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    Acronyms & abbreviations - E

    E-IPF Experimental Integrity Processing Facility
    E-NCF Experimental Navigation Control Facility
    E-OSPF Experimental Orbitography and Synchronisation Processing Facility
    E-OSS Experimental Orbitography and Synchronisation Stations
    E-PTS Experimental Precision Timing Station
    EA Engineering Activity
    EAC European Astronaut Centre
    EAC-TM European Astronaut Centre - Training Model
    EBO ESA Brussels Office
    EBSW Emulator Basic SoftWare
    EC European Commission
    Extended Coverage
    Experiment Container
    Executive Council
    ECB Experiment Control Board
    ECDK Experiment Container Development Kit
    ECG ElectroCardioGram
    ECLSS Environmental Control and Life Support System
    ECME Earthnet Candidate third party Mission Evaluation report
    ECMI Earthnet Candidate third party Mission Implementation proposal
    ECMR Earthnet Candidate third party Mission Report
    ECOM ESA Cost Model
    ECOS ESA Costing Software
    ECSL European Centre for Space Law
    ECSS European Cooperation for Space Standardisation
    EDE Experiment Dedicated Electronics
    EDLF Estec Data Link Format
    EDMS Electronic Document Management System
    EDR European Drawer Rack
    EDS Experiment Data Sheet
    EE Earth Explorer
    EECR Extreme Energy Cosmic Ray
    EEE Electrical, Electronic and Electro-mechanical (parts)
    Electrical, Electronic and Electro-magnetic
    EEG ElectroEncephaloGram
    EEM Earth Environmental Monitoring
    EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
    EFIS ESA Financial Invoicing System
    EFSY ESA Financial System
    EGCS Electronic Greeting Card Service
    EGPM European contribution to the Global Precipitation Mission
    EGSE Electrical Ground Support Equipment
    EHF Extremely High Frequency
    EIA Experiment Interface Agreement
    EIDP End Item Data Package
    EIGRP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
    EIK Extended Interaction Klystron
    EISD ESA Information System Department
    EKO ESA Kourou Office
    ELIPS European Life and Physical Sciences (Program)
    ELITE-S2 Elaborate Immagini Televisive-Space 2nd generation
    ELS Esoc Lan Support
    EM Engineering Model
    EMC ElectroMagnetic Compatibility
    EMCS European Modular Cultivation System
    Epic Mos Camera System
    EMCV Epic Mos Low Voltage Converter Unit
    EMDB Eureka Mission Data Base
    EMDH Epic Mos Data Handling
    EMG ElectroMyoGram
    EMI Electro Magnetic Interface
    EMIRD Experiment Module Interface Requirements Document
    EMIR-2 European Microgravity Research
    EMITS Electronic Mail Invitation to Tender System
    EML ElectroMagnetic Levitator
    EMO ESA Moscow Office
    EMR Extraordinary MagnetoResistance
    EMSL European Material Science Laboratory
    EMT Egse MT
    ENB Entrance Baffle
    ENVISAT ENVIronment observation SATellite
    EO Earth Observation
    EOAD Earth Observation Applications Department
    EOC End Of Charge
    EOMD Earth Observation Marketing Directions
    EOP Earth Observation Programmes
    EPC Electronic Power Conditioner
    EPD ElectroPhoretic Deposition
    EPF External Payload Facility
    EPI ElectroPhoretic Infiltration
    EPM European Physiology Module(s) (multi-user facility)
    EPM-1 European Physiology Module(s) launch configuration
    EPU Experiment Preparation Unit
    EQM Engineering Qualification Model
    ERA European Robotic Arm
    ERB Eoad Rtd Board
    ERS ESA Remote Sensing
    ES Engineering Support
    ESA European Space Agency
    ESA CP ESA Communication Portal
    ESACERT ESA Computer and communications Emergency Response Team
    ESAC Earth Science Advisory Committee
    ESACOM ESA COMmunication corporate wide area network
    ESAHQ European Space Agency Head Quarters
    ESALEX ESA Legal text
    ESD Earth Sciences Division
    ESE Experiment Support Equipment
    ESEM Exchangeable Standard Electronic Module
    ESDI Enhanced Small Device Interface
    ESID ESA Space Industry Directory
    ESIQ European Space Indicator Questionnaire
    ESL Expert Support Laboratory
    ESOC European Space Operations Centre
    ESM esa Establishment Service Manager
    Esa Soyuz Mission
    ESPI Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometer
    ESR European Stowage Rack
    ESRIN European Space Research Institute
    ESSR ESA Standard Software Rollout
    ESTB Egnos System Test Bed
    ESTEC European Space research and Technology Centre
    ET Electrodynamic Tethers
    Extra-Terrestrial
    ETC European Transport Carrier
    ETD Eye Tracking Device
    ETIS ESA Tele-Invoicing System
    ETM Electrical Test Model
    ETR European Transport Rack
    EU European Union
    EUB European Utilisation Board
    EUSO Extreme Universe Space Observatory
    EuTEF European Technology Exposure Facility
    EUV Extreme Ultraviolet
    EVA Extra Vehicular Activity
    EW Earth Watch
    EWACS Emergency, Warning and Caution System
    EWO ESA Washington Office
    EXCITE Estrack X.25 Communications to Internet Technology Evolution
    ExPA ExPRESS Pallet Adapter
    EXPOSE Exposure facility (exobiology, radiation biology and radiation dosimetry experiments)
    ExPRESS Expedite the PRocessing of Experiments to (the International) Space Station
    Expedite the Processing of REsearch on (the International) Space Station

    Last update: 7 November 2008

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