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Acronyms & Abbreviations

Acronym/abbreviation Meaning First appears on page
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment 48
EOL end of life 10
EPFD Equivalent Power Flux Density 99
FAA Federal Aviation Administration 7
FCC Federal Communications Commission 7
FEMA Federal Emergancy Management Agency 39
GSO geostationary orbit 25
IAA International Academy of Astronautics 42
IAU International Astronomical Union 9
IAWN International Asteroid Warning Network 27
IDA International Dark Sky Association 31
IES Illuminating Engineering Society 31
IRTF Infrared Telescope Facility 41
ITU International Telecommunications Union 25
LEO low-Earth orbit 12
LRTAP Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution 66
LTSG Guidelines for the Long-Term Sustainability lof Outer Space Activities 7
MANOS Mission Accessible Near-Earth Objects Survey 41
MLO Model Lighting Ordinance 31
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 23
NEO near-Earth object 27
NEOWISE NEO Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 41
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act 7
NOAA National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration 7
NPS National Park Service 36
NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory 44
NRQZ US National Radio Quiet Zone 44
NSF National Science Foundation 11
ODMSP Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices 10
OST Outer Space Treaty 4
PDCO [NASA] Planetary Defense Coordination Office 39
PIERWG Planetary Impact Emergency Response Working Group 40
PP precautionary principle 58
SATCON2 Algorithms Working Group Report
41