List of acronyms

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  • ACMS : Attitude Control & Measurement Subsystem (AOCS)
  • ADC : Analogue-to-Digital Converter
  • ADU : Analogue-to-Digital Units
  • AHF : Attitude History File
  • APID : Application Program Identifier
  • APPL : Augmented Preprogrammed Pointing List
  • ASW : (LFI REBA) Application SoftWare
  • BEM : (LFI) warm electronics Back End Module
  • BEU : (LFI) warm electronics Back End Unit
  • BPM : BandPass Mismatch
  • BSS : Baseline Scanning Strategy
  • BTB : Back To Back (HFI horns)
  • BTI : Blanking Time Index
  • CDMS : Command and Data Management System
  • CDMU : Command and Data Management Unit
  • CMB : Cosmic Microwave Background
  • COBRAS : Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite
  • CoP : Commissioning Phase
  • CPV : Calibration and Performance Verification
  • CSL : Centre Spatial de Liège
  • CTR : Central Time Reference
  • CUC : CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code
  • DAE : (LFI) Data Acquisition Electronics
  • DCE : Dilution Cooler Electronics
  • DDS : MOC's Data Distribution System
  • DGI : DAE Gain Index
  • DMC : Data Management Component, the databases used at the HFI and LFI DPCs
  • DOI : DAE Offset Index
  • DPC : Data Processing Centre
  • DPU : Data Processing Unit
  • DQR : Daily Quality Report
  • DSA : Data Source Address
  • DTCP : Daily Tele-Communication Period
  • EOL : End Of Life
  • ERCSC : Early Release Compact Source Catalogue
  • ESA : European Space Agency
  • ES : Explanatory Supplement
  • ESOC : European Space Operations Centre (Darmstadt)
  • ESTEC : European Space TEchnology and Research Centre
  • FEM : (LFI) cryogenic amplifying stage Front End Module
  • FEU : (LFI) cryogenic amplifying stage Front End Unit
  • FH : Feed Horn
  • FITS : Flexible Image Transfer Specification
  • FLS  : (Planck) First Light Survey
  • FOG : Fibre-Optic Gyroscope
  • FOV : Field-Of-View
  • FPDB : Focal Plane DataBase
  • FPU : Focal Plane Unit
  • FSL : Far SideLobe
  • FWHM  : Full-Width-at-Half-Maximum
  • GTD  : Geometrical Theory of Diffraction
  • HCM : Angular momentum Control Mode
  • HEALPix : Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization
  • HEMT : High Electron Mobility Transistor
  • HFI : (Planck) High Frequency Instrument
  • HK : House-Keeping
  • HPFTS : Herschel/Planck File Transfer System
  • HPMCS : Herschel/Planck Mission Control System
  • HPR : HEALPix pixel ring
  • HSK : House-Keeping data
  • ICD : Interface Control Document
  • ILS : Instrument Line Shape
  • IMO : Instrument MOdel
  • IOT : Instrument Operations Team
  • JFET : Junction Field Elect Transistor
  • J-T : Joule-Thomson (cooler)
  • LEOP : Launch & Early Orbit Phase
  • LFER : Low Frequency Excess Response
  • LFI : (Planck) Low Frequency Instrument
  • LNA : Low Noise Amplifier
  • LOBT : Local On Board Time
  • LOS : Line Of Sight
  • MDT : Minimum Dwell Time
  • MIBs : Mission Information Bases
  • mission [HFI meaning]
  • MJD : Modified Julian Day
  • MMIC : Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
  • MOC : [ESA's] Mission Operation Centre [Darmstadt, Germany]
  • MPD : Maximum Path Difference
  • NEP : Noise Equivalent Power
  • NET : Noise Equivalent Temperature
  • NTD  : Neutron Transmutation Doped
  • OBT : On-Board Time
  • OCF : Optical Centre Frequency
  • OCM : Orbit Control Mode
  • OD : Operational Day
  • OMT : (LFI) OrthoMode Transducer
  • OPD : Optical Path Difference
  • P/L : Payload
  • PAU : Pre-Amplification Unit
  • PBR : Phase-Binned Ring
  • PCCS : Planck Catalogue of Compact Sources
  • PI : Principal Investigator
  • PIA : Planck Internal Archive
  • PID : Proportional-Integral-Derivative (controller)
  • P/L : Payload
  • PLA : Planck Legacy Archive
  • PLM : Payload Module
  • PO : Physical Optics
  • PODA : Pixel-Ordered Detector Angles
  • POI : Phase-Ordered Information (DMC group/object)
  • PPL : Pre-programmed Pointing List
  • PPLM : Planck Payload Module
  • PREF : Pointing Reference
  • PSB : Polarization-Sensitive Bolometer
  • PSD : Power Spectral Density
  • PSM : Planck Sky Model
  • PSO : Planck Science Office
  • PTD : Physical Theory of Diffraction
  • PUS : Packet Utilization Standard
  • RAA : (LFI) Radiometer Array Assembly
  • RAF : Raw Attitude history File
  • RCA : (LFI) Radiometer Chain Assembly
  • REBA : (LFI) Radiometer Electronics Box Assembly
  • REU : Readout Electronics Unit
  • RFFM : Radio Frequency Flight Model
  • RFQM : Radio Frequency Qualification Model
  • RFTM : Radio Frequency Tuned Model
  • RIMO : Reduced IMO
  • ROI : Ring-Ordered Information (DMC group/object)
  • rpm : Revolutions per minute
  • RSSD : Research Space Science Division of ESA [ESTEC, Netherlands]
  • RTS : Random Telegraphic Signal
  • SAA : Solar Aspect Angle
  • SAMBA : Satellite for Measurement of Background Anisotropies
  • sample [HFI meaning]
  • S/C : Spacecraft
  • SCC : Sorption Cooler Compressor assembly
  • SCS : Sorption Cooler Subsystem (Planck)
  • SEV : Sun Earth Vector
  • SGR : Small Gap Recovery
  • SGS : Science Ground Segment
  • SIAM : Spacecraft Instrument Alignment Matrix
  • SLT : System Level Test
  • S/N : Signal-to-Noise ratio
  • SOVT : System Operation and Validation Test
  • SPPT : Survey Performance and Planning Tool
  • SPU : Signal Processing Unit
  • SREM : Space Radiation Environment Monitor
  • SRP : Solar Radiation Pressure
  • SSCE : Sun-SpaceCraft-Earth angle max= 15°
  • SSO : Solar System Object
  • STR : Star TRacker
  • SVM : Service Module
  • SWB : Spider-Web Bolometer
  • SZ : Sunyaev-Zeldovich
  • TBC : To be confirmed
  • TBD : To Be Defined / Determined
  • TC : Tele-Command
  • THF : Telecommand History File
  • T/M : Telemetry
  • TOD [HFI meaning]: Time-Ordered Data
  • TOD [LFI meaning]: Time-Ordered Data, refers to calibrated data
  • TOI [HFI meaning]: Time-Ordered Information
  • TOI [LFI meaning]: Time-Ordered Information, refers to uncalibrated data
  • ToS : Time of Sample
  • TSA : Thermal Stabilization Assembly
  • UTC : Universal Time Coordinate(d)
  • UCCC : Unit Conversion and Colour Correction
  • warm units : JFET, Bellows, PAU, and REU
  • WG : (LFI) Waveguide
  • WHR : Weekly Health Report
  • ZPD : Zero Optical Path Difference

Attitude Control & Measurement Subsystem (AOCS)

analog to digital converter

Attitude History File

Application Program Identifier

Augmented Preprogrammed Pointing List

(Planck) Low Frequency Instrument

LFI Radiometer Electronics Box Assembly

LFI warm electronics Back End Module

LFI warm electronics Back End Unit

Back To Back HFI horns

(Planck) High Frequency Instrument

Command and Data Management System

Command and Data Management Unit

Cosmic Microwave background

Commissioning Phase

Calibration and Performance Verification

Centre Spatial de Liège

Central Time Reference

CCSDS Unsegmented Time Code

LFI Data Acquisition Electronics

Dilution Cooler Electronics

MOC's Data Distribution System

[ESA's] Mission Operation Center [Darmstadt, Germany]

Data Management Component, the databases used at the HFI and LFI DPCs

Data Processing Center

Data Processing Unit

Daily Quality Report

Daily Tele-Communication Period

End Of Life

Early Release Compact Source Catalog

European Space Agency

Explanatory Supplement

European Space Operations Centre (Darmstadt)

European Space TEchnology and Research Centre

LFI cryogenic amplifying stage Front End Module

LFI cryogenic amplifying stage Front End Unit

Feed Horn

Flexible Image Transfer Specification

Fiber Optic Gyroscope

Field-Of-View

Focal Plane Unit

Full-Width-at-Half-Maximum

Angular momentum Control Mode

(Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelation of a sphere, <ref name="Template:Gorski2005">HEALPix: A Framework for High-Resolution Discretization and Fast Analysis of Data Distributed on the Sphere, K. M. Górski, E. Hivon, A. J. Banday, B. D. Wandelt, F. K. Hansen, M. Reinecke, M. Bartelmann, ApJ, 622, 759-771, (2005).

High Electron Mobility Transistor

House Keeping

Herschel/Planck File Transfer System

Herschel/Planck Mission Control System

House-Keeping data

Interface Control Document

Instrument Line Shape

Instrument Operation Team

Junction Field Elect Transistor

Launch & Early Orbit Phase

low frequency excess response

Local On Board Time

Line Of Sight

Noise Equivalent Power

Noise Equivalent Temperature

On-Board Time

Operation Day definition is geometric visibility driven as it runs from the start of a DTCP (satellite Acquisition Of Signal) to the start of the next DTCP. Given the different ground stations and spacecraft will takes which station for how long, the OD duration varies but it is basically once a day.

LFI Ortho Module Transducer

Payload

Pre_Amplification Unit

Principal Investigator

Planck Internal Archive

Planck Legacy Archive

Payload Module

Physical Optics

Phase-Ordered Information (DMC group/object)

Pre-programmed Pointing List

Planck Payload Module

Planck Sky Model

Planck Science Office

Physical Theory of Diffraction

Packet Utilisation Standard

LFI Radiometer Array Assembly

Raw Attitude history File

LFI Radiometer Chain Assembly

Readout Electronic Unit

Radio Frequency Qualification Model

reduced IMO

Ring-Ordered Information (DMC group/object)

revolutions per minute

Research Space Science Division of ESA [ESTEC, Netherlands]

random telegraphic signal

Solar Aspect Angle

Spacecraft

Sorption Cooler Compressor assembly

Sorption Cooler Subsystem (Planck)

Sun Earth Vector

Small Gap Recovery

Science Ground Segment

Spacecraft Instrument Alignment Matrix

System Level Test

System Operation and Validation Test

Survey Performance and Planning Tool

Signal Processing Unit

Space Radiation Environment Monitor

Solar Radiation Pressure

Sun-SpaceCraft-Earth angle max= 15°

Solar System Object

Star TRacker

Service Module

Sunyaev-Zel'dovich

To be confirmed

To be defined / determined

Tele-Command

Telecommand History File

Time of Sample

hermal Stabilization Assembly

Universal Time Coordinate(d)

JFET, Bellow, PAU et REU

JFET, Bellow, PAU et REU

LFI Waveguide

Weekly Health Report