Abbreviations and acronyms
Asian Development Bank
Artificial intelligence
Aerospace Industries Association
Automatic identification system
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Amazon Web Services
Broadband global area network
Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China
Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia and China
Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa C3S Copernicus Climate Change Service
China Aerospace Science and Technology Group
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring
Centre national d’études spatiales
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
Canadian Space Agency
Direct broadcasting satellite
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt
Direct-to-home satellite
Deutcher Wetterdienst
European Association of Remote Sensing Companies
European Commission
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
Earth observation
European Patent Office
European Space Agency
European Space Operations Centre
European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Federal Aviation Administration
Full-time equivalent
GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation
Government budget appropriations or outlays for research and development
Global Climate Observing System
geosynchronous orbit
Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales
Global Navigation Satellite System
Global Positioning System
European GNSS Agency
Geo-synchronous orbit
Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee
International Development Association
International Development Bank
Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques
Indian Space Research Organisation
International Space Station
International Telecommunications Union
Japan Meteorological Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Japan Patent Office
Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Korea Augmentation Satellite System
Korean Intellectual Property Office
Korea Meteorological Administration
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut
Low-Earth orbit
Land Information New Zealand
MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Space Research and Development Agency (Nigeria)
National Centers for Environmental Information
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Norwegian Space Centre
Netherlands Space Office
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Centre français de recherche aérospatiale
Satellite Application Facility on Ocean and Sea Ice
Patent Co-operation Treaty
Purchasing power parities
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Russian Federal Space Agency
South African Space Agency
Satellite-based augmentation system
Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies
Small and medium-sized enterprise
Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Space situational awareness
Swiss Space Office
United Kingdom Space Agency
COPUOS United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs
United States Geological Survey
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Wide Area Augmentation System
World Meteorological Organization