Acronyms

AAI : Airports Authority of India
AAM : Advanced Avionics Model
AARS : Asian Association for Remote Sensing
ACE : Advanced Composite Explorer
ADCOS : Advisory Committee on Space Sciences (constituted by ISRO)
AIBP : Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme
AICTE : All India Council for Technical Education
AIR : All India Radio
ALS : Automatic Launch Sequence
AOCS : Attitude and Orbit Control System
AOD : Aerosol Optical Depth
APEP : Ammonium Perchlorate Experimental Plant
APPLE : Ariane Payload Passenger Experiment
ARC : Administrative Reforms Commission
ASAR : Air-borne Synthetic Aperture Radar
ASIC : Application Specific Integrated Circuit
AWiFS : Advanced Wide Field Sensor
AWS : Automatic Weather Station
BMU : Bus Management Unit
CAPE : Crop Acreage and Production Estimation
CARTOSAT : Cartographic Satellite
CATVAC : Comprehensive Assembly and Test Vaccum Chamber
CAWSES : Climate and Weather of Sun- Earth System
CCD : Charge Coupled Device
CED : Civil Engineering Division
CEOS : Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
CFRP : Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic
CGMS : Coordinating Group on Meteorological Satellites
ChiPS : Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society
CIXS : Chandrayaan-1 Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer
CME : Coronal Mass Ejection
CNES : Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (French Space Agency)
COSPAR : Committee on Space Research
CPM : Charge Particle Monitor
CRABEX : Coherent Radio Beacon Experiment
CSA : Canadian Space Agency
CSP : Centre for Space Physics
CSSTE-AP : Centre for Space Science and
Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific
CUSP : Cryogenic Upper Stage Project
CWC : Central Water Commission
CZT : Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride
DAE : Department of Atomic Energy
DBT : Department of Bio Technology
DCP : Data Collection Platforms
DD : Door Darshan
DECU : Development and Educational Communication Unit
DEM : Digital Elevation Model
DES : Delhi Earth Station
DIT : Department of Information Technology
DLA : Dual Launch Adopter
DMRJ-FTD : Dual Mode Ramjet Flight Test Demonstrator
DMS : Disaster Management Support
DMT : Digital Terrain Model
DOD : Department of Ocean Development
DOS : Department of Space
DRDL : Defence Research and Development Laboratory
DRT : Data Relay Transponder
DSC : Decision Support Centre
DSNG : Digital Satellite News Gathering
DST : Department of Science and Technology
DTH : Direct to Home (TV)
DWR : Doppler Weather Radars
EC : Enstatite Chondrites
EIRP : Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
EO : Earth Observation
ERS : European Remote Sensing (Satellite)
ESA : European Space Agency
ESF : Equatorial Spread-F
FAC : Failure Analysis Committee
FASAL : Forecasting Agricultural output using Space Agro-meteorology and Land-based observations
FLSC : Flexible Linear Shaped Charge
FOV : Field of View
GAGAN : GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation
GBP : Geosphere Biosphere Programme
GLONASS : Russian Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS : Global Positioning System
GRB : Gamma Ray Bursts
GSLV : Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
GSO : Geo Stationary Orbit
GTO : Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
HAL : Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HEX : High Energy X-Ray Spectrometer
HPT : High Power Transmitter
HST : Hubble Space Telescope
HTPB : Hydroxyl Terminated Poly Butadiene
HYLAS : Highly Adoptable Satellite
ICARB : Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget
IAC : International Astronautical Congress
IAF : International Astronautical Federation
IADC : Inter Agency Debris Coordination Committee
ICC : INSAT Coordination Committee
IDSN : Indian Deep Space Network
IGBP : ISRO Geosphere Biosphere Programme
IGNOU : Indira Gandhi National Open University
IGS : Inertial Guidance System
IGOS : International Global Observing Strategy
IIA : Indian Institute of Astrophysics
IISc : Indian Institute of Science
IISU : ISRO Inertial Systems Unit
IIT : Indian Institute of Technology
IMD : India Meteorological Department
IMDPS : INSAT Meteorological Data Processing System
INLUS : Indian Navigation Land Uplink Station
INCOIS : Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
INCOSPAR : Indian National Committee for Space Research
INMCC : Indian Mission Control Centre
INMARSAT : International Maritime Satellite Organisation
INSAT : Indian National Satellite
INTELSAT : International Telecommunications Satellite
IPR : Intellectual Property Rights
IR : Infra Red
IRNSS : Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System
IRS : Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
IRU : Inertial Reference Unit
ISO : International Standards Organisation
ISRO : Indian Space Research Organisation
ISU : International Space University
ISA : Israel Space Agency
ISAC : ISRO Satellite Centre
ISITE : ISRO Satellite Integration and Test Establishment
ISPRS : International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ISRAD : ISRO Radar Development Unit
ISTRAC : ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
ITP : Interactive Training Programme
JCM : Joint Consultative Machinery
LAD : Labazer Assisted Disposition
LAM : Liquid Apogee Motor
LAXPC : Large Area X-ray Proportional Counters
LEOP : Launch and Early Orbit Operations
LEOS : Laboratory for Electro Optic Systems
LIDAR : Light Detection and Ranging
LIF : Laser Induced Fluorescence
LISS : Linear Imaging Self Scanner
LLRI : Lunar Laser Ranging Instrument
LPT : Low Power Transmitter
LPSC : Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
LS : Lok Sabha
LSM : Large Scale Mapping
LUT : Local User Terminal
M3 : Moon Mineralogy Mapper
MADRAS : Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures
MCC : Mission Control Centre
MCF : Master Control Facility
MCPC : Multi-Channel Per Carrier
MDDC : Meteorological Data Dissemination Centre
MEMS : Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
MHA : Ministry of Home Affairs
MIDAS : Middle Atmospheric Dynamics Studies
MIP : Moon Impact Probe
MLT : Mesospheric and Lower Thermospheric
MSMR : Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer
MSS : Mobile Satellite Service
MST : Mesosphere, Stratosphere and Troposphere (Radar)
NASA : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NARL : National Atmospheric Research Laboratory
NDEM : National Data base for Emergency Management
NDMA : National Disaster Management Authority
NE-SAC : North Eastern-Space Applications Centre
NICNET : National Informatics Centre Network
NML : National Meteorological Laboratory
NMRP : National Microgravity Research Programme
NNRMS : National Natural Resources Management System
NOAA : National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NR : Natural Resources
NRDB : Natural Resources Data Base
NRSA : National Remote Sensing Agency
OBC : Other Backward Classes
OCM : Ocean Colour Monitor
OLIC : Official Language Implementation Committee
PAN : Panchromatic Camera (of IRS)
PCB : Printed Circuit Board
PCMC : Precision Coherent Monopulse C-band
PC-NNRMS : Planning Committee of NNRMS
PCPU : Power Conditioning and Processing Unit
PDR : Preliminary Design Review
PFZ : Potential Fishing Zones
PLANEX : Planetary Science and Exploration
POD : Preliminary Orbit Determination
PRL : Physical Research Laboratory
PRWONAM : Prediction of Regional Weather using Observational Mesosphere and Atmospheric Modelling
PSLV : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
QP : Quasi Periodic
RADOM : Radiation Dose Monitor
RCS : Reaction Control System
RESINS : Redundant Strap Down Inertial Navigation System
RESPOND : Research Sponsored by ISRO
RISAT : Radar Imaging Satellite
RN : Radio Networking
ROT : Receive only Terminal
RS : Rajya Sabha
RRSSC : Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre
RTI : Right to Information
SAC : Space Applications Centre
SADA : Solar Array Drive Assembly
SAID : Space Astronomy and Instrumentation Division
SAR : Synthetic Aperture Radar
SARA : Sub keV Atom Reflecting Analyser
SAS&R : Satellite Aided Search and Rescue
SAW : Surface Accoustic Wave
SCARAB : Scanner for Radiation Budget Measurement
SCC : Satellite Control Centre
SCL : Semi-Conductor Laboratory
SCOSTEP : Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics
SCRAMJET : Supersonic Combustion Ramjet
SDSC SHAR : Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR
SFCG : Space Frequency Coordination Group
SHARES : Sharing of Experience in Space
SIR : Near Infrared Spectrometer
SITE : Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
SITVC : Secondary Injection Thrust Vector Control SLP : Second Launch Pad
SMD : Surface Mount Devises
SPL : Space Physics Laboratory
SRE : Space capsule Recovery Experiment
SSL : Sporadic Sodium Layers
SSM : X-ray Scanning Sky Monitor
SSO : Sun Synchronous Orbit
SST : Sea Surface Temperature
SSTC : Space Science and Technology Centre
SSW : Sea Surface Wind
STC : Space Technology Cell
STEP : Satellite Telecommunication Experiments Project
SWIR : Short Wave Infrared
SXT : Soft X-ray Imaging Telescope
TAUVEX : Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Experiment
TDCC : Training and Developmental Communications Channel (INSAT)
TDS : Technology Demonstration System
TERLS : Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
TES : Technology Experiment Satellite
TGP : Trans Gangetic Plains
TMC : Terrain Mapping stereo Camera
TRM : Transmit Receive Module
TTC : Telemetry, Tracking and Command
TWSAT : Third World Satellite
TWTA : Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier
UHF : Ultra High Frequency
UKP : Upper Krishna Project
UN-COPUOS : United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
UN-ESCAP : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
UN-OOSA : UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
USO : Udaipur Solar Observatory
UV : Ultra Violet
UVIT : Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
VHF : Very High Frequency
VHRR : Very High Resolution Radiometer
VNIR : Visible and Near Infrared Region
VLPT : Very Low Power Transmitter
VLSI : Very Large Scale Integration
VRC : Village Resource Centre
VT-PDMS : Vinyl Terminated Poly Dimethyl Siloxane
VSAT : Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSSC : Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
WiFS : Wide Field Sensors