GSLV – Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, Индия;
PSLV – Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Индия.
Сокращения, используемые в наименованиях КА и владельцев
AAM – Advanced Avionics Module;
AGILE – Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini Leggeri;
AMSAT – Amateur Radio Satellite; Arboleda – University Serigo Arboleda, Колумбия;
ASI – Agenzia Spaziale Italiana;
ASTRO – Autonomous Space Transfer and Robotic Orbiter;
BSS – Broadcasting Satellite System Corp., Япония;
CAC – China Aerospace Corporation;
CAPE – Canister All Payload Ejection;
CAST – Chinese Academy of Space Technology
CBERS – China-Brasil Earth Resources Satellite;
CNSA – China National Space Administration;
COSMO – Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation;
CSICE – Cabinet Space Intelligence Center;
CSTB – CubeSat TestBed;
DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency;
DLR – Deutsche Forschungs- und Versuchsanstalt fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V;
ESA – European Space Agency Hampton – Hampton University, США;
IGS – Information Gathering Satellite;
INPE – Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Бразилия;
INSAT – Indian National SATellite;
ISRO – Indian Space Research Organization
JAXA – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JCSAT – Japan Communications Satellite;
LAPAN – Lembaga Penerbangan dan Antariksa Nasional, Индонезия
Los Alamos – Los Alamos National Laboratory; Lousiana – University of Louisiana;
MAST – Multi-Application Survivable Tether;
MDA – Missile Defense Agency, США;
MD amp;A – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Канада
NARSSS – National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science;
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration, США;
NASRDA – National Space Research and Development Agency, Нигерия;
NFIRE – Near Field Infrared Experiment;
NRO – National Reconnaisance Office, США;
NSS – New Skies Satellite; RascomStar-OAF – Regional African Satellite Communication Organization;
SATRI – Shanghai Aerospace Technology Research Institute, КНР;
SpaceX – Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, США;
SRE – Space capsule Recovery Experiment;
SRI – Space Research Institute, Саудовская Аравия;
THEMIS – Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms; Zhejiang – Zhejiang University, КНР.
Сокращения, используемые в графе «Назначение КА»
ДЗЗ – Дистанционное зондирование Земли;
МКС – Международная космическая станция;
ПРО – противоракетная оборона;
СПРН – Система предупреждения о ракетном нападении.
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