Following list should expand most of the acronyms used in space payloads:
Orbital Payloads:
| Acronym | Meaning |
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0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
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| 3B5GSAT | 3rd Generation Before 5th Generation Satellite |
| 4M | Manfred Memorial Moon Mission |
A |
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| A | Application Satellite |
| AAM | Advanced Avionics Module |
| AAP | Americom Asia Pacific |
| AAU-Cubesat | Aalborg University Cubesat |
| ABRIXAS | A Broadband Imaging X-Ray All-Sky Survey |
| AC | Atlas Centaur |
| ACS3 | Advanced Composite Solar Sail System |
| ACE | Advanced Composition Explorer |
| ACP | Attitude Controlled Platform |
| ACRIMsat | Active Cavity Radiometric Irridiance Monitor Satellite |
| ACRV | Assured Crew Return Vehicle |
| ACTS | Advanced Communication Test Satellite |
| AD | Air Density |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observation Satellite |
| ADM | Atmospheric Dynamics Mission |
| ADRAS-J | Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan |
| AE | Atmospheric Explorer / Aeronomy Explorer |
| AEHF | Advanced Extreme High Frequency Satellite |
| AEM | Application Explorer Mission |
| AEPEX | Atmospheric Effects of Precipitation through Energetic X-rays |
| AERCam | Autonomous Extravehicular Activity Robot Camera |
| AFP | Air Force Project |
| AGILE | Astro-rivelatore Gamma ad Immagini Leggero |
| AIM | Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere |
| AIMP | Anchored Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
| AIS | Automatic Identification System |
| AKS | ? |
| ALBus | Advanced eLectrical Bus |
| ALEXIS | Array of Low-Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors |
| ALI | Advanced Land Imager |
| Almasat | Alma Mater Satellite |
| ALOS | Advanced Land Observation Satellite |
| AlSat | Algerian Satellite |
| ALTIUS | Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere |
| AMC | Americom |
| AMOS | Affordable Modular Optimized Satellite |
| AMPTE | Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorer |
| AMS | Advanced Meteorological Satellite |
| AMS | Agile Micro Satellite |
| AMS | Alpha Magnet Spectrometer |
| AMSAT | Amateur Satellite |
| AMSC | American Mobile Satellite Corporation |
| AMU | Astronaut Maneuvering Unit |
| ANASIS | Army / Navy / Air Force Satellite Information System |
| ANDE | Atmospheric Neutral Drag Experiment |
| ANDESITE | Ad-Hoc Network Demonstration for Extended Satellite-Based Inquiry and Other Team Endeavors |
| ANGELS | Argos Neo on a Generic Economical and Light Satellite |
| ANGELS | Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space |
| ANNA | Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force |
| ANS | Astronomical Netherlands Satellite |
| AO | Amsat Oscar |
| AO | Arsene Oscar |
| AO | ASUSAT Oscar |
| AOSAT | Asteroid Origins Satellite |
| AOSO | Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| APEX | Advanced Photovoltaic & Electronic Experiment |
| APEX-IK | Active Plasma Experiment Interkosmos |
| Apple | Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment |
| APStar | Asia Pacific Star |
| ARAPAIMA | Application for RSO Automated Proximity Analysis and Imaging |
| ARC | Advanced Research & Global Observation Satellite |
| ARCE | Articulated Reconnaissance and Communications Expedition |
| ARGOS | Advanced Research & Global Observation Satellite |
| Aries | Australian Resource Information and Environment Satellite |
| ARKSAT | Akansas Satellite |
| ARRAKIHS | Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys |
| Arsene | Ariane Radio-Amateur Satellite Enseignement Espace |
| Artemis | Advanced Relay And Technology Mission |
| AS | Apollo Saturn |
| ASBM | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission |
| ASC | American Satellite Company |
| ASCA | Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astronomy |
| ASTEX | Advanced Space Technology Experiment |
| ASTP | Apollo Soyuz Test Project |
| ASTP-DM | Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Docking Module |
| Astro | Astronomy Satellite |
| ASTRO | Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations satellite |
| ASUSAT | Arizona State University Satellite |
| ATCOS | Atmospheric Composition Satellite |
| ATDA | Augmented Target Docking Adaptor |
| ATEx-LEB | Advanced Tether Experiment - Lower End Body |
| ATEx-UEB | Advanced Tether Experiment - Upper End Body |
| ATHENA | Advanced Telescope for High-Energy Astrophysics |
| ATHENOXAT | Athene Noctua Experimental Satellite |
| ATS | Application Technology Satellite |
| ATV | Autonomous Transfer Vehicle |
| AUSAT | Aarhus University Satellite |
| AUTcube | Aichi University of Technology CubeSat |
| AWS | Advanced Wideband Satellite |
| AXAF-I | Advanced X-Ray Astronomy Facility - Imager |
B |
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| BATSAT | Broadband Advanced Technologies Satellite |
| BCCSAT | Bangkok Christian College Satellite |
| BD | Beidou |
| BE | Beacon Explorer |
| BGUSat | Ben Gurion University Satellite |
| Bios | Biological Satellite |
| Biosat | Biological Satellite |
| BIROS | Bispectral Infra-Red Optical System |
| BIRD | Bispectral Infra-Red Detection |
| BLAST | Bouchet Low-Earth Alpha/Beta Space Telescope |
| BLUEsat | Basic Low Earth Orbit University of New South Wales Experiment Satellite |
| BNSCSat | British National Space Centre Satellite |
| BOR | Becpilotniye Orbitalniye Raketoplan |
| BORE | Background Optical Radiation Experiment |
| BP | Boiler Plate |
| BPA | Blok Perspektivnoy Avioniki |
| BRICSat | Ballistically Reinforced Communication Satellite |
| BRIsat | Bank Rakyat Indonesia Satellite |
| BRO | Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter |
| BROS | Binational Radiofrequency Observing Satellites |
| BS | Broadcasting Satellite |
| B-Sat | Broadcasting Satellite |
| BSB | British Sky Broadcasting |
| BSE | Broadcasting Satellite Experiment |
| BUSAT | Beihang University Satellite |
C |
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| CADRE | CubeSat investigating Atmospheric Density Response to Extreme driving |
| CACTUS | Coordinated Applied Capitol Technology University Satellite |
| CaLeMPSat | Cathode-Less Micro Propulsion Satellite |
| CALIPSO | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations |
| Calsphere | Calibration Sphere |
| CAM | Centrifuge Accomodation Module |
| CAMEO | Chemically Active Materials Ejected in Orbit |
| CaNOP | Canopy Near-IR Observing Project |
| CanX | Canadian Advanced Nanospace Experiments |
| CANYVAL-C | CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using Vision ALignment - Coronagraph |
| CANYVAL-X | CubeSat Astronomy by NASA and Yonsei using Vision ALignment - EXperiment |
| CAPE | Cajun Advanced Picosat Experiment |
| CapSat | Capacitor Satellite |
| CAPSat | Cool Annealing Payload Satellite |
| CAPSat | Cooling, Annealing, Pointing Satellite |
| CAPSTONE | Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment |
| CAS | Cooperative Application Satellite |
| CASPA | Cold Atom Space Payload |
| CAT | Capsule Ariane Technologique |
| CAT | CubeSat Assessment and Test |
| CATS | Cloud-Aerosol Transport System |
| CatSat | Cooperative Astrophysics & Technology Satellite |
| CBERS | China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite |
| CCE | Charge Composition Explorer |
| CDS | Capability Demonstration Satellite |
| CELESTA | CERN Latchup Experiment Student satellite |
| CELTEE | CubeSat Enhanced Locator Transponder Evaluation Experiment |
| CEP | Cylindrical Electrostatic Probe |
| CERES | Central European Regional Satellite |
| CeREs | Compact Radiation Belt Explorer |
| CERES | Capacité de Renseignement Electromagnétique d’origine Spatiale |
| Cerise | Caractérisation de l'Environement Radioélectrique par un Instrument Spatial Embarque |
| CESAR | Chile Satellite for Amateur Radio |
| CFESat | Cibola Flight Experiment Satellite |
| CGRO | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory |
| CHAMP | Challenging Mini-Satellite Payload |
| CHARGECON-GEO | Charge Control in Geostationary Orbit |
| CHARM | CubeSat Hydrometric Atmospheric Radiometer Mission |
| CHEFsat | Cost-effective High E-Frequency Satellite |
| CHEOPS | Characterising Exoplanets Satellite |
| CHIME | Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment |
| CHIRP | CubeSat VHF pulse transmitter to study the Ionospheric dispersion Radio Pulses |
| CHIRP | Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload |
| CHOMPTT | CubeSat Handling Of Multisystem Precision Time Transfer |
| CICERO | Community Initiative for Cellular Earth Remote Observation |
| CIMR | Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer |
| CINEMA | CubeSat for Ions, Neutrals, Electrons, & Magnetic fields |
| CIRAS | CubeSat Infrared Atmospheric Sounder |
| CIRBE | CubeSat Inner Radiation Belt Experiment |
| CIRCE | Coordinated Ionospheric Reconstruction CubeSat Experiment |
| CIRiS | Compact Infrared Radiometer in Space |
| CHIPS | Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer |
| CLICK | CubeSat Laser Infrared Crosslink |
| CM | Command Module |
| CM | Command Module |
| C/NOFS | Communications / Navigation Outage Forecasting System |
| CNUSail 1 | Chungnam National University Sail |
| CO2M | Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring |
| COBE | Cosmic Background Explorer |
| COBRAS / SAMBA | Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite / Satellite for Measurement of Background Anisotropies |
| COF-APM | Columbus Orbital Facility - Attached Pressurized Module |
| COMET | Commercial Experiment Transporter |
| COMETS | Communication Engineering Test Satellite |
| Compass | Complex Orbital Magneto-Plasma Autonomous Small Satellite |
| COMS | Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite |
| CONTOUR | Comet Nucleus Tour |
| COPPER | Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Elemental Recognition |
| Coronas | Comprehensive Orbital Near-Earth Observations of the Active Sun |
| COROT | Convection Rotation à Transits planétaires / Convection Rotation and planetary Transits |
| Corsa | Cosmic Radiation Satellite |
| COS | Celestial Observation Satellite |
| COSI | Compton Spectrometer and Imager |
| COSMIC | Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate |
| COSMO | Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin observation |
| CP | Cal Poly Picosatellite |
| CPOD | Cubesat Proximity Operations Demonstration |
| CREAM | Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass |
| CRISTA-SPAS | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers & Telescopes for the Atmosphere Shuttle Palette Satellite |
| CRISTAL | Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter |
| CRL | Cambridge Research Laboratory Satellite |
| CRO | Chemical Release Observation |
| CRRES | Combined Release & Radiation Effects Satellite |
| CRV | Crew Return Vehicle |
| CS | Communication Satellite |
| CSES | China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite |
| CSM | Command Service Module |
| CSSWE | Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment |
| CST-100 | Crew Space Transportation 100 |
| CSUNSat | California State University Northirdge Satellite |
| CTA | Canadian Target Assembly |
| CTIM-FDA | Compact Total Irradiance Monitor Flight Demonstration |
| CTS | Communication Technology Satellite |
| CU-E3 | Colorado University Earth Escape Explorer |
| CubeRRT | CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interface Technology |
| CUNYSAT | City University of New York Satellite |
| CuPID | Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector |
| CUSat | Cornell University Satellite |
| CuSP | CubeSat mission to study Solar Particles |
| CuSPP | CubeSat mission to study Solar Particles over the Earth’s Poles |
| CUTE | Cubical TITech Engineering Satellite |
| CX | Chuang Xin |
| CX | Citizen Explorer |
| CXO | Chandra X-Ray Observatory |
| CySat | Cyclone Satellite |
D |
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| D | ? |
| D3 | Drag De-Orbit Device CubeSat |
| DAD | Double Air Density |
| DAILI | Daily Atmospheric Ionospheric Limb Imager |
| DANDE | Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer |
| DARPASAT | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Satellite |
| DART | Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technologies |
| DART | Double Asteroid Redirection Test |
| DASH | Density And Scale Height |
| DASH | Demonstrator of Atmospheric reentry System with Hyperbolic velocity |
| DATS | Despun Antenna Test Satellite |
| DBS | Direct Broadcasting Satellite |
| DC | Docking Compartment |
| DE | Dynamics Explorer |
| DEBUT | Deployable Boom & Umbrella Test |
| DEMETER | Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions |
| DEOS | Deutsche Orbitale Servicing Mission |
| DESPATCH | Deep Space Amateur Troubadour’s Challenge |
| DFH | Dong Fang Hung |
| DFS | Deutscher Fernmelde Satellit |
| DFS | Development Flight Satellite |
| Dial-MIKA | Diamant Allemagne - Mini Kapsel |
| Dial-WIKA | Diamant Allemagne - Wissenschafts Kapsel |
| DICE | Dynamic Ionosphere Cubesat Experiment |
| DISCOSAT | Discovery Museum Satellite |
| DIVA | Double Interferometer for Visual Astrometry |
| DLR-Tubsat | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Technische Universität Berlin Satellit |
| DM | ? |
| DME | Direct Measurement Explorer |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
| DO | DOVE Oscar |
| DODGE | Department of Defense Gravity Gradient Experiment |
| DOS | Dolgovremennaya Orbitalnaya Stanziya |
| DOSS | Differential Optical Shadow Sensor |
| DOVE | Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder |
| DQ | Da Qi |
| DRIMS | Delta Redundant Inertial Measurement System |
| DRS | Data Relay Satellite |
| DRTS | Data Relay & Tracking Satellite |
| DS | Dneprovskiy Sputnik |
| DS | Deep Space |
| DSE | Distributed Sensing Experiment |
| DSCOVR | Deep Space Climate Observatory |
| DSCS | Defense Space Communication System |
| DSLWP | Discovering the Sky at Longest Wavelengths Pathfinder |
| DSM | Docking and Stowage Module |
| DSP | Defense Support Program |
| DSPSE | Deep Space Program Science Experiment |
| DSPSE-ISA | Deep Space Program Science Experiment - Interstage Adaptor |
| DTUSat | Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Satellite |
| DumSat | Dummy Satellite |
| DUSTIE | Dust Sounder and Temperature Imager Experiment |
| DUTHSat | Democritus University of Thrace Satellite |
| DUVE | Diffuse Ultra Violett Experiment |
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| E-TBEx | Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment |
| EAGLE | ESPA Augmented Geostationary Laboratory Experiment |
| EarthCARE | Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer |
| EAST | East African Satellite Telecommunication |
| EcAMSat | E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite |
| ECOSTRESS | Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station |
| ECS | European Communication Satellite |
| ECS | Experimental Communication Satellite |
| EDUSAT | Education Satellite |
| EduSat | Education Satellite |
| EGG | re-Entry satellite with Gossamer aeroshell and Gps/Iridium |
| EGO | Eccentric Geophysical Observatory |
| EGRS | Electronic & Geodetic Ranging Satellite |
| EGS | Experimental Geodetic Satellite |
| EKA | Eksperimentalniy Kosmichesky Apparat |
| EKS | Edinaya Kosmicheskaya Sistema |
| ELEOsat | Extreme Low Earth Orbit Satellite |
| ELFIN | Electron Losses and Fields Investigation |
| ELFIN-STAR | Electron Losses and Fields Investigation's Spatio-Temporal Ambiguity Resolver |
| EMIT | Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation |
| Envisat | Environment Satellite |
| EO | Earth Orbiter |
| EOS-ALT | Earth Observation System - Altimetry |
| EOS-AM | Earth Observation System - At Morning |
| EOS-CHEM | Earth Observation System - Chemistry |
| EOS-LAM | Earth Observation System - Laser Altimetry Mission |
| EOS-PM | Earth Observation System - Past Morning |
| EP | Earth Probe |
| EPE | Energetic Particles Explorer |
| EQUARS | Equatorial Atmosphere Research Satellite |
| EQUULEUS | Equilibrium Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft |
| ERBS | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
| ERE | Exospheric Radiation Experiment |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observation Systems |
| ERS | Environmental Research Satellite |
| ERS | European Remote Sensing Satellite |
| ERTS | Earth Resources Technological Satellite |
| ESAIL | |
| EscaPADE | Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers |
| ESCAPE | Earth Science CubeSat for Advanced Payload Experiments |
| ESEO | European Student Earth Orbiter |
| ESRO | European Space Research Organisation |
| ESRS | Environmental Science Research Satellite |
| ESS | Evolved Strategic Satcom |
| ESSA | Environmental Science Services Administration |
| ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder |
| e-st@r | Educational SaTellite @ politecnico di Torino |
| ETS | Engineering Test Satellite |
| Eureca | European Retrievable Carrier |
| Eutelsat | European Telecommunication Satellite |
| EUVE | Extreme Ultra Violett Explorer |
| Ex-Alta | Experimental Albertan |
| Exos | Exospheric Satellite |
| Exosat | European X-Ray Observatory Satellite |
| EXPRESS | Experiment Re-entry Space System |
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| Faisat | Final Analysis Inc. Satellite |
| Falcon-ODE | Falcon Orbital Debris Experiment |
| FAME | Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer |
| FARO | Flare Activated Radio-biological Observatory |
| FASat | Fuerza Aéra de Chile Satellite |
| FAST | Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer |
| FASTRAC | Formation Autonomy Spacecraft with Thrust, Relnav, Attitude and Crosslink |
| FBM | French Brazilian Microsatellite |
| FedSat | Federation Satellite |
| FEES | Flexible Experimental Embedded Satellite |
| FGST | Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope |
| FIRST | Far Infra Red Space Telescope |
| FLEX | Fluorescence Explorer |
| FLTSATCOM | Fleet Satellite Communication |
| FO | Fuji Oscar |
| FORTE | Fast On Orbit Recording of Transient Events |
| FR | France |
| FSW | Fanhui Shi Weixing |
| FTV | Flight Test Vehicle |
| FUSE | Far Ultra Violet Spectroscopic Explorer |
| FY | Feng Yun |
G |
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| GALEX | Galaxy Evolution Explorer |
| GAIA | Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics |
| GAMES | Gravity And Magnetic Earth Surveyor |
| GASPACS | Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite |
| GATV | Gemini Agena Target Vehicle |
| GATOSS | Global Air Traffic Awareness and Optimizing through Spaceborne Surveillance |
| GB | ? |
| GE | General Electric |
| GEC | Geospace Electrodynamic Connections |
| GEMS | Gravity and Extreme Magnetism SMEX |
| GemStar | Global Electronic Messaging Star |
| Georg | Geheimes Elektro-Optisches Reconnaissance System Germany |
| GEOS (3) | Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite |
| GEOS (ESA) | Geostationary Earth Orbit Satellite |
| GEOS (Expl.) | Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| GeoXO | Geostationary Extended Observations |
| GFO | Geosat Follow On |
| GFZ | Geo Forschungs Zentrum |
| GGSE | Gravity Gradient Stabilisation Experiment |
| GGTS | Gravity Gradient Test Satellite |
| GIFTS-IOMI | Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer - Indian Ocean METOC Imager |
| GIOVE | Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element |
| GISAT | GEO Imaging Satellite |
| GiSAT | Global IP Satellite |
| GLAST | Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope |
| GLIDE | Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic Exosphere |
| GLOMR | Global Low Orbiting Message Relay |
| GLONASS | Globalnaya Navigationnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema |
| GLORY | ? |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| GO | Gurwin Oscar |
| GOCE | Global Ocean Circulation Explorer |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environemental Satellite |
| GOLF | GGreater Orbit, Larger Footprint |
| GOLF-TEE | GGreater Orbit, Larger Footprint – Technology Exploration Environment |
| GOSAT | Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite |
| GOSTE | |
| GP | Gravity Probe |
| GPIM | Green Propellant Infusion Mission |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
| GRAIL | Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory |
| Greb | Galactic Radiation Energy Background |
| GRIFEX | GEO-CAPE ROIC In-Flight Performance Experiment |
| GRO | Gamma Ray Observatory |
| GROUP-C | GPS Radio Occultation and Ultraviolet Photometer on a Cubesat |
| GRS | Geophysical Research Satellite |
| GRS | German Research Satellite |
| GSSAP | Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program |
| GSTB | Galileo System Test Bed |
| GVM | Gabaritno-Vesovoi Maket |
| GW-Sat | George Washington Satellite |
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| Hab | Habitatation Module |
| HALCA | Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communication and Astronomy |
| HARP | HyperAngular Rainbow Polarimeter |
| HAUSAT | Hankuk Aviation University Satellite |
| HCED | Halley's Comet Experiment Deployable |
| HCMM | Heat Capacity Mapping Mission |
| HEAO | High Energy Astronomical Observatory |
| HeDI | Helium Doppler Imager |
| HeidelSat | Heidelberg Satellit |
| HEOS | Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite |
| HESSI | High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager |
| HETE | High Energy Transient Experiment |
| HiakaSat | Hyperspectral Imaging, Aeronautical Kinematic Analysis Satellite |
| HILAT | High Latitude Reseach Satellite |
| HiNCube | Høgskolen i Narvik CubeSat |
| Hipparcos | High Precision Paralax Collecting Satellite |
| HISUI | Hyperspectral Imager Suite |
| HITSAT | Hokkaido Institute of Technology Satellite |
| HOPE | H-2 Orbital Plane Experiment |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| HTV | H-2 Transfer Vehicle |
| HumSat-D | Humanitarian Satellite - Demonstrator |
| Hutsat | Helsinki University of Technology Satellite |
| HY | Haiyang |
| HYLAS | Highly Adaptable Satellite |
| HySIS | Hyper Spectral Imaging Spectrometer |
| HyTI | Hyperspectral Thermal Imager |
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| IAE | Inflatable Antenna Experiment |
| IBEX | Interstellar Boundary Explorer |
| IBSS-SPAS | Infrared Background Signature Survey - Shuttle Palette Satellite |
| ICE | International Cometary Explorer |
| ICE-Cap | Integrated Communications Extension Capability |
| ICECube | Ionospheric Scintilation Experiment Cubesat |
| ICESAT | Ice, Cloud & Land Elevation Satellite |
| ICM | Interim Command Module |
| ICO | Intermediate Circular Orbit |
| ICube | |
| IDCSP | Initial Defense Communication Satellite Program |
| IDEA | Ionization Density and Electric field Analyzer |
| IDEASSat | Ionospheric Dynamics Explorer and Attitude Subsystem Satellite |
| IE | Ionospheric Explorer (Injun Explorer) |
| IGOsat | Ionospheric & Gamma-ray Observations Satellite |
| IGS | Intelligence Gathering Satellite |
| Iinusat 1 | Indonesian inter-university satellite |
| IKAROS | Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun |
| IM | Issledovatel'ny Modul' |
| IMAGE | Imager for Magnetopause to Aurora Global Exploration |
| IMAP | Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe |
| IMEWS | Integrated Missile Early Warning Satellite |
| IMEX | Inner Magnetosphere Explorer |
| IMP | Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
| IMPACT | ? |
| INCA | Ionospheric Neutron Content Analyzer |
| INDEX | Inovative Technology Demonstration Experiment |
| INSPIRE | Interplanetary NanoSpacecraft Pathfinder In a Relevant Environment |
| Intasat | Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial Satélite |
| INTEGRAL | International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory |
| Intelsat | International Telecommunication Satellite |
| INVADER | Interactive satellite for Art and Design Experimental Research |
| IO | Italian Oscar |
| IOCPS | Integrated Optical Communications and Proximity Sensors |
| ION | Illinois Observing Nanosatellite |
| IOSS | Inflatable Optical Sphere System |
| IPEX | Intelligent Payload Experiment |
| IQSY | International Quiet Sun Year |
| IRAS | Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite |
| IRCB | Infra-Red Calibration Balloon |
| IRDT | Inflatable Re-Entry and Descent Technology |
| Iris | International Radiation Investigation Satellite |
| IRIS | Infra-Red Imaging Surveyor |
| IRIS | Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph |
| IRM | Ion Release Module |
| IRS | Indian Remote Sensing Satellite |
| IRT | Integrated Rendezvous Target |
| IS | Istrebitel Sputnikov |
| ISA | Inter Stage Adapter |
| ISARA | Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna |
| ISAT | Innovative Spacebased radar Antenna Technology |
| iSat | Iodine Satellite |
| ISEE | International Sun Earth Explorer |
| ISES | Integrated Space Experiment System |
| Isis | International Satellite for Ionosphere Studies |
| ISO | Infrared Space Observatory |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| ISS | Ionosphere Sounding Satellite |
| Itamsat | Italian Amateur Satellite |
| ITOS | Improved Tiros Operational Satellite |
| ITS-P | Integrated Truss Structure - Port |
| ITS-S | Integrated Truss Structure - Starboard |
| ITS-Z | Integrated Truss Structure - Zenith |
| ITV | Instrumented Target Vehicle |
| IUE | International UV Explorer |
| IXPE | Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer |
| IXV | Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle |
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| JAESat | Joint Australian Engineering Satellite |
| JAM | Joint Airlock Module |
| JAS | Japanese Amateur Satellite |
| JAWSAT | Joint Air Force Academy / Weber State University Satellite |
| JCSat | Japanese Communication Satellite |
| JD | ? |
| JEM-EF | Japan Experiment Module - Exposed Facility |
| JEM-ELM-ES | Japan Experiment Module - Experimental Logistics Module Exposed Section |
| JEM-ELM-PS | Japan Experiment Module - Experimental Logistics Module Pressurised Section |
| JEM-PM | Japan Experiment Module - Pressurised Module |
| JERS | Japanese Earth Resources Satellite |
| JIMO | Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter |
| JMAPS | Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey |
| JSSW | Ji Shu Shiyan Weixing |
| Juno | Jupiter Near-polar Orbiter |
| JWS | Joint Warfighting Space |
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| KAISTSat | Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Satellite |
| KASI-SAT | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute Satellite |
| KAUSAT | Korea Aerospace University Satellite |
| KF | Kua Fu |
| KH | Key Hole |
| KHUSAT | Kyung Hee University Satellite |
| Kitsat | Korea Institute of Technology Satellite |
| KITSUNE | Kyutech standardized bus Imaging Technology System Utilizing Networking and Electron content measurements |
| KKS | Kouku Kousen Satellite |
| KMSL | Korea Microgravity Science Laboratory |
| KNACKSAT | KKMUTNB Academic Challenge of Knowledge Satellite |
| KO | Korean Oscar |
| KOMPSAT | Korean Multipurpose Satellite |
| KR | Kent Ridge |
| KSU-Cubesat | King Saud University Cubesat |
| KUTESat | Kansas Universities' Technology Evaluation Satellite |
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| L | Luna |
| Lab | Laboratory |
| LACE | Low-Power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment |
| LAGEOS | Laser Geodynamics Satellite |
| LAIMP | Lunar Anchored Interplanetary Monitoring Platform |
| Lampo | ? |
| LARES | Laser Relativity Satellite |
| LCROSS | Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite |
| LCS | Lincoln Calibration Sphere |
| LCT2 | Low Cost TDRSS Transceiver |
| LDEF | Long Duration Exposure Facility |
| LDREX | Large-scale Deployable Reflector Experiment Model |
| LEDSAT | LED-based small Satellite |
| LEM | Lunar Excursion Module |
| LEOPARDSat 1 | Low Earth Orbit Platform for Aerospace Research and Development CubeSat |
| LES | Lincoln Experimental Satellite |
| LICIACube | Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids |
| LIDOS | Large Inclination Doppler Only Satellite |
| LINK | Little Intelligent Nanosatellite of KAIST |
| LIPS | Living Plume Shield |
| LISA | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
| LITE | Lidar In Space Technology Experiment |
| LK | Lunnyi Korabl |
| LLITED | Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancements in Density |
| LM | Lunar Module |
| LMI | Lockheed Martin Intersputnik |
| LMPC | Linear Mode Photon-counting CubeSat |
| LMRSTSat | Low Mass Radio Science Transponder Satellite |
| LO | LUSAT Oscar |
| LOADS | Low Altitude Density Satellite |
| LOFTI | Low Frequency Trans Ionospheric Satellite |
| LOFTID | Low Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator |
| LOGACS | Low Gravity Accelerometer Calibration System |
| LOK | Lunnyi Orbitalnyi Korabl |
| Losat-X | Low Altitude Satellite Experiment |
| LRE | Laser Ranging Equipment |
| LSM | Life Support Module |
| LSTM | Land Surface Temperature Monitoring |
| LTA | Lunar Module Test Article |
| LUSAT | ? |
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| M2A | Multimedia Asia |
| MA | Mercury Atlas |
| MABES | Magnetic Bearing Flywheel Experimental Satellite |
| MACSAT | Medium-sized Aperture Camera Satellite |
| MACSAT | Multiple Access Communication Satellite |
| Magic | Magnetospheric Interkosmos |
| Magsat | Magnetic Field Satellite |
| MAP | Microwave Anisotrophy Probe |
| MAQSat | Maquette Satellite |
| MarCO | Mars Cube One |
| MARECS | Maritime European Communication Satellite |
| MARIO | Measurement of Actuator Response and Impedance on Orbit |
| Marisat | Maritime Satellite |
| MARS | Microgravity Applications Recoverable Satellite |
| MAS | Maliy Avtonomiy Sputnik |
| MaSat | Magyar Satellite |
| MASAT | ? |
| MAST | Multi-Application Survivable Tether |
| MATS | MMesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy |
| MAVEN | Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution |
| MBD | Oultimission Bus Demonstration |
| MBSAT | Mobile Broadcasting Satellite |
| MC | Magnetospheric Constellation |
| MCO | Mars Climate Orbiter |
| MDS | Mission Demonstration Satellite |
| MEASAT | Malaysia East Asia Satellite |
| MegSat | Meggiorin Satellite |
| MEPSI | MEMS-based PICOSAT Inspector |
| MEROPE | Montana Earth Orbiting Pico-Explorer |
| MERLIN | Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission |
| Messenger | Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging |
| METEOR | Multiple Experiment Transport to Earth Orbit & Return |
| Meteosat | Meteorological Satellite |
| METOP | Meteorological Operational Satellite |
| METSAT | Meteorological Satellite |
| MEV | Mission Extension Vehicle |
| MGM | Mars Global Mapper |
| MGS | Mars Global Surveyor |
| MICROSCOPE | Microsatellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence |
| MIDAS | Military Defense Alarm System |
| MIDEX | Mid-Sized Explorer |
| Milstar | Military Strategic & Tactical Relay |
| MIM | Maliy Issledovatel'ny Modul' |
| MIMOSA | Micro Measurements Of Satellite Acceleration |
| MinXSS | Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer |
| MiRaTA | Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration |
| MIRAX | Monitor e Imageador de Raios-X |
| MIRCA | Micro Reentry Capsule |
| MIRKA | Mikro-Rückkehrkapsel |
| MisST | Microsatellite in-situ Space Technologies |
| MITA | Mini-Satellite Italiano a Tecnologia Avanzata |
| MLM | Multipurpose Laboratory Module / Mnogozelewoi Laboratorny Modul |
| MLM-U | Multipurpose Laboratory Module - Usovershenstvovanny / Mnogozelewoi Laboratorny Modul - Upgrade |
| MMS | Magnetospheric Multiscale |
| MMU | Manned Maneuvering Unit |
| MNTV | Mercury Network Test Vehicle |
| MO | Malaysian Oscar |
| MO | Mars Observer |
| MO | Mars Orbiter |
| MO | Mexican Oscar |
| MOL | Manned Orbital Laboratory |
| MOL-HSQ | Manned Orbital Laboratory - Heat Shield Qualification Test |
| MOP | Meteosat Operational Programme |
| MOS | Marine Observation Satellite |
| MOST | Microvariability and Oscillation of Stars |
| MPF | Mars Pathfinder |
| MPL | Mars Polar Lander |
| MPLM | Multi-Purpose Pressurised Logistics Module |
| MPM | Multi Purpose Module |
| MR | Mercury Redstone |
| MR-BD | Mercury Redstone - Booster Development |
| mRESINS | mini Redundant Strapdown Inertial Navigation System |
| MRM | Mini Research Module |
| MS | ? |
| MS | Mercury Scout |
| MSat | Mobile Communication Satellite |
| MSD | Multi Satellite Dispenser |
| MSG | Meteosat Second Generation |
| MSL | Material Science Laboratory |
| MSTI | Miniature Sensor Technology Integration |
| MSX | Midcourse Space Experiment |
| MTCube | Memory Test CubeSat |
| MTI | Multispectral Thermal Imager |
| MTP | Meteosat Transition Programme |
| MTS | Meteoroid Technology Satellite |
| MT-Sat | Multifunctional Transport Satellite |
| MUBLCOM | Multiple Path Beyond Line of Sight Communication |
| MuSat | Mu (Micro) Satellite |
| Muses | Mu Space Engineering Satellite |
| MySat | Malaysian Satellite |
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| NABEO | Nanosat Bremssegel Entfaltversuch im Orbit |
| NanoFF | Nanosatellites in Formation Flight |
| NAOS | National Advanced Optical System |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| Navstar | Navigation System using Timing And Ranging |
| Ncube | Norwegian Cubesat |
| NDS | Nuclear Detection Satellite |
| NEAR | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
| NEMO | Naval Earth Map Observer |
| NEOWISE | Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer |
| NEP | Nucno-Energeticeskaya Platforma |
| NEXTSat/CSC | Next Generation Satellite and Commodities Spacecraft |
| NEXUS | Next Generation X Unique Satellite |
| NFIRE | Near Field Infrared Experiment |
| NGSS | Next Generation Sky Survey |
| NGST | Next Generation Space Telescope |
| NISAR | NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| NMP | New Millenium Program |
| NMTSat | New Mexico Tech Satellite |
| NNS | Navy Navigation Satellite |
| NO | Naval Oscar |
| NOAA | National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
| Nodes | Network & Operation Demonstration Satellite |
| NOSS | Navy Ocean Surveilance Satellite |
| NOSS-MSD | Navy Ocean Surveilance Satellite - Multi Satellite Dispenser |
| NOSS-TLD | Navy Ocean Surveilance Satellite - Titan Launch Dispenser |
| NPOES | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite |
| NPP | NPOESS Preparatory Project |
| NPS-SCAT | Naval Postgraduate School Solar Cell Array Tester |
| NPSat | Naval Postgraduate School Satellite |
| NRL-PL | Naval Research Laboratory Payload |
| NSS | New Skies Satellite |
| N-Star | Nippon Star |
| NTS | Navigation Technology Satellite |
| NUDTSat | National University of Defense Technology Satellite |
| Nusat | North Utah Satellite |
| NuSTAR | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array |
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| O | Operational (Transit) |
| OAO | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory |
| OAST-Flyer | Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Flyer |
| OCO | Orbiting Carbon Observatory |
| OCSD | Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration |
| OCSE | Optical Calibration Sphere Experiment |
| ODERACS | Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Sphere |
| OEX-Target | Orbiter Experiment Target |
| OFO | Orbiting Frog Otolith |
| OGCh | Orbital'noy Golovnoy Chasti |
| OGMS-SA | Outgassing Material Study by Spectroscopy Analysis |
| OGO | Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
| OI | Operational Improved (Transit) |
| OICETS | Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite |
| OMOTENASHI | Outstanding Moon exploration Technologies demonstrated by Nano Semi-Hard Impactor |
| OO | Opal Oscar |
| O/OREOS | Organics and/or Organisms Exposure to Orbital Stresses |
| OPAL | Orbiting Picosat Automatic Launcher |
| OPAL | Oxygen Photometry of the Atmospheric Limb |
| OPEN | Open Prototype for Educational NanoSats |
| OPS | ? |
| OPS | Orbitalnaya Pilotiruemaya Stanziya |
| OPUSAT | Osaka Prefecture University Satellite |
| Orbcomm | Orbital Communication |
| Orbis | Orbiting Radio Beacon Ionospheric Satellite |
| Orbiscal | Orbiting Radio Beacon Ionospheric Satellite Calibration |
| OrbView | Orbital View |
| OreSat | Oregon Satellite |
| OREX | Orbital Reentry Experiment |
| ORFEUS-SPAS | Orbiting & Retrievable Far & Extreme UV Spectrometer - Shuttle Palette Satellite |
| OrigamiSat 1 | Organization of research Group on Advanced deployable Membrane structures for Innovative space science Satellite |
| ORS | Octahedral Research Satellite |
| ORS | Operationally Responsive Space |
| ORS Tech | Operationally Responsive Space - Technology | ORSES | Operationally Responsive Space Enabler Satellite |
| OSCAR | Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio |
| OSIRIS-3U | Orbital Satellite for Investigating the Response of the Ionosphere to Stimulation and Space Weather - 3 Unit Cubesat |
| OS | Orbiting Sample |
| OSL | Orbiting Solar Laboratory |
| OSNSAT | Open Space Network Satellite |
| OSO | Orbiting Solar Observatory |
| OSTM | Ocean Surface Topography Mission |
| OT | Operational Tiros |
| OTB | Orbital Test Bed |
| OTS | Orbital Test Satellite |
| OUFTI | Orbital Utility For Telecommunications / Technology Innovations |
| OV | Orbiter Vehicle |
| OV | Orbiting Vehicle |
| OV | OrbView |
| OXP | Orbcomm Experiment Platform |
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| P | Probe |
| P | Project |
| PAC | Package Attitude Control |
| PACE | Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem |
| PACE | Platform for Attitude Control Experiments |
| PACSAT | Packet Radio Satellite |
| PAGEOS | Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| PAMS-STU | Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite - Satellite Test Unit |
| PAN | Palladium At Night |
| PAN | Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation |
| PANSAT | Petite Amateur Navy Satellite |
| PARASOL | Polarization and Anisotropy of Reflectances for Atmospheric Science coupled with Observations from a LIDAR |
| PAS | Pan Am Satellite |
| PasComSat | Passive Communication Satellite |
| PASI | Philippine Agila Satellite Inc. |
| PATCOOL | Passive Thermal Coating Observatory Operating in Low earth orbit |
| PATRIOT | Plasma Ambipolar Thruster for Rapid In-Orbit Transfers |
| PCSat | Prototype Communication Satellite |
| PDD | Payload Deployment Device |
| PDP | Plasma Diagnostics Package |
| PEASSS | Piezo Electric Assisted Smart Satellite Structure |
| Pegsat | Pegasus Satellite |
| Peole | Preliminaire Eole |
| PEST | Plasma Experiment Satellite Test |
| PetitSat | Plasma Enhancements in The Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite |
| PFS | Particles & Field Subsatellite |
| PHASR | Personal Hazards Associated with Space Radiation |
| PICARD | ? |
| PICASSO | PICosatellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations |
| PICASSO-CENA | Pathfinder Instrument for Cloud and Aerosol Spaceborne Obeservation - Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols |
| PICOSat | Polymer Battery Experiment / Ionospheric Occulation Experiment / Coherent Electro Magnetic Radio Tomography / Optical Precision Platform Experiment - Satellite |
| PICS | Passive Inspection CubeSat |
| PIRPL | Prototype Infra-Red Payload |
| PISat | PESIT Imaging Satellite |
| PIX | Plasma Interaction Experiment |
| PLATO | Planetary Transits and Oscillations of stars |
| PMG | Plasma Motor Generator |
| P | Permanent Multipurpose Module |
| PO | Pansat Oscar |
| PO | Portugese Oscar |
| PODSAT | Payload Orbital Delivery Satellite |
| POGO | Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
| POGS & SSR | Polar Orbiting Geomagnetic Survey & Solid State Recorder |
| Polar-Bear | Polar Beacon Experiment & Auroral Research |
| PONSFD A, B | Proximity Operations Nano-Satellite Flight Demonstration |
| POPACS | Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Sphere |
| Posat | Portugese Satellite |
| PR_CuNaR | PPerto Rico CubeSat NanoRocks |
| PREFIRE | Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment |
| PREMIER | Programme de Retour d'Echantillons Martiens et Installation d'Expériences en Réseau |
| PRISM | Picosatellite for Remote-sensing and Innovative Space Missions |
| PRISMA | Prototype Research Instruments and Space Mission technology Advancement |
| PROCYON | Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation |
| PRoFILE | Passive Radio Frequency Interference Location Experiment |
| ProSEDS | Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System |
| PROBA | Project for On-Board Autonomy |
| PS | Prostreishiy Sputnik |
| PSP | Parker Solar Probe |
| PTD | Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator |
| PTLS | Persistent TT&C using LEO Satcom |
| PUNCH | Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere |
| PVDX | Perovskite Visuals and Degradation eXperiment |
| PVM | Pioneer Venus Multiprobe |
| PVO | Pioneer Venus Orbiter |
| PVSAT | Performance Verification Satellite |
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| QARMAN | QubeSat for Aerothermodynamic Research and Measurements on Ablation |
| QBITO | ? |
| QQW | Qi Qui Weixing |
| QSAT-EOS | Kyushu Satellite for Earth Observation System Demonstration |
| QSS | Quantum Science Satellite |
| QuARCS | Quad Amateur Radio Communications Satellite |
| QUESS | Quantum Experiments at Space Scale |
| QuikSCAT | Quick Scatterometer |
| QuikTOMS | Quick Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
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| RACE | Radiometer Atmospheric CubeSat Experiment |
| Radcal | Radiation Calibration |
| Radcat | Radar Calibration Target |
| RadFxSat | Radiation Effects Satellite |
| RADOSE | Radiation Dosimeter Experiment |
| Radsat | Radiation Satellite |
| Radsat | Radiation Satellite |
| RAE | Radio Astronomy Explorer |
| RainCube | Radar In a CubeSat |
| RAMPART | Rapidprototyped Mems Propulsion And Radiation Test |
| RANGE | Ranging And Nanosatellite Guidance Experiment |
| RAPIS | Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration Satellite |
| RASCOM | Regional African Satellite Communication |
| RATE | Radiant Teak |
| RAVAN | Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes |
| RBLE | Radiation Belt Loss Experiment |
| RBSP | Radiation Belt Storm Probes |
| REALOP | Remote Experimentation and Analysis of Low Orbit Phenomena |
| RECONSO | Reconnaissance of Space Objects |
| Reflector | Retro-reflector Ensemble For Laser Experiments, Calibration, Testing & Optical Research |
| REP | Rendezvous Evaluation Pod |
| REX | Radiation Experiment |
| REXS | Radiation Experiments SatelliteRadar Imaging Satellite |
| RFTSat | Radio Frequency Tag Satellitee |
| RISAT | Radar Imaging Satellite |
| RM | Radiation Meteoroid |
| RM | Radiometer |
| RM | Research Module |
| RME | Relay Mirror Experiment |
| RMS | Radiation Meteoroid Satellite |
| ROBUSTA | Radiation on Bipolar Test for University Satellite Application |
| ROCSat | Republic of China Satellite |
| ROSA | Roll-Out Solar Array |
| ROSAT | Roentgen Satellit |
| RS | Radio Sputnik |
| RS | Rohini Satellite |
| RTD | ? |
| RTDS | Radar Tracking Density Satellite |
| RTP | Rohini Test Payload |
| RXTE | Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer |
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| S | Scientific |
| S-CUBE (S3) | Shootingstar Sensing Satellite |
| S3 | Small Secondary Satellite |
| SA | Saturn Apollo |
| SABIA-Mar 1 (SAC E) | Satélites Argentino-Brasileño para Información Ambiental del Mar |
| SAC | Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas |
| SACI | Satélite Científico |
| SACRED | ? |
| SAFER | Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue |
| Safir | Satellite for Information Relay |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol & Gas Experiment |
| SALSAT | Spectrum AnaLysis Satellite |
| SALT | Spinsat Altimeter |
| Samos | Satellite and Missile Observation System |
| SAMPEX | Solar Anomalous & Magnetospheric Particle Explorer |
| SAMSON | Space Autonomous Mission for Swarming and Geolocation with Nanosatellites |
| SAOCOM | Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas |
| SAPPHIRE | Stanford Audio Phonic Photographic Infra Red Experiment |
| SARA | Satellite Amateur de Radio-Astronomie |
| SAS | Small Astronomy Satellite |
| SASSI2 | Student Aerothermal Spectrometer Satellite of Illinois and Indiana |
| Satcom | Satellite Communication |
| SATEC | Satélite Tecnológico |
| SaudiSat | Saudi Arabian Satellite |
| SAX | Satellite Astronomia Raggio-X |
| SBIRS-High | Space Based Infra Red Sensor - High Altitude |
| SBIRS-Low | Space Based Infra Red Sensor - Low Altitude |
| SBD | Special Bus Design |
| SBS | Satellite Business System |
| SBSS | Space-Based Space Surveillance |
| SBTS | Sistema Brasilero de Telecomunicacoes por Satellite |
| SCaN-Tesbed | Space Communications and Navigation Testbed |
| SCATHA | Spacecraft Charging At High Altitudes |
| SCD | Satelites de Coleta de Dados |
| SCE | Store & Forward Selective Communication Experiment |
| SciSat | Science Satellite |
| SCORE | Signal Communication Orbit Relay Experiment |
| SCS | Small Communication Satellite |
| SDO | Solar Dynamics Observatory |
| SDS | Satellite Data System |
| SE | Solar Explorer |
| Seasat | ? |
| SeaStar | ? |
| SECOR | Sequential Collation of Range |
| SECS | Special Experimental Communication System |
| SEDS | Small Expendable Deployer System |
| SEDSat | Students for the Exploration & Development of Space Satellite |
| SEEDS | Space Engineering Educational Satellite |
| SeeMe | Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements |
| SELENE | Selenological & Engineering Explorer |
| SERPENS | Sistema Espacial para Realização de Pesquisa e Experimentos com Nanossatélites |
| SERT | Space Electric Rocket Test |
| SERVIS | Space Environment Reliability Verification Integrated System |
| SENSE | Space Environmental NanoSat Experiment |
| SESAT | Sibirian European Satellite |
| SESP | Space Experiment Support Program |
| SEV | Scout Evaluation Vehicle |
| SFU | Space Flyer Unit |
| SGDC | Satélite Geoestacionário de Defesa e Comunicações Estratégicas |
| SGLS | Satellite Ground Link System |
| SHARC | Satellite for High Accuracy Radar Calibration |
| SHFT | Space-based High Frequency Testbed |
| SICRAL | Sistema Italiano per Comunicazioni Riservate ed Allarmi |
| SIDEX | Signal Identification Experiment |
| SIGF | Solar Irradiance Gap Filler |
| SIGMA | Scientific cubesat with Instruments for Global magnetic field and radiation |
| Signe | Solar Interplanetary Gamma Ray Neutron Experiment |
| SIMBA | Sun-earth Imbalance |
| SIMPL | Satlet Initial-Mission Proofs and Lessons |
| SimSat | Simulated Satellite |
| SINOD | SRI International NanoSat Orbital Demonstration |
| SIR | Spaceborne Imaging Radar |
| Sirio | Satellite Italiano ricerca industriale orientato |
| SIRTF | Space Infra Red Telescope Facility |
| SJ | Shi Jian |
| SL | Spacelab |
| SL-ASTRO | Spacelab - Astronomy |
| SL-ATLAS | Spacelab - Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications & Science |
| SL-D | Spacelab - Deutschland |
| SL-IML | Spacelab - International Microgravity Laboratory |
| SL-J | Spacelab - Japan |
| SL-LMS | Spacelab - Life & Material Science |
| SL-M | Spacelab - Mir |
| SL-MSL | Spacelab - Material Science Laboratory |
| SL-SLS | Spacelab - Space Life Science |
| SL-USML | Spacelab - United States Microgravity Laboratory |
| SLDCOM | Satellite Launch Dispenser Communication |
| SLES | Spacecraft Life Extension System |
| SLIM | Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon |
| Sloshsat-FLEVO | Sloshsat Facility for Liquid Experimentation and Verification in Orbit |
| SM | Service Module |
| SMART | Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology |
| SMARTsat | Shape Memory Alloy Research Technology Satellite |
| SMDC-One | Space Missile Defense Command - Operational Nanosatellite Effect |
| SMDC-TechSat | Space Missile Defense Command - Technology Satellite |
| SME | Solar Mesosphere Explorer |
| SMEX | Small Explorer |
| SMILE | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer |
| SMILES | Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder |
| SMM | Solar Maximum Mission |
| SMOS | Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity |
| SMS | Synchroneous Meteorological Satellite |
| SMTS | Space Missile Tracking System |
| S/N | ? |
| SNAPS | Stanford Nano Picture Satellite |
| Snapshot | Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power Shot |
| SNIPE | Small scale magNetospheric and Ionospheric Plasma Experiment |
| SNOE | Student Nitric Oxide Explorer |
| SNoOPI | SSigNals of Opportunity P-band Investigation |
| SO | Stikovchnoy Otsek |
| SO | Saudisat Oscar |
| SO | SEDS Oscar |
| SO | Starshine Oscar |
| SO | Sunsat Oscar |
| SOAR | Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research |
| SOARS | Space Object Automated Reporting Systems |
| SOCRATES | Signal of Opportunity Cubesat Ranging and Timing Experiments |
| SOCRATES | Space Optical Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite |
| SOHO | Solar Heliospheric Observatory |
| SOICAL | Space Object Identification Calibration |
| Solarmax | Solar Maximum Mission |
| SolO | Solar Orbiter |
| Solrad | Solar Radiation |
| Solwind | Solar Wind |
| SONATE | Solutus Nano atellite |
| SOOS | Stacked Oscars On Scout |
| SORCE | Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
| SORTIE | Scintillation Observations and Response of The Ionosphere to Electrodynamics |
| SPACE-HAUC | Science Program Around Communication Engineering with High Achieving Undergraduate Cadres |
| Space RIDER | Space Reusable Integrated Demonstrator for Europe Return |
| SPADES | Solar Perturbation of Atmospheric Density Experiment Satellite |
| SPADEX | Space Docking Experiment |
| SPARC | Space Plug-and-play Architecture Research Cubesat |
| SPARCS | Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat |
| SPARCLE | Space Readiness Coherent Lidar Experiment |
| Spartan | Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy |
| SPAS | Shuttle Palette Satellite |
| SPASE | Small Payload Access to Space Experiment |
| SPHINX | Space Plasma High-Voltage Interaction Experiment |
| SPIDR | Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Intergalactic Medium's Diffuse Radiation |
| SPIRALE | Système Préparatoire Infra-Rouge pour l'Alerte |
| SPK | Sredstvo Peredvizheniya Kosmonavtov |
| SPORT | Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task |
| Spot | Satellite Probatoire de l'Observation de la Terre |
| SPP | Solar Power Platform |
| SPP | Solar Probe Plus |
| SPRITE | Supernova Remnants and Proxies for ReIonization Testbed Experiment |
| SPROUT | Space Research On Unique Technology |
| Squirt | Satellite Quick Research Testbed |
| SR | Solar Radiation |
| SR | Sun Ray |
| SRMSAT | Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Satellite |
| SRATS | Solar Radiation And Thermospheric Satellite |
| SRE | Space Capsule Recovery Experiment |
| SRET | Satellite des Recherches et d'Etudes Technologiques |
| SRL | Space Radar Laboratory |
| SROSS | Streched Rohini Satellite Series |
| SRTM | Space Radar Topography Mission |
| SS | Scientific Satellite |
| SSETI-Express | Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative - Express |
| SSOT | Sistema Satelital para Observación de la Tierra |
| SSP | Solar Sail Sub Payload; Soraseiru Sabupeiro-do |
| SSR | Satelites de Sensoriamento Remoto |
| SSR | Solid State Recorder |
| SSS | Small Scientific Satellite |
| SST | Spitzer Space Telescope |
| SSU | Subsatellite Unit |
| ST | Singapore Thailand |
| ST | Space Technologies |
| STACEM | Sttudent Academic Environmental Monitoring |
| Starlette | Satellite de Taille Adaptée avec Réflecteurs Laser por les Etudes de la Terre |
| STARS | Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite |
| Starshine | Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment |
| Star-Rad | Starfish Radiation |
| STARE | Space-Based Telescope for the Actionable Refinement of Ephemeris |
| STC | ? |
| STEDI | Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative |
| STENSAT | Stenhouse Satellite |
| Stentor | Satellite de Télécommunications pour Expérimenter les Nouvelles Technologies en Orbite |
| STEP | Space Test Experiment Platform |
| STEP Cube Lab | Space Technology Experimental Projects CubeSat Laboratory |
| STEREO | Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory |
| STEX | Sensor Technology Experiment |
| STF | Simulation to Flight |
| STMSat | Saint Thomas More Satellite |
| STPSat | Space Test Program Satellite |
| STRaND | Surrey Training Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator |
| STRV | Space Technology Research Vehicle |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| STSAT | Science & Technology Satellite |
| STSS | Space Tracking and Surveillance System |
| STTW | Shiyan Tongbu Tongxing Weixing |
| STV | Satellite Test Vehicle |
| SUCHAI | Satellite of the University of Chile for Aerospace Investigation |
| SunRISE | Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment |
| Sunsat | Stellenbosch University Satellite |
| Surcal | Surveilance Calibration |
| Surfsat | Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Satellite |
| SurfSat | Surface charging Satellite |
| SWARM-EX | Space Weather Atmospheric Reconfigurable Multiscale Experiment |
| SWAS | Sub-mm Wave Astronomy Satellite |
| SWFO-L1 | Space Weather Follow-On - Lagrange 1 |
| Syncom | Synchroneous Communication |
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| T2K | ? |
| TACOMSAT | Tactical Communication Satellite |
| TACSAT | Tactical Communication Satellite |
| TACSAT | Tactical Satellite |
| TAOS | Technology for Autonomous Operational Satellite |
| TATS | Test And Training Satellite |
| TAVE | Thor Agena Vibration Experiment |
| TBEx | Tandem Beacon Experiment |
| TC | Tan Ce |
| TD | Thor Delta |
| TDA | Target Docking Adaptor |
| TDF | Télédiffusion de France |
| TDO | Technology Demonstration Orbiter |
| TDRS | Tracking & Data Relay Satellite |
| TDS | Technology Demonstration Satellite |
| TEAMSAT | Technology education Experiment Added To MAQSat |
| TechEdSat 1 | Technical and Educational Satellite |
| Techsat | Technology Satellite |
| TechSat-21 | Technology Satellites for the 21st Century |
| Tele-X | ? |
| Telstar | ? |
| Temisat | Telespazio Micro Satellite |
| TEMPEST-D | Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems - Demonstrator |
| Tempsat | ? |
| TEPCE | Tether Electrodynamics Propulsion CubeSat Experiment |
| TERCEL | ? |
| TERRIERS | Topographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric EUV and Radio Sources |
| TES | Technology Experiment Satellite |
| TETR | Test and Training Satellite |
| TEX | Transceiver Experiment |
| THEMIS | Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms |
| TGO | Trace Gas Orbiter |
| THEOS | Thai Earth Observation System |
| Timation | Time Navigation |
| TIMED | Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics & Dynamics Mission |
| TINYSCOPE | Tactical Imaging Nanosat Yielding Small-Cost Operations for Persistent Earth-coverage |
| TIP | Transit Improvement Program |
| TiPS | Tethers in Space Physics Satellite |
| TIROS | Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite |
| TJ3Sat | Thomas Jefferson Cube Satellite |
| TJREVERB | Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Research and Education Vehicle for Evaluating Radio Broadcasts |
| TKS | Transportnaya Korabl Snabsheniya |
| TLD | Titan Launch Dispenser |
| TMSat | Thai Microsatellite |
| TO | Thai Oscar |
| TOMS-EP | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer - Earth Probe |
| TOPEX | The Ocean Topography Experiment |
| Topo | Topographic Position Satellite |
| TopSat | Tactical Optical Satellite |
| TOS | Tiros Operational Satellite |
| TRAAC | Transit Research And Attitude Control |
| TRACE | Transition Region And Coronal Explorer |
| TRACERS | Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites |
| Transat | Transit & SATRACK / Translation Satellite |
| Transtage | Transfer Stage |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| TRS | Tetrahedral Research Satellite |
| TRYAD | Terrestrial Rays Analysis and Detection |
| TSS | Tethered Satellite System |
| TSX | Tri-Service Experiment |
| TTS | Test & Training Satellite |
| TUBIN | Technische Universität Infrared Nanosatellite |
| Tubsat | Technische Universität Berlin Satellit |
| TVE | Thrusted Vector Experiment |
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| UARS | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
| UCLSat | University College London Satellite |
| UDM | Universal Docking Module |
| UFO | Ultra High Frequency Follow On |
| UHF-FO | Ultra High Frequency Follow On |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UKS | United Kingdom Subsatellite |
| Unamsat | |
| UNEX | University Explorer |
| UNIFORM | University International Formation Mission |
| Unisat | University Satellite |
| UNITE | Undergraduate Nano Ionospheric Temperature Explorer |
| UNOSAT | Undergraduate Orbital Student Satellite |
| UO | UoSat Oscar |
| UoS3 | University of Southampton Small Satellite |
| UoSat | University of Surrey Satellite |
| UPM-LBSat | ? |
| UPMSat | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Satellite |
| UPSat | UUniversity of Patras Satellite |
| URSA MAIOR | University of Rome la Sapienza Micro Attitude In Orbit testing |
| US-A | Upravlenniye Sputnik Aktivny |
| US-K | Upravlenniye Sputnik K... |
| US-KMO | Upravlenniye Sputnik K... M... O... |
| US-KS | Upravlenniye Sputnik K... S... |
| US-P | Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny |
| US-PM | Upravlenniye Sputnik Passivny Modifikirovanny |
| USA | United States of America |
| USERS | Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System |
| USM | Universalny Stikovochny Modul' |
| USMP | United States Microgravity Payload |
| UVR | Ultra Violet Radiometer |
| UVSQ-SAT | UltraViolet & infrared Sensors at high Quantum efficiency onboard a small Satellite |
| UWE | University of Würzburg's Experimental satellite |
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| VA | Vozvrachaemaya Apparat |
| VCC | Virginia CubeSat Constellation |
| VCL | Vegetation Canopy Lidar |
| VDS | Viking Dynamic Simulator |
| Vega | Venera Gallei |
| Venµs | Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro-Satellite |
| VEP | Vehicle Evaluation Payload |
| VIPER | Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover |
| VISORS DSC | Virtual Super-resolution Optics with Reconfigurable Swarms - Detector Spacecraft |
| VISORS OSC | Virtual Super-resolution Optics with Reconfigurable Swarms - Optics Spacecraft |
| VitaSat | Volunteers in Technical Assistance Satellite |
| VKK | Vozdushno Kosmicheskiy Korabl |
| VNREDSat | Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster monitoring Satellite |
| Volcam | Volcanic Ash Mission |
| VSOP | Very Large Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme |
| VSUME | VHF Spectrum Utilization Measurement Experiment |
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| WEOS | Whale Ecology Observation Satellite |
| WEST | Wide-beam European Satellite Telecominication |
| WESTPAC | Western Pacific Laser Tracking Network Satellite |
| WE WISH | World Environmental Watching & Investigation from Space Height |
| WFOV | Wide Field of View |
| WGS | Wideband Gapfiller Satellite |
| WINDS | Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite |
| WIRE | Wide Field Infra Red Explorer |
| WISE | Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer |
| WO | Weber Oscar |
| Wresat | Weapons Research Establishment Satellite |
| WSF | Wake Shield Facility |
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| X | Experimental |
| XI | X-Factor Investigator |
| XMM | X-Ray Multi Mirror Observatory |
| XSAT | Exceptional Satellite |
| XSS | Experimental Small Satellite |
| XTE | X-Ray Timing Explorer |
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| YES | Young Engineer's Satellite |
| YUSAT | Yushan Satellite |
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| ZACube | ZA (South Africa) Cubesat |
| ZX | Zhonxing |
Suborbital Payloads:
| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ABIE-TLV | Airborne Interceptor Experiment - Target Launch Vehicle |
| ABRES | Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry Systems |
| ACTIVE | ? |
| AMICIST | Auroral Microphysics and Ion Conics Investigation of Space and Time |
| ARCS | Argon Release for Controlled Studies |
| ARD | Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator |
| ARTV | ? |
| ASE-MIT | ? |
| ASSET-AEV | Aerothermodynamic / Elastic Structural System Test - Aerothermoelastic Vehicle |
| ASSET-ASV | Aerothermodynamic / Elastic Structural System Test - Aerothermodynamic Structural Vehicle |
| AVT | ? |
| BEAR | Beam Experiment Aboard Rocket |
| BEARS | Berkeley Extreme UV Airglow Rocket Spectrometer |
| BGRV | Boost Glide Reentry Vehicle |
| BIC | Barium Ion Cloud |
| BIOS | Biological Investigations of Space |
| BMDTTP | Ballistic Missile Defense Test Target Program |
| CADO | ? |
| CAPER | Cleft Accelerated Plasma Experiment Rocket |
| CHARGE | Cooperative High Altitude Rocket Gun Experiments |
| COPE | Cooperative Observations of Polar Electrodynamics |
| CSHARP | ? |
| CSOAR | Colorado Student Atmospheric Rocket |
| CUTLASS | ? |
| CWAS | Cryogenic Whole Air Sampler |
| DARTfire | Diffusive and Radiative Transport controlled fire |
| DROPPS | Distributions and Role Particle in the Polar Summer Mesosphere using Co-ordinated Rocket, Radar and Lidar techniques |
| DUNDEE | Down Under Early Warning Experiment |
| ECHO | ? |
| EIT-CalRoc | Extreme UV Imaging Telescope Calibration Rocket |
| EQUIS | ? |
| ERCS | Emergency Rocket Communication System |
| ERRRIS | E-Region Rocket radar Instability Study |
| EXCEDE | Excitation by Electron Deposition |
| FIRE | Flight Investigation of Re-Entry |
| GEODESIC | Geo Electrodynamics and Electro Optical Detection of Electron and Suprathermal Ion Currents |
| GRP | German Research Probe |
| HAP | High Altitude Program |
| HIRAAS | High Resolution Airglow / Aurora Spectroscopy Experiment |
| HOMER | High Altitude Ozone Measuring and Educational Rocket |
| HRTS | High Resolution Telescope and Spectrograph |
| Hugo | Highly Unusual Geophysical Obeservations |
| Hyflex | Hypersonic Flight Experiment |
| Hyper-X | Hypersonic Experiment |
| IFT | Initial Flight Test |
| LaTuR | Langmuir Turbulence Rocket |
| LCXT | Low Cost X-Ray Telescope |
| M | ? |
| MAC-SINE | ? |
| MALTED | Mesospheric and lower Thermospheric Equatorial Dynamics |
| MBRV | Maneuverable Ballistic Reentry Vehicle |
| MDT | MSX Dedicated Target |
| METEORS | Mesosphere - Thermosphere Emissions for Ozone Remote Sensing |
| MIDAS | ? |
| MISTI | ? |
| MIT-ATE | ? |
| MP | ? |
| MSSTA | Multispectral Solar Telescope Array |
| MTD | ? |
| NEED | ? |
| NERV | Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle |
| NLTE | Non Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
| OEDIPUS | Observation of Electric Field Distributions in the Ionospheric Plasma - a Unique Strategy |
| PACE | University of Pittsburg Airglow Ion Chemistry Experiment |
| PAET | Planetary Athmosphere Entry Test |
| PARX | Pulsating Aurora Rocke Experiment |
| PGRTV | ? |
| PHAZE | Physics of Auroral Zone Electrons |
| PIMS | Photoionisation Mass Spectrometer |
| PMSE | ? |
| PRIME | Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry |
| PTV | ? |
| PULSAUR | Pulsating Aurora |
| RACE | Rocket Auroral Correlator Experiment |
| RAM | Radio Attenuation Measurement |
| RFD | Reentry Flight Demonstration |
| ROCKI | ? |
| SAIC | ? |
| SAL | Spread Around Liquid |
| SCARI | Self Compensating All Reflection Interferometer |
| SCEX | Several Compatible Experiments using Rocket-borne Accelerator |
| SCIFER | Souding of the Cleft Ion Fountain Energization Region |
| SDP | Special Defense Program |
| SERTS | Solar EUV Rocket Telescope and Spectrograph |
| SHARP | Slender Hypervelocity Aerothermodynamic Research Probe |
| SIP | Space Interceptor Program |
| SOPHIE | ? |
| SPAR | Space Processing Application Rocket |
| Sparta | Special Anti-Missile Research Tests, Australia |
| SPEAR | Space Power Experiment aboard Rocket |
| SPECTRE | Student Run Program for Exoatmospheric Collection Technologies Rocket Experiment |
| SPINR | Spectrograph for Photometric Imaging with Numeric Reconstruction |
| SPIRIT | Space Infra-Red Imaging Telescope |
| SPIRIT | Student Project Involving Rocket Investigation Techniques |
| SPP | Scientific Passenger Pod |
| SPRITE | ? |
| SRDF | ? |
| SRP | Space Radio Project |
| SXT | ? |
| TCM | Thermal Convection Module |
| TOPAZ | ? |
| TR | ? |
| WASP | Weightless Analysis Sounding Probe |
| WIPP | ? |
| WISP | Wisconsin Imaging Survey Polarimeter |
| XQC | X-Ray Quantum Calorimeter |
| ZEST | ? |
