Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |ASAT|Anti-Satellite weapon| |GEO|Geostationary Earth Orbit (35786km)| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |MEO|Medium Earth Orbit (2000-35780km)|

|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation| |apoapsis|Highest point in an elliptical orbit (when the orbiter is slowest)| |periapsis|Lowest point in an elliptical orbit (when the orbiter is fastest)|

^(7 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 18 acronyms.)
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