The list of astronomy acronyms and abbreviations.
All astronomy related acronyms and abbreviations.
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NOAA: | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(Polar satellite) |
ESA: | European Space Agency(Space exploration, Space agency, Europe) |
HST: | Hubble Space Telescope(Astronomical satellite, Telescope, Satellite) |
UARS: | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite(SpaceCraft) |
ACE: | Advanced Composition Explorer(SpaceCraft, Scientific satellite, Satellite) |
MGS: | Mars Global Surveyor(SpaceCraft, Satellite, Celestial objects) |
ERBS: | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite(Environmental Satellite, Satellite) |
ISO: | Infrared Space Observatory(Astronomical satellite, Telescope, Satellite) |
LRO: | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter(SpaceCraft, Satellite, SPACE) |
SMM: | Solar Maximum Mission(Telescope, Satellite, SPACE) |
TRACE: | Transition Region and Coronal Explorer(Astronomical) |
CGRO: | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory(Astronomical satellite, Satellite, SPACE) |
ESRO: | European Space Research Organization(Scientific satellite, Geoscience) |
IMP: | Interplanetary Monitoring Platform(Scientific satellite, Satellite, SPACE) |
JWST: | James Webb Space Telescope(Astronomical satellite, Telescope, Satellite) |
NEAR: | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous(SpaceCraft, Satellite, Celestial objects) |
NGST: | Next Generation Space Telescope(Astronomical satellite, Telescope) |
OAO: | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory(Astronomical satellite, Telescope) |
SWAS: | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite(Telescope, Scientific satellite) |
AGILE: | Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero(Astronomical satellite) |
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