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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