Gemini Spacecraft

Organization Description

Acronymsyms

  A / B / C / D / E / F / G / I / L / M / N / O / P / R / S / T / U / V

 

A

ACE - Attitude Control Electronics (ACE)

ACME - Attitude Control and Maneuver Electronics (ACME)

ACPU - Auxiliary Computer Power Unit (ACPU)

ADG - Attitude Display Group (ADG)

AGC - Automatic Gain Control

AGE - Aerospace Ground Equipment

AM - amplitude modulated (am)

ATM - Auxiliary Tape Memory (ATM)

ATDA - Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA)

B

BEF - Blunt End Forward (BEF)

BCD - Binary Coded decimal (BCD)

BT - Battery Test

 

C

CLA - clear and add

CLD - (clear and add discrete)

CONT - Continuous (CONT)

CONT INT/PTT - (continuous intercom/push-to-talk transmitter keying)

CUVMS - Chemical Urine Volume Measuring System

 

D
Digital Command System (DCS)

DF - Direction Finding (DF)

 

E

ECS - Environmental Control system

ERA - Electronic Recovery Aids (ERA)

EVA - Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA)

 

F

FC - Fuel Cell

FCAP - fuel cell delta pressure

FDI - Flight Director Indicator (FDI)

 

G

GFE - Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)

 

I

IGS - Inertial Guidance System

IMU - Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)

IVI - Incremental Velocity Indicator (IVI)

 

L

LC - Logical Choice (LC)

 

M
MDK - Manual Data Keyboard (MDK)

MDR - Manual Data Readout (MDR)

MIDU - Manual Data Insertion Unit (MDIU)

MOM - Momentary (MOM)

MPY - (multiply)

MSG ACPT - Message Acceptance (MSG ACPT)

 

N

NRZ - Non-Return to Zero (NRZ)

 

O
OAME - Orbit Attitude and Maneuver Electronics (OAME)

OAMS - Orbit Attitude Maneuver System (OAMS)

P
PAST - Phase Angle Shift Technique (PAST)

PCDP - Pilots' Display and Control Panel (PCDP)

PCM - Pulse Code Modulated (PCM)

PFN - Pulse Forming Network (PFN)

PRO - (process input or output)

PSK - Phase Shift Keyed (PSK)

PTT (push-to-talk)

R

RCS - Re-entry Control System (RCS)

REP - Rendezvous Evaluation Pod (REP)

RF - radio frequency (rf)

R&R - Rendezvous and Recovery (R & R)

RSS - Reactant Supply System

RSU - (reverse subtract)

RTC - Real-Time Command (RTC)

 

S

SAD - Sufficient Amplitude Detector (SAD)

SCC/MIN - standard cubic centimeters per minute, (scc/min

SEF - (Small End Forward)

SHF - (shift)

SPC - Stored Program Commands (SPC)

SPQ - (store product or quotient)

SSECO - Second Stage Engine Cut-0ff (SSECO)

STO - (store)

SUB - (subtract)

T
TCA - Thrust Chamber Assemblies (TCA)

TMI - (transfer on minus accumulator sign)

TNZ - (transfer on non-zero)

TR - retrofire time (TR)

TRA - (transfer)

TRS - Time Reference System (TRS)

TTG - time to go (TTG)

TX - TIME to equipment reset (Tx)

U

UMB - Umbilical

V

VCC - Voice Control Center (VCC)

VOX - (voice operated relay)

 

 

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