Abbreviations and acronyms
From Kerbal Space Program Wiki
This page lists many abbreviations, acronyms and initalisms that are used frequently to communicate more quickly, but can confuse new players or players who are not familiar with them.
Game terms
- HKO
- High Kerbin Orbit
- KSP
- Kerbal Space Program!
- KSC
- Kerbal Space Center
- LKO
- Low Kerbin Orbit
- SA
- Sub-Assembly (in VAB/SPH, rare)
- SAS
- Stability Augmentation System or (jokingly) Sickness Avoidance System
- SPH
- Space Plane Hangar
- VAB
- Vehicle Assembly Building
Common terms
- Ap
- Apoapsis, highest point in an orbit.
- CM
- Command Module, a transfer ship that delivers a Lander Module to orbit around some body, then waits there and takes it completely or only the crew home again. Not to be confused with command modules.
- dV
- Delta-V
- ISP
- Specific impulse, more accurately Isp but that's hard to do on the forum. A value where the higher one is more fuel efficient.
- LM
- Lander Module, paired with a Command Module and which lands on the body.
- Pe
- Periapsis, lowest point in an orbit.
- RCS
- Reaction Control System
- RUD
- Rapid, Unplanned Disassembly. Usually happens when there are not enough struts or it collides with something. See also catastrophic failure.
- SoI
- Sphere of influence, which are the frames of reference. The trajectory in the current sphere of influence is shown blue on the map view.
- SRB
- Solid rocket booster
- SSTO
- Single-stage-to-orbit
- TSTO
- Two-stage-to-orbit
- VTOL
- Vertical take off and landing, usually performed by rockets
Popular mods
- B9
- B9 Aerospace
- DRE
- Deadly ReEntry
- FAR
- Ferram Aerospace Research
- KAS
- Kerbal Attachment System
- KER
- Kerbal Engineer Redux
- KIDS
- Kerbal Isp Difficulty Scaler
- RSS
- Real Solar System
