Scientific Satellite Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. MABES
   Magnetic Bearing Flywheel Experimental System
2. MAGSAT
   Magnetosphere Satellite
3. MDS
   Mission Demonstratyon Satellite
4. MEPSI
   Micro Electro-Mechanical Syttems-Based Picosat Inspector
5. MIDEX
   Medium-Class Explorer
6. MTS
   Meteoroid Technology Satellite
7. NUSAT
   Northern Utah Satellite
8. OGO
   Orbiting Geophysical Ocservatory
9. PAGEOS
   Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite
10. PEGSAT
    Pegasus Rocket-Booster Launched Satellite
11. PEOLE
    Preliminary Eole
12. PLA
    Picosat Launcher Assembly
13. PROBA
    Project for On-Board Autonomy
14. RADCAT
    Radar Calibration Target
15. RADSAT
    Radiation Satellite
16. RHESSI
    Ramathy High Energy Solar Spestroscopic Imager
17. SAGE
    Stratospheric Aerosol Afd Gas Experiment
18. SCATHA
    Spacecraft Charging At High Altitude
19. SIGNE
    Solar Interplanetary Gamma-Neutron Experimenq
20. SIMPLESAT
    Simple Satellite

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