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Acronyms:
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A/D:        Analog/Digital
A/R:        As Required
AAD:        Attitude Anomaly Detector
AC:         Alternate Current
ACID:       Application Configuration Interface Data
ACK:        Acknowledge
ACM:        Active Cruise Mode
ACS:        Avionics Computer System
ACS:        Attitude Control System
ACU:        Attitude Control Unit
AD:         Applicable Document
ADC:        Analog-Digital-Converter
ADD:        Architectural Design Document
ADP:        Acceptance Data Package
AFM:        Asteroid Flyby Mode
AIT:        Assembly Integration Tests
AIU:        AOCMS Interface Unit
AIV:        Assembly, Integration and Verification
ALICE:      ORBITER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
ALS:        Alenia Spazio
AM:         Activation Mode
AME:        Absolute Measurement Error
AND:        Alphanumeric Display
ANSI:       American National Standards Institute
AO:         Announcement of Opportunity
AOCMS:      Attitude & Orbit Control Measurement System
AOCS:       Attitude and Orbit Control System
AOS:        Acquisition Of Signal
AOU:        Astronomical Observatory Uppsala
APC:        Active Payload Checkout
APD:        Active Payload Data Dump
APE:        Absolute Pointing Error
APID:       Application Process Identifier
APM:        Antenna Pointing Mechanism
APXS:       LANDER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
AQP:        Acquisition Period
AS:         Address State (1750 Processor)
ASA:        Austrian Space Agency
ASAP:       As soon as possible
ASF:        Additional Safety Factors
ASI:        Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
ASIC:       Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ATA:        Alignment Test Adapter
ATP:        Approach Transition Point
AU:         Astronomical Unit
AWG:        American Wire Gauge
BB:         Broad Band
BC:         Bus Controller
BCP1:       Broadcast Command Pulse
BCU:        Battery Charge Unit
BDR:        Battery Discharge Regulator
BDU:        Battery Discharge Unit
BER:        Bit Error Rate
B-FIELD:    Magnetic Field
BFL:        Back Focal Length
BIT:        Build In Test
BL:         Block Length, LAP
BMOS:       Buckling Margin Of Safety
BOB:        Break Out Box
BOL:        Beginning of Life
BPS:        Bits per second
BRU:        Battery Regulator Unit, Battery Recharge Unit
BSM:        Bus Support Module
C/C:        Collectively Controlled
CA:         Contract Authorisation
CADU:       Channel Access Data Unit
CAP:        Comet Acquisition Point
CAPS:       Cassini Plasma Spectrometer
CAV:        Command Acceptance Verification
CC:         Cost Code
CCB:        Configuration Control Board
CCCS:       Common Checkout & Control System
CCD:        Charged Coupled Device
CCDB:       Configuration Control Database
CCE:        Central Checkout Equipment
CCITT:      Consultative Committee International Telegraph & Telephone
CCN:        Change Contract Notice
CCR:        Configuration Control Request
CCS:        Central Check-out System
CCSDS:      Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
CCU:        Central Computing Unit
CDC:        Clock Drift Correction
CDMS:       Central Data Management System
CDMU:       Central Data Management Unit
CDR:        Critical Design Review
CDV:        Command Dispatch Verification
CE:         Conducted Emission
CESR:       Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements
CEV:        Command Execution Verification
CFRP:       Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic
CG:         67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
CGSE:       Cryocooling Ground Support Equipment
CHF:        Critical History File
CHL:        Command History Log
CHM:        Critical Housekeeping Unit
CI:         Configuration Item
CIA:        Communication Interface Adapter
CIDL:       Configuration Item Data List
CISAS:      Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Attiviti Spaziali
CIVA:       Comet nucleus Infrared and Visibility Analyser (Lander Payload)
CLA:        Calibration level A, data in URF coordinates
CLB:        Calibration level B, data in S/C coordinates
CLC:        Calibration level C, data in celestial coordinates
CLCW:       Command Link Control Word
CLE:        Calibration level E, resampled data in URF coordinates
CLF:        Calibration level F, resampled data in S/C coordinates
CLG:        Calibration level G, resampled data in celestial coordinates
CLH:        Calibration level H, RW disturbance eliminated data in celestial coordinates
CLTU:       Command Link Transmission Unit
CM:         Configuration Management
CMD:        Command
CMF:        Configuration Management Facility
CMO:        Configuration Management Officer
CMP:        Configuration Management Plan
CNES:       Centre Nationale d'Etude Spatiale
COB:        Consolidated Obeservation Request
COG:        Centre Of Gravity
Co-I:       Co-Investigator
COM:        Centre Of Mass
CONSERT:    ORBITER & LANDER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENTs
COP:        Command Operations Procedure
COSAC:      LANDER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
COSIMA:     ORBITER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
COTS:       Commercial Off The Shelf
CPDU:       Command Pulse Distribution Unit
CPU:        Central Processing Unit
CR:         Compression Ratio
CRAF:       Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Fly-by mission
CRB:        CCD Readout Board
CRC:        cyclic redundancy check
CRF:        Command Request Files
CRID:       Command Request Interface Document
CReMA:      Consolidated Report on Mission Analysis
CRP:        Contingency Recovery Procedure
CRV:        Command Station Reception Verification
CS:         Checksum
CS:         Conducted Susceptibility
CSEQ:       Comet-Centric-Solar-Equatorial Coordinates
CSG:        Centre Spatiale Guyanaise
CSM:        Communication Switching Matrix
CSME:       Communication Switching Matrix Element
CSP:        Charge Sensitive Preamplifier
CSPL:       Consolidated Parameter Scenario List
CSV:        Command Station Radiation Verification
CSY:        Converter Synchronisation
CTC:        Cost to Completion
CUC:        CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code
CuL:        Kupferlackdraht, Enamelled copper wire
CUV:        Command Uplink Verification
CVP:        Commissioning and Verification Phase
D&D:        Design and Development
D/L:        Down Link
D/TOS:      Directorate of Technical and Operational Support
DARA:       Deutsche Agentur fuer Raumfahrtangelegenheiten
DAT:        Digital Analog Tape
DAWG:       Data Archiving Working Group
DB:         Database
DBMS:       Data Base Management System
DC:         Data Centre
DC:         Direct Current
DCA:        Dedicated Control Area
DCL:        Declared Components List
DCR:        Document Change Request
DCR:        Data Change Request
DCR:        Dedicated Control Room
DCS:        Dust Collector Subsystem (COSIMA)
DCT:        Discrete Cosine Transform
DDD:        Detailed Design Document
DDID:       Data Delivery Interface Document
DDS:        Data Distribution System
DDV:        Design Development and Verification
DEF:        Deflector
DFMS:       Double Focusing Mass Spectrometer
DIB:        DPU Interface Board
DISR:       Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer
DLR:        Deutsche Zentrum fuer Luft und Raumfahrt e.V.
DM:         Dynamic Model
DMA:        Direct Memory Access
DML:        Declared Materials List
DML:        Delayed Memory Load command
DMPL:       Declared Mechanical Parts List
DMS:        Data Management System
DMSS:       Distributed Mission Support System
DoD:        Depth of Discharge
DOF:        Degree Of Freedom
DOP:        Division Operating Procedures
DOR:        Direct Operation Request
DPL:        Declared Process List
DPSS:       Data Packet Switching System
DPU:        Digital Processing Unit
DQE:        Detector Quantum Efficiency
DRAM:       Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRB:        Delivery Review Board
DS:         Digital Serial Aquisition
DS-1:       NASA's Deepspace 1 Mission
DSDB:       Data Sheet Database
DSN:        Deep Space Network
DSP:        Digital Signal Processor
DSS:        Dornier Space Systems
DST:        Deep Space Transponder
DTMM:       Detailed Thermal Mathematical Model
DVAL:       ESA software to check PDS compliant datasets
DVALNG:     DVAL Next Generation
DWG:        Drawing
DWT:        Discrete Wavelet Transform
EAICD:      Experimenter to Archive Interface Control Document
ECDR:       Experiment Critical Design Review
ECF:        Expedited Command File
ECLIPJ2000: Ecliptic J2000 Reference Frame
ECP:        Executable Control Procedures
ECR:        Expedite Command Request
ECR:        Engineering Change Request
EDAC:       Error Detection And Correction
EDC:        Error Detection Correction
EDF:        Experiment Description File
E-DSF:      Expedite - Detailed Schedule File
EE:         External Entity (SCOE)
EEPROM:     Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
EFDR:       Experiment Final Design Review
EFOR:       Experiment Flight Operations Review
EGSE:       Electrical Ground Support Equipment
EID:        Event ID
EID:        Experiment Interface Document
EID:        Event Identification
EID-A:      Experiment Interface Document ,Part A
EID-B:      Experiment Interface Document ,Part B
EIDR:       Experiment Intermediate Design Review
EIRP:       Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power
ELC:        Electron
EM:         Engineering Model
EMC:        ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
EMI:        ElectroMagnetic Interference
EOC:        End of Cycle
EOL:        End of Life
EOM:        End of Mission
EOP:        End of Packet
EPC:        Electrical Power Conditioner
EPS:        Electrical Power Subsystem
EPS:        Experiment Planning System
EQM:        Electrical Qualification Model
ERF:        Event Reporting Function
ERT:        Earth Received Time
ESA:        European Space Agency
ESA:        Electrostatic Analyzer
ESAC:       European Space Astronomy Centre
ESANET:     European Space Agency's communications Network
ESARAD:     ESA RADiation
ESATAN:     ESA Thermal Analyser
ESD:        Electrostatic Discharge
ESDS:       Electrostatic Discharge Sensitive
ESM:        Earth Strobing Mode
ESOC:       European Space Operations Centre
ESS:        Electrical Support System
ESTEC:      European Space Research and Technology Centre
ESTRACK:    European Space Tracking Network
ETS:        EMC Test Station
EUT:        Equipment under Test
EUV:        Extreme Ultra Violet
F/D:        Flight Dynamics
FAR:        Flight Acceptance Review
FAT:        Factory Acceptance Test
FAU:        File Assembly Unit
FCL:        Fold-Back Current Limiter
FCP:        Flight Control Procedure
FCS:        Flight Control System
FCT:        Flight Control Team
FCV:        Flow Control Valve
FD:         Flight Dynamics
FD:         Frequency Domain
FDIR:       Failure Detection, Isolation and Recovery
FDR:        Flight Dynamics (Control) Room
FDR:        Functional Design Review
FDR:        Flight Dynamics Request
FDS:        Flight Dynamics System
FE:         Front End
FEC:        Front End Controller
FEE:        Front End Equipment
FE-LAN:     Front-End Local Area Network
FEM:        Finite Element Model
FF:         Full Frame
FGM:        Fluxgate-Magnetometer
FID:        Function Identifier
FIFO:       First In First Out
FITO:       Fabrication and Test Outline
FM:         Flight Model
FM:         File Management
FMECA:      Failure Mode and Effects and Criticality Analysis
FMI:        Finnish Meteorological Institute
FMS:        Failure Management system
FMS:        File Management System
FOD:        Flight Operations Director
FOP:        Flight Operations Plan
FOP:        Flight Operation Procedure
FOV:        Field Of View
FP:         Formal Procedures
FPA:        Focal Plane Assembly
FPGA:       Field Programmable Gate Array
FRAP:       Fine Pointing Accuracy Phase
FRR:        Flight Readiness Review
FS:         Flight Spare
FSS:        First Science Sequence
FT:         File Transfer
FTA:        Fault Tree Analysis
FTP:        File Transfer Protocol
FTS:        File Transfer System
FUSE:       Far Ultraviolet Spectrograph Experiment
FUV:        Far Ultra Violet
FWM:        Filter Wheel Mechanism
G/S:        Ground Station
GFURD:      Ground Facilities User Requirements Document
GH:         Grand Heading
GIADA:      Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator (Orbiter Payload)
GLEP:       Pointing on Ephemeris Phase Phase with gyroless stellar estimator
GMI:        Global Mapping Insertion
GMT:        Greenwich Mean Time
GPIB:       General Purpose Instrument Bus (IEEE 488-75)
GPR:        Ground Penetrating Radar
GRD:        Graphic Display
GRM:        Ground Reference Model
GS:         Ground Station
GSDR:       Ground Segment Design Review
GSE:        Ground Support Equipment
GSEP:       Pointing on Ephemeris Phase Phase with Gyro-stellar estimator
GSIR:       Ground Segment Implementation Review
GSIS:       Ground Station Interface Specification
GSM:        Ground Segment Manager
GSMP:       Ground Segment Management Plan
GSOC:       German Space Operations Centre
GSP:        Ground commanded Slew Phase
GSRQR:      Ground Segment Requirements Review
GSRR:       Ground Segment Readiness Review
GW:         Gravitational Waves
H/W:        Hardware
HDBK:       Handbook
HDR:        Hardware Design Review
HF:         High Frequency
HFC:        High Frequency Clock
HGA:        High Gain Antenna
HGAPM:      HGA Pointing Mechanism
HIB:        Hibernation
HIPPS:      Highly Integrated Pluto Payload System
HK:         Housekeeping
HL:         High Limit
HM:         Hibernation Mode
HMC:        Halley Multicolour Camera
HOOD:       Hierarchical Object Oriented Design
HPA:        High Power Amplifier
HPC:        High Power Command
HPCM:       HPC Module
HPD:        High Performance Demodulator
HRM:        Holddown & Release Mechanism
HSD:        High Speed Data
HTCB:       Handling Transport Clamp Band
HV:         High Voltage
HVPS:       High Voltage Power Supply
I&T:        Integration & Testing
I/C:        Individually Controlled
I/F:        Interface
I/O:        Input/Output
IAA:        Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia
IABG:       Industrieanlagenbetriebsgesellschaft
IAS:        Institute d'Astrophysique Spatiale
IAS-CNR:    Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale/Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche
IB:         Inboard
I-BOB:      Intelligent Break Out Box
IC:         Imperial College, London
ICA:        RPC Ion Composition Analyzer
ICD:        Interface Control Document
ID:         Identifier
IDA:        Institut fuer Datenverarbeitungsanlagen
IDL:        Interactive Data Language
IDR:        Instrument Design Review
IEEE:       Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers
IES:        RPC Ion and Electron Spectrometer
IF:         Intermediate Frequency
IFEM:       Interface Finite Element Model
IFOV:       Intrinsic Field Of View
IGEP:       Institut fuer Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, TU-Braunschweig
IMMM:       Interface Mechanical Mathematical Model
IMP:        Imager for Mars Pathfinder
INTA:       Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial
IQR:        Internal Quality Report
IR:         Infra Red
IS:         Impact Sensor  (GIADA)
ISO:        International Standards Organisation
IST:        Integrated System Test
IT:         Integration Test
IT:         Interruption
ITL:        Instrument Time Line
ITMM:       Interface Thermal Mathematical Model
ITP:        Integration Test Plan
ITR:        Integration Test Report
ITT:        Invitation To Tender
IUE:        Internal Ultraviolet Explorer
IWF:        Institut fuer Weltraumforschung, Graz
JPEG:       Joint Photographics Experts Group
JPL:        Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KAL:        Keep Alive Line
KAU:        Kilo Accounting Units
KBPS:       Kilo-Bits Per Second
KFKI:       Hungarian Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics
KO:         Kick Off
L:          Launch (time)
LABVIEW:    Graphic S/W for Data analysis and H/W control
LAN:        Local Area Network
LAP:        RPC Langmuir Probe Experiment
LAS:        Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale
LCB:        Last Chance Bit
LCDA:       Launcher Coupled Dynamic Analysis
LCL:        Latching Current Limiter
LDL:        Long Debye Length (LAP/MIP Mode)
LEOP:       Launch and Early Orbit Phase
LESS:       Lander Electrical Support System
LET:        Linear Energy Transfer
LEXAN:      Polycarbonate resin thermoplastic
LF:         Low Frequency
LGA:        Low Gain Antenna
LID:        Lander Interface Document
LIFO:       Last In First Out
LIGA:       Lithographie, Galvanoformung und Abformung
LILT:       Low Intensity Low Temperature
LISN:       Line Impedance Stabilization Network
LIT:        Listen-In Test
LL:         Low Limit
LM:         Launch Mode
LMSS:       Lander Mechanical Support and Separation systems
LNA:        Low Noise Amplifier
LO:         Local Oscillator
LOR:        Lander Operational Request
LOS:        Loss Of Signal
LOS:        Line Of Sight
LPCE:       Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement
LRR:        Launch Readiness Review
LSB:        Least Significant Bit
LSI:        Large Scale Integration
LTP:        Long Term Planning
LU:         Latch Up
LV:         Latch Valve
LVO:        Label Value Object
LVPS:       Low Voltage Power Supply
LW:         Launch Window
LZ:         Lander = SSP
M&C:        Monitoring and Control
MAC:        Model Assurance Criterion
MACOR:      Machinable glas ceramic
MACS:       Modular Attitude Control System
MAG:        Fluxgate Magnetometer (RPC)
MAP:        Multiplexing Access Point
MAS:        Mission Analysis Section
MB:         Measurement Block
MBS:        Micro Balance Sensor (GIADA)
MC:         Measurement Cycle
MCF:        Magnetic Coil Facility
MCM:        Monitoring and Control Module
MCM:        Multi Chip Module
MC-OCF:     Master Channel ? Operational Control Field
MCP:        Micro Channel Plate
MCR:        Main Control Room
MCR:        Memory Checksum Request
MCRR:       Mission Commissioning Results Review
MCS:        Mission Control System
MDR:        Memory Dump Request
MGA:        Medium Gain Antenna
MGM:        Magnetometer
MGSE:       Mechanical Ground Support Equipment
MIB:        Mission Information Base
MICD:       Mechanical Interface Control Document
MID:        Memory Identifier
MIDAS:      ORBITER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
MINT:       Monitoring Interval
MIP:        RPC Mutual Impedance Probe
MIP:        Mission Implementation Plan
MIP:        Mandatory Inspection Points
MIRD:       Mission Implementation Requirements Document
MIRO:       Microwave Instrument for the Rosetta Orbiter (Orbiter Payload)
ML:         Memory Load, Medium Level
MLC:        Memory Load Command
MLI:        Multi Layer Insulation
MM:         Mass Memory
MM:         Memory Management
MMB:        Mass Memory Board
MMD:        Mimic Display
MMH:        Mono Methyl Hydrazine, (MMH-LTO)
MMI:        Man Machine Interface
MMS:        Matra Marconi Space
MMU:        Memory Management Unit
MOC:        Mission Operations Centre
MOD:        Mission Operations Department
MOI:        Moment Of Inertia
MOM:        Minutes of Meeting
MOP:        Mission Operations Phase
MOS:        Margin Of Safety
MOU:        Memorandum Of Understanding
MPA:        Mission Planning Area
MPAE:       Max Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie
MPI:        Max Planck Institut
MPIK:       Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik
MPP:        Multiple Phase Pinning
MPPT:       Maximum Power Point Tracking
MPR:        Memory Patch Request
MPS:        Mission Planning System
MPS:        Max Planck Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung
MPTS:       Multi Purpose Tracking System
MRB:        Material Review Board
MRODE:      Magnetsrode Coil Facility, TUBS
MRT:        Mission Readiness Test
MSB:        Most Significant Bit
MSDR:       Mission System Design Review
MSP :       Master Science Plan
MSS:        Mechanical Support and Separation system
MSSW:       Mission Specific Software
MST:        Mission Simulation Test
MTL:        Mission Timeline
MTP:        Mid Term Planning
MTTR:       Mean Time To Repair
MUPUS:      Multi Purpose Sensor experiment (Lander Payload)
MUSC:       Microgravity User Support Centre
MUX:        Multiplexer
N/A:        Not Applicable
NAC:        Narrow Angle Camera
NACK:       Not Acknowledge
NAIF:       Navigation and Ancillary Information System of NASA
NASA:       National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASAPSCN:   NASA Private System Communication Network
NASTRAN:    NASA Structural Analysis Tool
NAVCAM:     Navigation Camera
NB:         Narrow Band
NC:         Non Conformity
NCM:        Near Comet Mode
NCR:        Non Conformance Report
NCTRS:      Network Control and Telemetry Receiver System
NDIU:       Network Data Interface Unit
NDM:        Neutral Dynamics Monitor
NF:         Normal Frequency
NI:         Nation Instruments
NM:         Normal Mode
NOCC:       Network Operations Control Centre (JPL)
NRT:        Near Real Time
NRZ-L:      Never Return to Zero-Level
NTO:        Nitrogen Tetroxide
OA:         Operational Archive
OAP:        Off Axis Paraboloid
OB:         Onboard
OB:         Outboard
OBC:        On-Board Computer
OBC:        On-Board Clock
OBCP:       On-Board Control Procedure
OBDH:       On-Board Data Handling
OBEM:       On-Board Event Monitoring
OBR:        Observation Request
OBS:        On-Board Software
OBSM:       On-Board Software Maintenance
OBSW:       On-Board Software
OBT:        On-Board Time
OC:         Output Code
OC:         Open Centre
OCC:        Operations Control Centre
OCM:        Orbit Correction Manoeuvre
OCM:        Orbit Control Mode
OCXO:       Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator
OD:         Operations Director
OGS:        Operations Ground Segment
OHP:        Observatoire d'Haute Provence
OIOR:       Orbiter Instrument Operational Request
OIP:        Orbit Injection Point
OM:         Operations Manager
OMM:        Operational Macro Mode
OOL:        Out Of Limits
OPAMP:      Operational Amplifier
OPI:        Orbiter Payload Instrument
OPS:        Operations
ORATOS:     Orbit Attitude Operations System
ORS:        Operation Request Structure
OSI:        Open System Interconnection
OSIRIS:     Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (Orbiter Payload)
OU:         Open University
P/B:        Play Back (data from Solid State Recorder)
P/L:        Payload
PA:         Product Assurance
PAIP:       Product Assurance Implementation Plan
PALASIM:    Parallel Access Large Silicon Memory
PC:         Project Control
PC:         Passive Checkout
PCA:        Pressure Controlled Assembly
PCAT:       Packet Category
PCB:        Printed Circuit Board
PCE:        Power Controller Electronics
PCM:        Pulse Code Modulation
PCM:        Power Converter Module
PCS:        Packet Check Sequence
PCU:        Power Control Unit
PDF:        Product Definition File
PDL:        Pseudo Design Language
PDOR:       Payload Direct Operation Request
PDR:        Preliminary Design Review
PDS :       Planetary Data System
PDU:        Power Distribution Unit
PEM:        Project Element Manager
PEM:        Plasma Environment Monitor
PERMALLOY:  Nickel Iron magnetic alloy
PES:        Performance Evaluation System
PFC:        Parameter Format Code
PFM:        Proto Flight Model
PHD:        Project History Documents
PI:         Principal Investigator
PID:        Process Identifier
PID:        Parameter Identifier
PIR:        Post Integration Review
PISA:       Principal Investigators Support Area
PIU:        Plasma Interface Unit (RPC)
PKT:        Packet
PLM:        Payload Module
PM:         Project Manager
PM:         Processing Module
PMD:        Propellant Management Device
PMIS:       Project Management Information System
PMP:        Part Material and Process
PMU:        Processor Module Unit
POR:        Payload Operation Request
PPWR:       Primary Power
PRNU:       Pixel Response Non Uniformity
PROM:       Programmable Read Only Memory
PRR:        Propellant Refillable Reservoir
PS:         Pass Schedule
PSA:        Planetary Science Archive
PSF:        Point Spread Function
PSK:        Phase Shift Key
PSM:        Payload Support Module
PSR:        Project Support Room
PSR:        Processor Status Registers
PSR:        Project Status Review
PSRI:       Planetary Science Research Institute
PSS:        Portable Satellite Simulator
PSS:        Procedures, Specifications and Standards
PSS:        Programme System Standards
PSU:        Power Supply Unit
PT:         Product Tree
PT1000:     Platinum Thermistor with 1000 Ohm nominal resistance
PTC:        Parameter Type Code
PTR:        Pointing Requirement File
PTT:        Post, Telegraph and Telephone authority
PTV:        Pre-Transmission Validation
PUS:        Packet Utilisation Standard
PVNC:       Pyro Valve Normally Closed
PVNO:       Pyro Valve Normally Opened
QA:         Quality Assurance
QAE:        Quality Assurance Engineer
QAM:        Quality Assurance Management
QAPM:       Quality Assurance Procedures Manual
QC:         Quality Control
QPM:        Quality Policy Manual
QTR:        Qualification Test Review
R&D:        Research & Development
R/T:        Real Time (system)
RAF:        Return All Frames
RAL:        Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
RAM:        Random Access Memory
RAMS:       Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety
RAW:        Data in units of ADC counts in instrument coordinates
RBW:        Resolution Band Width
RC:         Responsibility Code
RC:         Remote Computer
RCCCS:      Rosetta Common Checkout & Control System
RCS:        Reaction Control Subsystem
RD:         Reference Document
RDB:        Rosetta Database
RDDD:       Rosetta Database Definition Document
RDDS:       Rosetta Data Disposition System
RDM:        Raw Data Medium
RDVM:       Rendezvous Manoeuvre
RE:         Radiation Emission
RF:         Radio Frequency
RF S/S:     Radio Frequency Subsystem  (TT&C S/S)
RFC:        Request For Change
RFC:        Radio Frequency Self Compatibility
RFD:        Request for Deviation
RFDU:       Radio Frequency Distribution Unit
RFI:        Radio Frequency Interface
RFMU:       Radio Frequency Mock-Up
RFW:        Request For Waiver
RH:         Radiation Hardened
RID:        Review Item Discrepancy
RIS:        Remote Imaging System
RISC:       Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RL:         Register Load
RLA:        Register Load Address
RLG:        Ring Laser Gyro
RLGS:       Rosetta Lander Ground Segment
RM:         Reconfiguration Module
RMCS:       Rosetta Mission Control System
RMOC:       Rosetta Mission Operations Centre
RNCTRS:     Rosetta Network Control & Telemetry Receiver System
ROIRD:      ROSETTA Operations Interface Requirements Document
ROKSY:      ROSETTA Knowledge Management System
ROLIS:      LANDER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
ROM:        Read Only Memory
ROMAP:      Rosetta Magnetic Field and Plasma experiment (Lander Payload)
ROSINA:     Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (Orbiter Payload)
ROSIS:      ROSETTA Spacecraft Interface Simulator
RP:         Rundown Phase
RPC:        Rosetta Plasma Consortium (Orbiter Payload)
RPC-0:      RPC Main Electronics Box
RPCMAG:     ROSETTA Orbiter Magnetometer
RPC-MAG:    ROSETTA Orbiter Magnetometer
RPE:        Relative Pointing Error
RPM:        Remote Processing Module
RPRO:       ROSETTA Common Packetized Protocol
RRP:        Rate Reduction Phase
RS:         Radiated Susceptibility
RSDB:       Rosetta System Data Base
RSI:        Radio Science Investigation (Orbiter Payload)
RSOC:       Rosetta Science Operations Centre
RSS:        Root Sum Square
RT:         Real Time
RT:         Remote Terminal
RTC:        Real Time Clock
RTM:        Reduced Thermal Model
RTMM:       Reduced Thermal Mathematical Model
RTOF:       Reflectron Time Of Flight
RTU:        Remote Terminal Unit
RW:         Reaction Wheels
RWA:        Reaction Wheel Assembly
RWL:        Reaction Wheel
RX:         Receiver
S/A:        Solar Array
S/C:        Spacecraft
S/C:        Spacecraft
S/HM:       Safe/Hold Mode
S/S:        Spacecraft Subsystem
S/W:        Software
SA:         Solar Array
SAA:        Solar Aspect Angle
SADM:       Solar Array Drive Mechanism
SAM:        Sun Aquisition Mode
SAP:        Sun Aquisition Phase
SAP:        Science Activity Plan
SAS:        Sun Aquisition Sensor
SASW:       Standard Application Software
SBDL:       Standard Balanced Digital Link
SCET:       Spacecraft Elapsed Time
SCL:        Spacecraft Control Language
SCOE:       Spacecraft Check Out Equipment
SCP:        Sun Capture Phase
SDB:        Satellite (Spacecraft) Data Base
SDD:        System Design Document
SDE:        Software Development Environment
SDID:       Station Data Interchange Document
SDR:        System Design Review
SE:         System Engineer
SEL:        Single Event Latch-up
SEPAC:      Space Experiment with Particle Accelerator
SESAME:     LANDER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
SEU:        Single Event Upset
SF:         Safety Factor
SFDU:       Standard Formatted Data Units
SFT:        System Functional Test
SGICD:      Space Ground Interface Control Document
SGM:        Safeguard Memory
SGS:        Science Ground Segment
SI:         Silicon
SID:        Science Mode Identifier
SID:        Structure Identifier
SIM:        Simulator
SIMSAT:     Software Infrastructure for Modelling SATellites
SIR:        Simulation Room
SIS:        Spacecraft Information System
SIS:        Spacecraft Interface Simulator
SIV:        Software Independent Validation
SKM:        Sun Keeping Mode
SLE:        Space Link Extension
SLI:        Space wire Link I/F
SM:         Structural Model
SMCS:       Scalable Multi-Channel Communication Subsystem
SMD:        Surface Mounted Device
SNR:        Signal to Noise Ratio
SOC:        Science Operations Centre
SOHO:       Solar & Heliospheric Observatory
SOM:        Spacecraft Operations Manager
SOR:        Spacecraft Operation Request
SOT:        Science Operations Team
SOW:        Statement of Work
SOWG:       Science operating working group
SPACON:     Spacecraft Controller
SPB:        Superpixel Binning
SPC:        Science Programme Committee
SPD:        Space Division
SPEVAL:     Spacecraft Performance Evaluation System
SPG:        Single Point Ground
SPICE:      Comprehensive S/W system for Celestial Mechanics by NAIF
SPL:        Scenario Parameter List
SpM:        Sin-up Mode
SPP:        Sun Point Phase
SPR:        Software Problem Report
SPT:        Specific Performance Test
SPWR:       Secondary Power
SQA:        Terma Space Division Quality Assurance
SR:         Software Requirements
SRD:        Software Requirements Document
SREM:       Standard Radiation Environment Model
SRR:        Subsystems Requirements Review
SSC:        Source Sequence Counter
SSC:        Status Consistency Checking
SSD:        Space Science Department
SSMM:       Solid State Mass Memory
SSP:        Surface Science Package
SSPA:       Solid State Power Amplifier
SSR:        Solid State Recorder
STC:        Station Computer
STIL:       Irish Space Technology Institute
STM:        Structural Thermal Model
STN:        Standard
STO:        Soyuz Transfer Orbit
STP:        Short Term Planning
STP:        System Temperature Point
STR:        Star Tracker
STSP:       Solar Terrestrial Science Programme
SUM:        Software User Manual
SuM:        Survival Mode
SVF:        Software Validation Facility
SVM:        Service Module
SVT:        System Validation Test
SW:         Software
SWG:        Science Working Group
SWR:        Standing Wave Ratio
SWRI:       South West Research Institute
SWT:        Science Working Team
TBC:        To be confirmed
TBD:        To be Defined
TBI:        To be Inserted
TBP:        Time Broadcast Pulse
TBR:        To be resolved
TBS:        To be supplied
TBW:        To be written
TC:         Telecommand
TC S/S:     Thermal Control Subsystem
TCDL:       Test Configuration Data List
TCDP:       Tele Command Detail Parameter
TCGP:       Tele Command Global Parameter
TCM:        Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre
TCP-IP:     Transport Protocol-Internet Protocol
TCS:        Test Control System
TCS:        Thermal Control Subsystem
TCSL:       Test Configuration Status List
TD:         Time Domain
TER:        Terma Elektronic A.S.
TF:         Transfer Function
TFG:        Transfer Frame Generator
THA:        Transport Handling Adapter
TID:        Task Identifier
TIDE:       Thermal Ion Dynamics Explorer
TLC:        Telecommand
TLM:        Telemetry
TM:         Telemetry
TM:         Technical Manager
TM:         Telemetry
TMM:        Thermal Mathematical Model
TMP:        Telemetry Processing System (within ground station)
TOP:        Transfer Orbit Phase
TR:         Tone Ranging
TRB:        Test Review Board
TRP:        Temperature Reference Point
TRP:        Test Report
TRP:        Temperature Reference Point
TRR:        Test Readiness Review
TRRB:       Test Readiness Review Board
TS:         Time Series
TSE:        Test Support Equipment
TSP:        Test Specification
TSY:        Timer Synchronisation Pulse
TT&C:       Tracking, Telemetry & Commanding
TT&C S/S:   Telemetry, Telecommand and Communication Subsystem  (RF S/S)
TUB:        Technical University of Berlin
TUB:        Technical University Braunschweig
TUBS:       Technical University Braunschweig
TUB:        Technical University of Budapest
TV:         Thermal Vacuum
TWTA:       Travellling Wave Tube Assembly
TWTL:       Two Way Travelling Lighttime
TX:         Transmitter
U/L:        Up Link
UARS:       Upper Atmospheric Research satellite
UD:         User Defined
UFT:        Unit Functional Test
UM:         User Manual
UMOS:       Ultimate Margin Of Safety
UPM:        Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
URD:        User Requirements Document
URF:        Unit Reference Frame
us:         microsecond
USO:        Ultra Stable Oscillator
UTC:        Universal Time Coordinated
UTC:        Universal Time Code
UV:         Ultra Violet
UVD:        Under Voltage Detector
UVSC:       Ultra Violet Spectrometer Component
V&V:        Verification & Validation
VC:         Virtual Channel
VCA:        Virtual Channel Assembler
VCM:        Virtual Channel Multiplexer
VDC:        Voltage Direct Current
VDU:        Video Display Unit
VHDL:       VHSIC Hardware Description Language
VHF:        Very High Frequency
VHSIC:      Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
VI:         Virtual Instrument, S/W Routine for NI Labview
VIMS:       Visual Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
VIRTIS:     ORBITER PAYLOAD INSTRUMENT
VIS:        Vertical Integration Stand
VIS:        Visual
VSWR:       Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
VT:         Validation Test
VTP:        Validation Test Plan
VTR:        Validation Test Report
W/S:        Work Station
WAC:        Wide Angle Camera
WAOSS:      Wide Angle Optoelectric Stereo Scanner
WBS:        Work Breakdown Structure
WBS:        Workpackage Breakdown Structure
WCA:        Worst Case Analysis
WD:         Watch Dog
WDE:        Wheel Drive Electronics
WDW:        Window
WIU:        Wave Guide Interface Unit
WOL:        Wheel Offloading of RW
WP:         Work Package
WPD:        Work Package Description
WRT:        With Respect To
WTC:        Wavelet Transform Coding
WVR:        Water Vapor Radiometer
WWW:        World Wide Web
YMOS:       Yield Margin Of Safety
ZOM:        Zero Order Monitor


Overview:
=========
This data set contains instrument raw data obtained by the Fluxgate
Magnetometer (RPC-MAG) onboard the ROSETTA spacecraft from the
COMET ESCORT2 Phase, for the time interval March 11, 2015 until
June 30, 2015. Included in this dataset are the measurements of


MTP0014 - STP0047 from 2015-03-10T23:25 to 2015-03-17T23:25
MTP0014 - STP0048 from 2015-03-17T23:25 to 2015-03-24T23:25
MTP0014 - STP0049 from 2015-03-24T23:25 to 2015-03-31T23:25
MTP0014 - STP0050 from 2015-03-31T23:25 to 2015-04-08T11:25

MTP0015 - STP0051 from 2015-04-08T11:25 to 2015-04-14T23:25
MTP0015 - STP0052 from 2015-04-14T23:25 to 2015-04-21T23:25
MTP0015 - STP0053 from 2015-04-21T23:25 to 2015-04-28T23:25
MTP0015 - STP0054 from 2015-04-28T23:25 to 2015-05-05T23:25

MZP0016 - STP0055 from 2015-05-05T23:25 to 2015-05-12T23:25
MZP0016 - STP0056 from 2015-05-12T23:25 to 2015-05-19T23:25
MZP0016 - STP0057 from 2015-05-19T23:25 to 2015-05-27T11:25
MZP0016 - STP0058 from 2015-05-27T11:25 to 2015-06-02T23:25

MTP0017 - STP0059 from 2015-06-02T23:25 to 2015-06-09T23:25
MTP0017 - STP0060 from 2015-06-09T23:25 to 2015-06-16T23:25
MTP0017 - STP0061 from 2015-06-16T23:25 to 2015-06-23T23:25
MTP0017 - STP0062 from 2015-06-23T23:25 to 2015-06-30T23:25


The magnetometer consists of two sensors, the OB and the IB sensor,
mounted on a spacecraft boom. The instrument provides 3 component
magnetic field vector data measured by both sensors.
vector data measured by both sensors. In this data set edited raw data can be
found. Magnetic field data are given in ADCcounts.


REMARK:
 Due to strong magnetic disturbance by the ORBITER,
 the magnetic field data are influenced by s/c generated
 magnetic fields. The source of these disturbance is manifold:
  - transient currents flowing on the spacecraft
  - Heater pulses
  - Thruster related magnetic field
  - Reaction wheel signatures
  - etc.

  Due to the complexity of these circumstances a proper data
  cleaning is an ongoing task. Thus the data of the present dataset
  still contain the mentioned disturbance signatures. For details
  please refer to the documentation in the CALIBRATION and INTERFERENCE
  folders of the DOCUMENT directory.

  Any use of the data for scientific research has to be  done under
  consideration of these manifold disturbances.



COMET ESCORT 2 (ESC2) RPC-MAG Data Archive
==========================================


a) S/C DATA
===========

CODMAC Level/Type               Data Type      Data Content

          2 / EDITED RAW Data   table          RAW TS of OB,IB,HK data


The data can be found in the


./DATA/EDITED/2015/MAR
./DATA/EDITED/2015/APR
./DATA/EDITED/2015/MAY
./DATA/EDITED/2015/JUN

directory. This directory has three subdirectories for HK,IB, and OB data.


b) Supporting files
======================

Supporting files for the Archive user include PDS descriptions,
documents, and searchable indices. These have been organized into
three directories one level below the root: CATALOG, DOCUMENT,INDEX.


Structure of the volume
========================

AAREADME.TXT  (PDS required introduction to the data set)
VOLDESC.CAT   (PDS required volume description of the data only)

./CATALOG/CATINFO.TXT (list of catalog files)
          *.CAT       (Mission, spacecraft, instrument, data, references)



./DOCUMENT/DOCINFO.TXT  (list of documents)
           *.PDF        (PDF documents)

./INDEX/INDXINFO.TXT    (Description of the contents of the index
                         directory)
        INDEX.LBL       (PDS LABEL file for INDEX.TAB)
        INDEX.TAB       (Index of the data set in tabular format)

./DATA/EDITED/*.TAB     (MAG data, 3 components presented as ASCII tables)
              *.LBL     (PDS LABELS of the MAG data files)

The ROSETTA project decided that the data would be archived in the
PDS format. Consequently, the layout of this volume and the labels
for each file conform to the PDS/PSA guidelines.



Contact:
========


Data generated by:

Dr. Ingo Richter
Technical University Braunschweig
Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics
Mendelssohnstr. 3
38106 Braunschweig
Germany

i.richter@tu-bs.de




RPC-MAG PI:

Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Glassmeier
Technical University Braunschweig
Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics
Mendelssohnstr. 3
38106 Braunschweig
Germany

kh.glassmeier@tu-bs.de
