Abbreviations and acronyms

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AI

Artificial intelligence

AIA

Aerospace Industries Association

AIS

Automatic identification system

ASI

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

AWS

Amazon Web Services

BGAN

Broadband global area network

BRIC

Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China

BRIIC

Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia and China

BRIICS

Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa C3S Copernicus Climate Change Service

CAST

China Aerospace Science and Technology Group

CEOS

Committee on Earth Observation Satellites

CGMS

Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites

CM-SAF

Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring

CNES

Centre national d’études spatiales

CNRS

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

CPOM

Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling

CSA

Canadian Space Agency

DBS

Direct broadcasting satellite

DLR

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt

DTH

Direct-to-home satellite

DWD

Deutcher Wetterdienst

EARSC

European Association of Remote Sensing Companies

EC

European Commission

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

EGNOS

European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

EO

Earth observation

EPO

European Patent Office

ESA

European Space Agency

ESOC

European Space Operations Centre

EUMETSAT

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FTE

Full-time equivalent

GAGAN

GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation

GBAORD

Government budget appropriations or outlays for research and development

GCOS

Global Climate Observing System

GEO

geosynchronous orbit

GIFAS

Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales

GLONASS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSA

European GNSS Agency

GSO

Geo-synchronous orbit

IADC

Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee

IDA

International Development Association

IDB

International Development Bank

INSEE

Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques

ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation

ISS

International Space Station

ITU

International Telecommunications Union

JMA

Japan Meteorological Agency

JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

JPO

Japan Patent Office

KARI

Korea Aerospace Research Institute

KASS

Korea Augmentation Satellite System

KIPO

Korean Intellectual Property Office

KMA

Korea Meteorological Administration

KNMI

Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut

LEO

Low-Earth orbit

LINZ

Land Information New Zealand

MSAS

MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASRDA

National Space Research and Development Agency (Nigeria)

NCEI

National Centers for Environmental Information

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NSC

Norwegian Space Centre

NSO

Netherlands Space Office

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

ONERA

Centre français de recherche aérospatiale

OSI-SAF

Satellite Application Facility on Ocean and Sea Ice

PCT

Patent Co-operation Treaty

PPP

Purchasing power parities

QZSS

Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

RAL

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Roscosmos

Russian Federal Space Agency

SANSA

South African Space Agency

SBAS

Satellite-based augmentation system

SJAC

Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies

SME

Small and medium-sized enterprise

SRON

Netherlands Institute for Space Research

SSA

Space situational awareness

SSO

Swiss Space Office

UKSA

United Kingdom Space Agency

UN

COPUOS United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

UNOOSA

United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs

USGS

United States Geological Survey

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office

WAAS

Wide Area Augmentation System

WMO

World Meteorological Organization

ISO country codes

ISO codes for OECD member countries

ISO codes for other economies

Australia

AUS

Afghanistan

AFG

Austria

AUT

Argentina

ARG

Belgium

BEL

Armenia

ARM

Canada

CAN

Azerbaijan

AZE

Chile

CHL

Bangladesh

BGD

Czech Republic

CZE

Barbados

BRB

Denmark

DNK

Benin

BEN

Estonia

EST

Brazil

BRA

Finland

FIN

China (People’s Republic of)

CHN

France

FRA

Colombia

COL

Germany

DEU

Democratic Republic of the Congo

COD

Greece

GRC

Egypt

EGY

Hungary

HUN

Fiji

FJI

Iceland

ISL

India

IND

Ireland

IRL

Indonesia

IDN

Israel

ISR

Iran

IRN

Italy

ITA

Iraq

IRQ

Japan

JPN

Kiribati

KIR

Korea

KOR

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

LAO

Latvia

LVA

Lebanon

LBN

Lithuania

LTU

Madagascar

MDG

Luxembourg

LUX

Malaysia

MYS

Mexico

MEX

Micronesia

FSM

Netherlands

NLD

Myanmar

MMR

New Zealand

NZL

Namibia

NAM

Norway

NOR

Nigeria

NGA

Poland

POL

Pakistan

PAK

Portugal

PRT

Papua New Guinea

PNG

Slovak Republic

SVK

Paraguay

PRY

Slovenia

SVN

Peru

PER

Spain

ESP

Russian Federation

RUS

Sweden

SWE

Samoa

WSM

Switzerland

CHE

Senegal

SEN

Turkey

TUR

Serbia

SRB

United Kingdom

GBR

Solomon Islands

SLB

United States

USA

South Africa

ZAF

Syrian Arab Republic

SYR

Chinese Taipei

TWN

Tanzania

TZA

Thailand

THA

Tonga

TON

Ukraine

UKR

Vanuatu

VUT

Viet Nam

VNM

Zambia

ZMB

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