Abbreviations and acronyms

ADR

Active debris removal

AAAAI

Australian Association of Aviation and Aerospace Industries

AIA

Aerospace Industries Association

AIAB

Aerospace Industries Association of Brazil

 

Associação das Indústrias Aeroespaciais do Brasil

AIAC

Aerospace Industries Association of Canada

AIAD

Federation of Italian Companies for Aerospace, Defence and Security (Italy)

 

Associazione delle Industrie per l'Aerospazio i Sistemi e la Difesa

ANZSIC

New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification

ARTES

Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems

ASD

Aerospace and Defence Industries Association

ASI

Italian Space Agency (Italy)

 

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

ASJC

All Science Journal Classification

BDLI

German Aerospace Industries Association (Germany)

 

Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie

BEA

Bureau of Economic Analysis (United States)

BELSPO

Belgian Science Policy Office (Belgium)

BIC

Business incubation centre

CAD

Canadian dollar (currency)

CBA

Cost benefit analysis

CEA

Cost effectiveness analysis

CGE

Computable general equilibrium model

CHF

Swiss franc (currency)

CIP

Classification of Instructional Programmes (United States)

CNES

National Centre for Space Studies (France)

 

Centre National d’Études Spatiales

CPA

Classification of Products by Activity

CPC

Central Product Classification

CPF

Classification of products (France)

 

Classification des produits française

CSA

Canadian Space Agency (Canada)

DALY

Disability-adjusted life year

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (United States)

DLR

German Aerospace Center

 

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt

DTH

Direct-to-home satellite services

EARSC

European Association of Remote Sensing Companies

EC

European Commission

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

EGNOS

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

EISCAT

European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association

EO

Earth observation

ESA

European Space Agency

ESO

European Southern Observatory

ESOC

European Space Operations Centre

ESTEC

European Space Research and Technology Centre

EU

European Union

EUMETSAT

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

EUR

Euro (currency)

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration (United States)

FCT

Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal)

 

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

FORD

Fields of Research and Development for the higher education sector

FP7

European Union’s Seventh Research Framework Programme

FTE

Full-time equivalent

GBARD

Government Budget Allocations for Research and Development

GBP

British pound sterling (currency)

GDP

Gross domestic product

GERD

Gross domestic R&D expenditure

GIFAS

French Aerospace Industries Association (France)

 

Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales

GIS

Geographic information system

GNSS

Global navigation satellite system

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSA

European GNSS Agency

HECoS

Higher Education Classification of Subjects (United Kingdom)

HEIs

Higher education institutions

HS

Harmonised system

IADC

Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICT

Information and communication technology

ILO

International Labour Office

IMPLAN

Impact analysis for planning

INSEE

National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (France)

 

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques

INTA

National Institute of Aerospace Technology (Spain)

 

Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial

IO

Input-output

IOA

Input-output analysis

IP

Intellectual property

IPR

Intellectual property rights

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

ISCO

International Standard Classification of Occupations

ISECG

International Space Exploration Coordination Group

ISED

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification

ISON

International Scientific Optical Network

ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation (India)

ISU

International Space University

ITCS

International Trade in Commodity Statistics database

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Japan)

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JWST

James Webb Space Telescope

KARI

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (Korea)

KRW

Korean won (currency)

LEO

Low-earth orbit

NACE

Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community

NAF

Classification of Activities (France)

 

Nomenclature d'activités française

NAICS

North American Industry Classification System

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States)

NOAA

North American Industry Classification System

NOSA

Norwegian Space Agency (Norway)

NSO

Netherlands Space Office (Netherlands)

NSTP

UK National Space Technology Programme

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ONERA

The French Aerospace Lab (France)

 

Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales

OOS

On-orbit servicing

PNT

Positioning, navigation and timing

PPP

Purchasing power parities

PT Space

Portugal Space

PRODCOM

“Community Production” (European statistics on the production of manufactured goods)

QUALY

Quality-adjusted life year

R&D

Research and development

RIMS-II

Regional Input-Output Modelling System

Roscosmos

Russian Federal Space Agency (Russian Federation)

SANSA

South African Space Agency (South Africa)

SATTO

Space Agencies Technology Transfer Officers group

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SESA

Space Economy Satellite Account (United States)

SIA

Satellite Industry Association

SIAA

Space Industry Association of Australia

SIATI

Society of Indian Aerospace Technologies and Industries

SITC

Standard International Trade Classification

SJAC

Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (Japan)

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprises

SNA

System of National Accounts

SNSA

Swedish National Space Agency (Sweden)

SSO

Swiss Space Office (Switzerland)

STEM

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer

TTC

Technological transfer and commercialisation

TTO

Technology transfer offices

UKSA

United Kingdom Space Agency

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNOOSA

United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs

USD

US dollar (currency)

USGS

United States Geological Survey

VOI

Value of information

VSAT

Very small aperture terminal

WMO

World Meteorological Organization