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OCOE
Overall CheckOut Equipment
OSR
Optical Sun Reflector
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PID
Proportional Integral Derivative
PRM
Pseudo Rate Modulator
PROM
Programmable Read-Only Memory
PSK
Phase Shift Keying
PUS
Packet Utilization Standard
PWM
Pulse Width Modulation
PXI
PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation
R&D
Research and Development
RAM
Random Access Memory
RCS
Reaction Control System
RF
Radio Frequency
RFSA
Russian Federation Space Administration
RHU
Radioisotope Heat Unit
RTG
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
RTOS
Real Time multitask Operation System
RTU
Remote Terminal Units
RVS
Range and Velocity Sensor
SADA
Solar Array Drive Assembly
SAVOIR
Space Avionics Open Interface Architecture
SBI
Same Beam Interferometry
SCDE
Surface Charge and Discharge Effects
SCOE
Special CheckOut Equipment
SCR
Solar Cosmic Ray
SDB
Serial Data Bus
SEE
Single Event Effects
SEFI
Single Event Functional Interrupt
SEI
Solid Electrolyte Interphase
SEL
Single Event Latch-Up
SESL
Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
SEU
Single Event Upset
SMU
System Management Unit
SOC
System On Chip
SOIS
Spacecraft On-board Interface Service
SRAM
Static Random Accessed Memory
SSPA
Solid State Power Amplifier
TCU
Telecommand Unit
TID
Total Ionizing Dose
TPS
Test Program Set
TT&C
Telemetry Tracking and Command
TWTA
Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
UDMH
Unsymmetrical Dimethyl Hydrazine
UHF
Ultra-High Frequency