Acronyms
| ABC | Absorbing Boundary Conditions |
| AFR | Array-Fed Reflector |
| AIT | Assembly, Integration and Test |
| AIT-AIV | Assembly, Integration and Test–Assembly, Integration and Validation |
| AMSU-A/B | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit version A/B |
| BFN | Beam-Forming Network |
| CALISTO | Cryogenic Aperture Large Infrared Space Telescope Observatory |
| CEM | Computational Electromagnetics |
| CFIE | Combined Fields Integral Equation |
| CFRP | Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic |
| CFRS | Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silicon |
| CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background |
| COBE | Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite |
| CTE | Coefficient of Thermal Expansion |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| DARS | Digital Audio Radio Service |
| DB | Distribution Board |
| DBF | Digital Beam Forming |
| DGR | Dual-Gridded Reflector |
| DK | Dielectric Constant |
| DLGA | Descent Low Gain Antenna |
| DMB | Digital Multimedia Broadcasting |
| DMR | Differential Microwave Radiometer |
| DOA | Direction Of Arrival |
| DOS | Denial Of Service |
| DRA | Direct Radiating Arrays |
| DTH | Direct To Home |
| DUHF | Descent Stage UHF |
| DUT | Device Under Test |
| DVB | Digital Video Broadcasting |
| EBG | Electronic Band Gap |
| EFIE | Electric Field Integral Equation |
| EGNOS | European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service |
| EGSE | Electrical Ground Support Equipment |
| EHP | Equalisation Heat Pipes |
| EIRP | Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power |
| EM | Electro Magnetic |
| EMC | Electro Magnetic Compatibility |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| ESD | Electro Static Discharge |
| FAFR | Focal Array Fed Reflector |
| FCS | Feeding Control System |
| FDTD | Finite ... |
