| ACRONYM |
DESCRIPTION |
| B |
BATTERY |
| B/S |
BITS PER SECOND |
| B/U |
BACKUP |
| B0 |
STELLAR SPECTRAL TYPE (COOL STAR); ALSO A0, F0, G0, K0, M0-9 |
| BA |
BEACON ANTENNA |
| BA |
BOOSTER ADAPTER |
| BAC |
BUDGET AT COMPLETION |
| BAFO |
BEST AND FINAL OFFER |
| BALL |
BALL AEROSPACE |
| BARS |
BASELINE ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING SYSTEM |
| BASD |
BALL AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION |
| BB |
BLACKBODY/BREAD BOARD/BROADBAND |
| BB |
ALPHABETICAL DESIGNATION GIVEN TO AN IMAGE ENHANCEMENT CURVE |
| BBC |
BLACK BODY CALIBRATION |
| BBCal |
BLACKBODY CALIBRATION |
| BBXRT |
BROAD-BAND X-RAY TELESCOPE (NASA/SHUTTLE ATTACHED PAYLOAD) |
| BC |
BUS CONTROLLER |
| BCA |
BATTERY CHARGE ASSEMBLY |
| BCA |
BEACON COMMAND ANTENNA |
| BCD |
BINARY CODED DECIMAL |
| BCD |
BEACON COMMAND DIPLEXER |
| BCN |
BEACON |
| BCR |
BATTERY CHARGE REGULATOR |
| BCS |
BATTERY CHARGER/CURRENT SENSOR |
| BCU |
BENCH CHECK UNIT |
| BCU |
BUS CONTROL UNIT |
| BCWP |
BUDGETED COST FOR WORK PERFORMED |
| BCWS |
BUDGETED COST OF WORK SCHEDULE |
| BCX |
BATTERY CHARGE ASSEMBLY FOR ATN |
| BCX |
BATTERY CHARGER EXPANDED |
| BDA |
BEACON COMMAND ANTENNA VHF |
| BDA |
BERMUDA STDN STATION (NASA) |
| BDB |
BATTERY DISCHARGE BOX |
| BDDN |
BROADCAST DATA DISTRIBUTION NODE |
| BDDS |
BROADCAST DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM |
| BDR |
BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE |
| BDR |
BATTERY DISCHARGE REGULATOR |
| BDT |
BULK DATA TRANSFER |
| BDU |
BUS DATA UNIT |
| BECO |
BOOSTER ENGINE CUTOFF |
| BED |
BLOCK ERROR DETECTOR (NASA) |
| BER |
BIT ERROR RATE |
| BESEX |
BERING SEA EXPERIMENT |
| BFEC |
BENDIX FIELD ENGINEERING CORPORATION |
| B-FIELD |
EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD (AT GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT) |
| BHASHARA-1 |
INDIA's EXPERIMENTAL GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE |
| BHFT |
BASIC HUMAN FACTOR TECHNOLOGY |
| BIOME |
BIOLOGICAL IMAGING AND OBSERVATIONAL MISSION TO EARTH |
| BIOPLATFOR |
BIOLOGICAL PLATFORM (NASA/FREE-FLYER TO CONDUCT LIFE SCIENCES) |
| BIP |
BACKGROUND INFORMATION PACKAGE |
| BIT |
BUILT-IN-TEST |
| BIT OR bit |
CONTRACTION OF BINARY DIGIT, THE SMALLEST UNIT OF INFORMATION |
| BITE |
BUILT-IN-TEST EQUIPMENT |
| BITnet |
"BECAUSE IT'S TIME" NETWORK |
| BIU |
BATTERY/BUS INTERFACE UNIT |
| BLM |
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (Dol) |
| BLP |
BACKUP LOAD PACKAGE |
| BMC |
BURST MULTIPLEXED CHANNEL |
| BMO |
BRITISH METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE |
| BNL |
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY |
| BNSC |
BRITISH NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING CENTRE |
| BOD |
BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND |
| BOE |
BASIS OF ESTIMATE |
| BOL |
BEGINNING OF LIFE |
| BOMAP |
BARBADOS OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS PROJECT |
| BOMEX |
BARBADOS OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL EXPERIMENT |
| BOT |
BEGINNING OF TAPE |
| bote |
BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE |
| BP |
BATTERY PACK |
| BP |
BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING |
| BPE |
BUDGETARY PRICE ESTIMATE |
| bpi |
BITS PER INCH |
| BPM |
BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION MODULE |
| bps |
BITS PER SECOND |
| Bps |
BYTES (8 BITS) PER SECOND |
| BPSK |
BIPHASE SHIFT KEY |
| BPSK |
BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEY |
| BRDF |
BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION |
| BRTS |
BI-LATERATION RANGING TRANSPONDER SYSTEM |
| BRU |
BATTERY RECONDITIONING UNIT |
| BRW |
BACKUP REACTION WHEEL |
| BSR |
BUS SELECTION RELAY |
| BSU |
BASIC SOUNDING UNIT |
| BTCE |
BATTERY THERMAL CONTROL ELECTRONICS |
| BTE |
BENCH TEST EQUIPMENT |
| BTU |
BRITISH THERMAL UNIT |
| BTX |
BEACON TRANSMITTER (X IMPLIED) |
| BUAN |
BASELINE FOR UPPER AIR NETWORK |
| BUFR |
BINARY UNIVERSAL FORM FOR DATA REPRESENTATION |
| BUV |
BACKSCATTER ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT |
| BVR |
BOOST VOLTAGE REGULATOR |
| BW |
BALANCE WEIGHTS |
| BW |
BANDWIDTH |
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