSDIS
Earth Observing System Data and Information System