Glossary R-S

R-S

  • R&RR

    Range & Range Rate

  • RA

    Radar Altimeter

  • RA

    Research Announcement

  • RADARSAT

    Radar Satellite

  • RADSCAT

    Radiometer/Scatterometer(S-193)

  • RBV

    Return Beam Vidicon camera

  • RCS

    Radar Cross Section

  • RDB

    Relational Data Base

  • REQ

    Request(Operation Request File)

  • RESTEC

    Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan

  • Rev

    Revolution

  • RF

    Radio Frequency

  • RIS

    Retroreflector in Space

  • RSGS

    Remote Sensing Ground Station

  • RSP

    Reference System for Planning

  • S/N , SNR

    Signal to Noise Ratio

  • S-Band

    S-Band Frequency

  • SAFISY

    Space Agency Forum on ISY

  • SANCST

    Saudi Arabian National Center for Science and Technology

  • SAR

    Synthetic Aperture Radar

  • SCAT

    Microwave Scatterometer

  • SCATT

    Scatterometer

  • SCO

    Spacecraft Control Organization

  • SEASAT

    Sea Satellite

  • SEASTAR
  • SeaWiFS

    Seaviewing Wide Field Sensor

  • SeaWinds

    Sea Winds

  • SHAQ

    Acquisition Schedule

  • SHMS

    Shouwa station MOS Receiving Station

  • SINFONIA

    Satellite Information Network based on Individual Archiving

  • SIR

    Shuttle Imaging Radar

  • SIR-C/X-SAR

    Shuttle Imaging Radar C Band/X Band Synthetic Aperture Rader

  • SLAR

    Side Looking Airborne Radar

  • SMILES

    Sub-Millemeter wave Limb Emission Sounder

  • SMM

    Solar Maximum Mission

  • SMS

    Schedule Management System

  • SMSS

    Schedule Management Subsystem

  • SMTP

    Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

  • SN

    Signal to Noise Ratio

  • SNMP

    Simple Network Management Protocol

  • SOCP

    Spacecraft Orbital Checkout Procedure

  • SOM

    Space Oblique Mercator

  • SOOH

    Spacecraft Orbital Operations Handbook

  • SOP

    Spacecraft Operation Procedure

  • SPOT

    Satellite Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre

  • SQL

    Stractured Qyery Language

  • SR

    Special Resampling

  • SRPS

    SPOT Receiving Plan Scheduler

  • SRR

    System Requirement Review

  • SSB

    Single Side band

  • SSM/I

    Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

  • SSM/T

    Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature Sounder

  • SSQ

    Subscene Sequential

  • SST

    Sea Surface Temperature

  • SSTCC

    State Science and Technology Commission of China

  • STA

    Science and Technology Agency

  • SUPARCO

    Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Committee

  • SWIR

    Short Wavelength Infrared Region

  • SWIR

    Short Wave Infrared Radiometer