/Stsci/HST_News/acronyms

All times are Eastern Daylight Time unless otherwise indicated. Some
common acronyms are:

AST     Astrometry Team
DF224   (Onboard computer on HST)
ERO     Early Release Observations
ESA     European Space Agency
FGS     Fine Guidance Sensors
FHST    Fixed-Head Star Tracker
FOC     Faint Object Camera
FOS     Faint Object Spectrograph
GHRS    Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph
GS      Guide Star(s)
GSC     Guide Star Catalog
GSFC    Goddard Space Flight Center
H&S     Health & Safety
HGA     High-Gain Antenna
HSP     High Speed Photometer
HST     Hubble Space Telescope
HV      High Voltage
LV      Low Voltage
MOC     Mission Operations Control
MSFC    Marshall Space Flight Center
NSSC-1  NASA Standard Spacecraft Computer
OSS     Observation Support System
OTA     Optical Telescope Assembly
OV      Orbital Verification
PASS    POCC Application Software Support
PC      Planetary Camera
PCS     Pointing Control System
PMT     Photomultiplier Tube
POCC    Payload Operations Control Center
PODPS   Post-Observation Data Processing System
RGA     Rate Gyro Assembly
SAA     South Atlantic Anomaly
SAO     Science Assessment Observations
SI      Scientific Instrument
SMS     Science Mission Specifications
SPA     Solar Panel Assembly
SPSS    Science Planning and Scheduling System
STOAT   Space Telescope Operations Advisory Team
STR     Science Tape Recorder
SSC     Science Support Center, STOCC
STOCC   Space Telescope Operations Control Center
STScI   Space Telescope Science Institute
TDRSS   Tracking and Data-Relay Satellite System
UT      Universal Time
WF/PC   Wide Field/Planetary Camera

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