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| term | definition | link | |
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| FA | (flare advocate) | ||
| FITS / fits / .fits (file type) | (Flexible Image Transport System) FITS files are often used in astronomy, and are made of one or more HDUs (Header and Data Unit). Each HDU has a header with general information about the file, the instrument, etc., as well as a table or image. Public LAT data is always (?) distributed as FITS files. | FITS Support Office | |
| FltOps | (Flight Operations) | ||
| FOT | (Flight Operations Team) The FOT is the staff at the Mission Operations Center (at NASA Goddard), which controls the spacecraft. The FOT is responsible for, among other things, inputting special maneuvers such as TOOs. | ||
| FOV / FoV | (field of view) | ||
| front | |||
| front-converting | |||
| FSW | (Flight Software) | ||
| FT1 (file) | FT1 files are the LAT public data files with information on each individual photon. | ||
| FT2 (file) | FT2 files are the LAT public data files with information on the spacecraft (where it is, where it's pointing, etc.). | ||
| FTOOLS | A package of tools to manipulate FITS files. | FTOOLS main page | |
| fv | (Fits Viewer) fv is a program to view FITS files. | fv main page |
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