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Stations, Networks, and Support Services Support Acronyms

Support Acronym

Station, Network, or Support Service Name

AFSCN

Air Force Satellite Control Network

AFSCN/RTS

Air Force Satellite Control Network/Remote Tracking Site

AGO

Santiago, Chile, Tracking Station

AGS

Alaska Ground Station Poker Flat, Alaska, Tracking Station

ANT

Antigua Island, U.K. (AFETR) Air Force Eastern Test Range Ground Station KSC, FL.

Arecibo

Arecibo 305M

ARIA

Advance Range Instrumented Aircraft (DoD)

ASA

Australia, Alice Springs

ASC

Ascension Island, U.K. (AFETR) Air Force Eastern Test Range Ground Station

ASF

Alaska Satellite Facility, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, Tracking Station

Aussaguel

Aussaguel, France, Globalstar Uplink Station

BDA

Bermuda Tracking Station

BGS

Berkeley Ground Station, University of California, Berkeley, California, Tracking Station

BJC

People Rep. Of China, Beijing, Tracking Station

BKT

Bangkok, Thailand, Tracking Station

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3.6m Tracking Station

CAN

Canberra, Australia, DSN Tracking Station

Canary Island

Canary Island Tracking Station

C-band TRK

3700 to 6500 MHz

CCAFS

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.

CDA

Command and Data Acquisition

CLT

Taipei, China, Chung-li

CNES

Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales(National Center for Space Studies, France)

COA

Cordoba, Argentina

CPO Colossus Programming Office, California, USA.
CCC Colossus Computer Center,  Rocky Mountains, Co., USA.

CPE

Ecuador, Cotopaxi

CUB

Brazil, Cuiaba

DataLynx

DataLynx, Honeywell , Ground Network

DFC

Dryden Flight Center

DFRC

Dryden Flight Research Center

DGS

Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ground Station

DKI

Indonesia, Parepare

DKR

Dakar, Senegal

DoD

Department of Defense

DSN

Deep Space Network

DSN 34m Subnet

Deep Space Network 34m Subnet

DSN 70m Subnet

Deep Space Network 70m Subnet

Dugway Proving Grounds

Dugway Proving Grounds

EAFB

Edwards Air Force Base, Ca.

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOS Polar

Earth Observation Ssytem, Polar Station

EOSAT

Earth Observation Satellite Corporate

EPGS

EOS Polar Ground System

ER

Eastern Range

ESA

European Space Agency

ESOC

European Space Operations Center

FAI

Fairbanks, Alaska

FAI/CDA

Fairbanks, Alaska, Command and Data Acquisition (NOAA Facility)

FDF

Flight DynamicsFacility

FRS

Flight Research S-band Station (Dryden)

FUI

Italy, Fucino

GDS

Goldstone , Ca. DSN 26-meter Subnet Station

GN

Ground Network

GNC

Canda,Gatineau

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

GSOC

German Satellite Operational Control

GTS

Guam Tracking Station (DOD facility)

HAE

NASA's Hanger Building AE, Cape Canaveral Air Station

HBK

Hartebeesthoek, Republic of South Africa (CNES Tracking Station)

HEF

High Efficiency Feed

HEF/BWG

High Efficiency Feed/Beam Wave Guide

HOA

Australia, Hobart

HOSC

Huntsvill Operaitional Support Center

HTS

Hawaii Tracking Station (DOD Facility)

HUJ

Japan, Kumomoto

IGS

International Ground Stations (Network) for Landsat-7

IOS

Indian Ocean Station, Seychelles Island (DOD facility)

ISP

Pakistan, Islamabad

ISS

International Space Station

Jodrell Bank

Jodrell Bank 76M

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.

JSA

South Africa, Johanneburg

JSC

Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.

Kerguelen

Fernando de Norohna Marion Island Kerguelen (Iles Kerguelen)

KGS

Korou, Guyana, Grand Station

Kiruna

Kiruna, Sweden

KIS

Sweden, Kiruna

KLM

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

KLM

Kongsberg-Lockheed-Martin

KMR

Kwajalein Missile Range

Kodiak

Kodiak Island, Alaska

KSC

Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral FL.

L&EO

Obsolete

LAN

Local Area Network

Lannion France

Lannion France

LaRC

Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.

LBG

Gabon, Libreville

LEOP

Launch and Early Operations Phase

LeRc

Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH.

LGS

Souix Falls, SD

Madrid ESA

Madrid European Space Agency

MAL

Manus Island

MGS

McMurdo Ground Station

MIL

Merrit Island, FL.

MOCC

Mission Operations Control Center

MSFC

Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.

MTRS

McMurdo Tracking Data Satellite System Relay Station

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDOSL

NASA Directory of Station Locations

NOAA/CDA

NOAA/Command Data Acquisition

NSG

Germany, Netustrelitz

NSSDC

National Space Science Data Center

NTM/VAFB

NASA Telemetry ™ at South VAFB California

OAS

Onizuka Air Station, Sunnyvale, California

OSC

Orbital Sciences Corpoartions

OVLBI Subnet

Operational Very Long Baseline Interfermeter/Interferomety Subnet

PAC

Canda, Prince Albert

Patrick AFB

Patrick Air Force Base Fl., Cape Canaveral, AFB

PDL

Ponce De Leon Coast Guard Station, New Smyrna Beach, FL.

PFRR

Poker Flat Research Range, Alaska

PFSOC

Poker Flat Satellite Operations Center

PK1

Poker Flats, Alaska

Poker Flat

Alaka Ground Station

PRTS

Perth, Australia ESA Station

PSL

Propulsion Systems Laboratory, NASA, Glen Research Center

RID

Madrid, Spain, DSN Station

RNG

Range, Ranging

RSA

Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

RTS

Remote Tracking Station

SGP

Sigapore

SGS

Svalbard, Norway, Ground Station

SKS

Svalbard, Norway KLM

SN

Space Network

STDN

Space Flight Tracking and Data Network

STGT

Second TDRS Ground Terminal

STOCC

Space Telescope Operations Control Center

STS

Space Transportation System

Syowa

Syowa Station, Antarctica

TCS

Oak Hanger Tracking Station (DOD Facility)

TDRSS

Tracking Data Relay Satellite System

TM

Telemetry

TTS

Thule Tracking Station (DOD Facility)

UHF

Ultrahigh Frequency (390 to 499MHz)

UPRM

University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

USAF

United States Air Force

USAS

Universal Space Network, Fairbanks AK

USGS

US Geological Survey Network

USHS

Universal Space Network, Hawaii

USN

Universal Space Network

USPS

Perth, Australia

VAFB

Vandenburg Air Force Base, California

VIL

Villa Franda, Spain

VLBI

Very Long Baseline Interfermeter/Interferomety

VTRS

Vandenberg Air Force Base Telemetry Relay Site

VTS

Vandenberg Tracking Station VAFB, California

WAN

Wide-Area Network

WATR

Western Aeronatical Test Range

West Freugh Scotland

West Freugh, Scotland

WFF

Wallops Flight Facility, Wallop Island, VA.

WGS

Wallops Island, Virgina, Ground Station

WGS/CDA

Wallops Island, Virgina, Ground Station/ Command Data Acquisition Station

White Sands

White Sands, New Mexico Ground Station

WLP/CDA

Wallops Island, Virgina Command Data Acquisition Station (NOAA Facility)

WOTS

Wallops Obital Tracking Station

WPS

Wallops Island Orbital Tracking Station, VA.

WR

Western Range

WSC

White Sands Complex

WSGT

White Sands Ground Terminal, White Sands, NM.

WTRS

Wallops Island, Virginia, Test Range Services

 

 
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