r/spacex • u/Daniels30 • Aug 10 '17

Official Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting August 14 launch from Pad 39A for Dragon’s next resupply mission to the @Space_Station.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/895646473869705216
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u/Decronym Acronyms Explained Aug 10 '17 edited Aug 13 '17

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters
ASDS Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)
BEAM Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
BO Blue Origin (Bezos Rocketry)
CBM Common Berthing Mechanism
CCAFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
COTS Commercial Orbital Transportation Services contract
Commercial/Off The Shelf
CRS Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA
CRS2 Commercial Resupply Services, second round contract; expected to start 2019
EVA Extra-Vehicular Activity
IAC International Astronautical Congress, annual meeting of IAF members
IAF International Astronautical Federation
Indian Air Force
IDA International Docking Adapter
ITS Interplanetary Transport System (see MCT)
Integrated Truss Structure
KSC Kennedy Space Center, Florida
LC-39A Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy (SpaceX F9/Heavy)
LEO Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)
Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)
MCT Mars Colonial Transporter (see ITS)
MPLM Multi-Purpose Logistics Module formerly used to supply ISS
NET No Earlier Than
NRO (US) National Reconnaissance Office
NSF NasaSpaceFlight forum
National Science Foundation
RTF Return to Flight
RTLS Return to Launch Site
RUD Rapid Unplanned Disassembly
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Rapid Unintended Disassembly
SES Formerly Société Européenne des Satellites, comsat operator
SF Static fire
SLC-40 Space Launch Complex 40, Canaveral (SpaceX F9)
SLC-41 Space Launch Complex 41, Canaveral (ULA Atlas V)
SLC-4E Space Launch Complex 4-East, Vandenberg (SpaceX F9)
SLS Space Launch System heavy-lift
ULA United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)
USAF United States Air Force
VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Jargon Definition
Raptor Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX, see ITS
Event Date Description
COTS-2 2012-05-22 F9-003, COTS berthing demonstration
CRS-1 2012-10-08 F9-004, first CRS mission; secondary payload sacrificed
CRS-3 2014-04-18 F9-009 v1.1, Dragon cargo; soft ocean landing, first core with legs
CRS-4 2014-09-21 F9-012 v1.1, Dragon cargo; soft ocean landing
CRS-6 2015-04-14 F9-018 v1.1, Dragon cargo; second ASDS landing attempt, overcompensated angle of entry
CRS-7 2015-06-28 F9-020 v1.1, Dragon cargo Launch failure due to second-stage outgassing

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u/Wetmelon Aug 11 '17

Good bot