s

second

S-DAB

Satellite Digital Radio Services

S-UMTS

Satellite-Universal Mobile Telecommunication System

S&R

Search and Rescue

S/C

Spacecraft

S/F

Subframe

S/S

Subsystem

S/W

Software

SA

Solar Array

SAC

Staff Association Committee

SAD

System Architecture Document

SAG

Science Advisory Group

SAGE

Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III

SAM

Service Area Manager

SAR

Synthetic Aperture Radar
Subsystem Acceptance Review

SAS

Space Applications Services

SASF

Spacecraft Activity Sequence File

SASL

Simple Authentication and Security Layer

SASW

Standard Application SoftWare

SAT

Site Acceptance Test

SATSIM

SATellite SIMulator

SAW

Surface Acoustic Wave

SAX

Satellite Astronomy X-ray

SB

Sensor Board

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SBM

Stand By Mode

SBP

Stand By Pointing

SC

Spacecraft

SCA

Sample-Cartridge Assembly

SCC

Serial Communications Controller

SCCL

Status Consistency Check List

SCCO

Soret Coefficients in Crude Oil (facility)

SCCS

Source Code Control System

SCCT

Status Consistency Check Table

SCD

Scrolling Display

SCDU

Spacecraft Data Unit

SCET

Spacecraft Elapsed Time

SCF

Star Catalogue Facility

SCISIM

SCIence SIMulator

SCL

Serial Communications Controller

SCMP

Software Configuration Management Plan

SCP

Service Change Proposal

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface

SCT

Special Conditions to Tender

SD

Service Desk

SDLE/TPP

Self-Diffusion in Liquid Elements/ThermoPhysical Properties

SDM

Software Design Method

SDR

System Design Review

SE

Space Experiment

sec

Second

SEE

Single Event Effect

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscope

SEL

Single Event Latching

SERCO

SERvice Company

SEU

Single Event Upset

SFW

Spatial FrameWork

SHM

Space Hydrogen Maser

SIR

Service Integration Request

SIRAL

Synthetic Interferometric Radar Altimeter

SIT

Satellite Interactive Terminal

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLAM

Service for Landslide Monitoring

SLI

Service Level Indicator

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol

SLS

Static Light Scattering

SM

System Manager
Service Module

SMA

Shape Memory Alloy

SMART

Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology

SME

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

SMF

Single Mode Fibre

SMID

Service Management Information Database

SMILES

Superconducting subMIllimeter-wave Limb-Emission Sounds

SMOS

Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity

SMS

System Management Services
Software Management System
Short Message Service

SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SMW

Single Mode Waveguide

SNK

Secure Network Key

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNR

SOC

SoDi

Soret Diffusion experiment

SOFC

Solid Oxid Fuel Cell

SOL-ACES

SOLar Auto-Calibrating EUV/UV Spectrophotometer

SOLAR

SOLAR (constant) measurement instruments

SOLSPEC

SOLar SPECtral irradiance measurement

SOM

Service Operations Manager
Spacecraft Operations Manager

SOS

Scheduled On-site Support

SoUN

Statement of User Needs

SOVIM

SOlar Variance and Irradiance Monitor

SOW

Statement Of Work

SP

Service Pack

SPCF

Solution Protein Crystal growth Facility

SPCS

Science Programme Communications Service

SPD

Scientific Projects Department

SPDM

Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator

SPECTRA

Surface Processes and Ecosystem Changes Through Response Analysis

SPF

Single Point Failure

SPF/DB

Super Plastic Formed and Diffusion Bonded

SPLC

Standard PayLoad Computer

SPM

Scanning Probe Microscope

SPOE

Standard Payload Outfitting Equipment

SPOrt

Sky Polarisation Observatory

SPPA

Sensor Performance and Product Assessment

SPR

SPS

Solar Power Satellite

SQF

Solidification and Quenching Furnace

SQL

Structured Query Language

SR

Sounding Rocket

SRD

System Requirements Document

SRE

Sounding Rocket Experiment

SRM

Science Reference Model

SRR

System Requirements Review

SRU

Science Reference Unit

SSA

Specific Support Action

SSB

Single Side Band

SSC

Swedish Space Corporation

SSCC

Space Station Control Centre

SSE

Space Shuttle Experiment

SSM

Spanish Soyuz Mission

SSMB

Space Station Manned Base

SSOM

Serco Service Operations Manager

SSP

Space Station Program

SSPA

Solid State Power Amplifier

SSRMS

Space Station Remote Manipulator System (Canadarm 2)

SSTF

Space Station Training Facility

STA

Science and Technology Agency

STD

System Transfer Document

STE

Special Test Equipment

STEP

Standard for the Exchange of Product data

STF

SPES Transfer Table

STIM

Slew Thruster Impulse Monitor

STM

Service Technical Manager

STP

Shielded Twisted Pair

STS

Space Transportation System

STSP

Standard Time Source Packet

STT

SPES Transfer Table

SU

Start Up

SUBEX

SUBsurface Explorers

SUM

Software User Manual/Spacecraft Users Manual/Spin-Up Mode

SUP

Standard Utility Panel

SuSy

Support System

SUT

Software Under Test

SV

Software Validation

SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit

SVE

Software Validation Equipment

SVF

Software Validation Facility

SVM

SerVice Module

SVT

Spacecraft Validation Test

SWCTN

Single Wall Carbon NanoTube

SWLA

Secondary Water Loop Assembly

SVVP

Software/System Verification and Validation Plan

SVVT

Software/System Verification and Validation Test

SYRACUSE

Système Radio de Communication par faisceaux hertziens avec les Utilisateurs des Sites Eloignés

SYSTRI

SYSTem de Retours Industriel

SYRD

System Requirements Document

SYRR

System Requirements Review

SWIR

Short Wave InfraRed/Short Wave Infrared Range