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Decronym t1_jee4kbe wrote
Reply to A group of college students are sending a rover the size of a shoebox to the moon by speckz
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules| | |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)| |FAA|Federal Aviation Administration| |HLS|Human Landing System (Artemis)| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starliner|Boeing commercial crew capsule CST-100|
^(4 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 22 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8742 for this sub, first seen 31st Mar 2023, 10:55])
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Decronym t1_je98iin wrote
Reply to We Need to Get Back to the Moon by Guy_PCS
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |H2|Molecular hydrogen| | |Second half of the year/month| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |SSME|Space Shuttle Main Engine| |SSTO|Single Stage to Orbit| | |Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |hydrolox|Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|
^(6 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 18 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8738 for this sub, first seen 30th Mar 2023, 10:20])
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Decronym t1_je942mu wrote
Reply to NASA delays flight of Boeing’s Starliner again, this time for parachutes by thawingSumTendies
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|-------|---------|---|
|ATK|Alliant Techsystems, predecessor to Orbital ATK|
|CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules|
| |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)|
|LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|MBA|Moonba- Mars Base Alpha|
|SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starliner|Boeing commercial crew capsule CST-100| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(6 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 14 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8737 for this sub, first seen 30th Mar 2023, 09:18])
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Decronym t1_jdlpltf wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |ICBM|Intercontinental Ballistic Missile| |ITAR|(US) International Traffic in Arms Regulations| |LOX|Liquid Oxygen|
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Decronym t1_jdkqyga wrote
Reply to Rocket Lab targets $50 million launch price for Neutron rocket to challenge SpaceX’s Falcon 9 by cnbc_official
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |ASDS|Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)| |DoD|US Department of Defense| |EELV|Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle| |GEO|Geostationary Earth Orbit (35786km)| |GTO|Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit| |HLS|Human Landing System (Artemis)| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |LOX|Liquid Oxygen| |MECO|Main Engine Cut-Off| | |MainEngineCutOff podcast| |NET|No Earlier Than| |NSSL|National Security Space Launch, formerly EELV| |RLV|Reusable Launch Vehicle| |RTLS|Return to Launch Site| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |SSTO|Single Stage to Orbit| | |Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)| |USSF|United States Space Force| |VTVL|Vertical Takeoff, Vertical Landing|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Raptor|Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation| |retropropulsion|Thrust in the opposite direction to current motion, reducing speed|
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Decronym t1_jdilbw1 wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules| | |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starliner|Boeing commercial crew capsule CST-100|
^(3 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 15 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8721 for this sub, first seen 24th Mar 2023, 17:26])
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Decronym t1_jdbcf1i wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CSA|Canadian Space Agency| |ESA|European Space Agency| |ESM|European Service Module, component of the Orion capsule| |JAXA|Japan Aerospace eXploration Agency| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
^(5 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 26 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8716 for this sub, first seen 23rd Mar 2023, 04:08])
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Decronym t1_jd0a33h wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |Roscosmos|State Corporation for Space Activities, Russia| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(3 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 17 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8707 for this sub, first seen 20th Mar 2023, 22:10])
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Decronym t1_jc7tcye wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CoM|Center of Mass| |EDL|Entry/Descent/Landing| |KSP|Kerbal Space Program, the rocketry simulator| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |LOX|Liquid Oxygen| |MECO|Main Engine Cut-Off| | |MainEngineCutOff podcast| |MRO|Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter| | |Maintenance, Repair and/or Overhaul| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation| |cislunar|Between the Earth and Moon; within the Moon's orbit| |perigee|Lowest point in an elliptical orbit around the Earth (when the orbiter is fastest)|
^(11 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 14 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8688 for this sub, first seen 14th Mar 2023, 17:48])
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Decronym t1_jbtkzxi wrote
Reply to Space Force allocates three historic Cape Canaveral launch pads to four companies by Azurebluenomad
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |ASDS|Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (landing platform)| |DoD|US Department of Defense| |RTLS|Return to Launch Site| |USAF|United States Air Force|
^(4 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 18 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8677 for this sub, first seen 11th Mar 2023, 16:41])
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Decronym t1_jayk33q wrote
Reply to Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
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| |ITAR|(US) International Traffic in Arms Regulations| |L2|Lagrange Point 2 (Sixty Symbols video explanation)| | |Paywalled section of the NasaSpaceFlight forum| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |SN|(Raptor/Starship) Serial Number| |SRB|Solid Rocket Booster|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Raptor|Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(7 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 29 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8649 for this sub, first seen 5th Mar 2023, 01:41])
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Decronym t1_japjh6c wrote
Reply to NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CC|Commercial Crew program| | |Capsule Communicator (ground support)| |ESA|European Space Agency| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |periapsis|Lowest point in an elliptical orbit (when the orbiter is fastest)|
^(4 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 16 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8641 for this sub, first seen 3rd Mar 2023, 03:00])
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Decronym t1_jaowdyo wrote
Reply to After flying four astronauts into orbit, SpaceX makes its 101st straight landing — ‘I just feel so lucky that I get to fly on this amazing machine.’ by marketrent
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |BO|Blue Origin (Bezos Rocketry)| |ESA|European Space Agency| |IAC|International Astronautical Congress, annual meeting of IAF members| | |In-Air Capture of space-flown hardware| |IAF|International Astronautical Federation| | |Indian Air Force| | |Israeli Air Force| |MECO|Main Engine Cut-Off| | |MainEngineCutOff podcast| |Roscosmos|State Corporation for Space Activities, Russia| |SSTO|Single Stage to Orbit| | |Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(8 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 17 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8640 for this sub, first seen 3rd Mar 2023, 00:05])
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Decronym t1_jag4bh9 wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |ELT|Extremely Large Telescope, under construction in Chile| |ESO|European Southern Observatory, builders of the VLT and EELT| |JWST|James Webb infra-red Space Telescope| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |VLT|Very Large Telescope, Chile|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(6 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 16 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8636 for this sub, first seen 1st Mar 2023, 04:32])
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Decronym t1_jaew36o wrote
Reply to We need more rules for space junk and moon bases, NASA and US officials say by DevilsRefugee
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| |ESA|European Space Agency| |GEO|Geostationary Earth Orbit (35786km)| |GSO|Geosynchronous Orbit (any Earth orbit with a 24-hour period)| | |Guang Sheng Optical telescopes| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |MEO|Medium Earth Orbit (2000-35780km)|
^(6 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 16 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8634 for this sub, first seen 28th Feb 2023, 22:55])
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Decronym t1_jac4wp3 wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |ESA|European Space Agency| |KSP|Kerbal Space Program, the rocketry simulator| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |hypergolic|A set of two substances that ignite when in contact|
^(4 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 21 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8632 for this sub, first seen 28th Feb 2023, 11:02])
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Decronym t1_jabpx2g wrote
Reply to The Case for Callisto by MoreGull
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |GCR|Galactic Cosmic Rays, incident from outside the star system| |GeV|Giga-Electron-Volts, measure of energy for particles| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |SoI|Saturnian Orbital Insertion maneuver| | |Sphere of Influence|
^(4 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 18 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8630 for this sub, first seen 28th Feb 2023, 07:30])
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Decronym t1_jaa33m1 wrote
Reply to Who pays for space debris removal? by DevilsRefugee
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |IM|Initial Mass deliverable to a given orbit, without accounting for fuel| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |RTG|Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator| |VLEO|V-band constellation in LEO| | |Very Low Earth Orbit|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(5 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 17 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8628 for this sub, first seen 27th Feb 2023, 23:10])
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Decronym t1_jaa19al wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |HLV|Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (20-50 tons to LEO)| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |LIGO|Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory|
^(2 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 16 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8627 for this sub, first seen 27th Feb 2023, 22:57])
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Decronym t1_ja04ory wrote
Reply to NASA's Artemis moon program receives salute from Apollo 11's Buzz Aldrin (video) by kevindavis338
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules| | |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)| |HLS|Human Landing System (Artemis)| |N1|Raketa Nositel-1, Soviet super-heavy-lift ("Russian Saturn V")| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Raptor|Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX| |Starliner|Boeing commercial crew capsule CST-100|
^(5 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 5 acronyms.)
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Decronym t1_j9zts6n wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |EELV|Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle| |NSSL|National Security Space Launch, formerly EELV| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
^(2 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 21 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8614 for this sub, first seen 25th Feb 2023, 19:55])
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Decronym t1_j9xvtvo wrote
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules| | |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)| |EVA|Extra-Vehicular Activity| |NG|New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin| | |Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)| | |Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer| |OFT|Orbital Flight Test| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starliner|Boeing commercial crew capsule CST-100| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(6 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 7 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8613 for this sub, first seen 25th Feb 2023, 10:20])
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Decronym t1_j9whvia wrote
Reply to After Vulcan comes online, ULA plans to dramatically increase launch cadence by OutlandishnessOk2452
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |AR|Area Ratio (between rocket engine nozzle and bell)| | |Aerojet Rocketdyne| | |Augmented Reality real-time processing| | |Anti-Reflective optical coating| |BE-4|Blue Engine 4 methalox rocket engine, developed by Blue Origin (2018), 2400kN| |BO|Blue Origin (Bezos Rocketry)| |EELV|Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle| |ILC|Initial Launch Capability| |N1|Raketa Nositel-1, Soviet super-heavy-lift ("Russian Saturn V")| |NSSL|National Security Space Launch, formerly EELV| |RD-180|RD-series Russian-built rocket engine, used in the Atlas V first stage| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Raptor|Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation| |engine-rich|Fuel mixture that includes engine parts on fire| |methalox|Portmanteau: methane fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|
^(13 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 22 acronyms.)
^([Thread #8612 for this sub, first seen 25th Feb 2023, 01:34])
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Decronym t1_j9nvd63 wrote
Reply to DARPA is Reigniting the Nuclear Engine by Afrin_Drip
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |DARPA|(Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency, DoD| |DoD|US Department of Defense| |ISRU|In-Situ Resource Utilization| |Isp|Specific impulse (as explained by Scott Manley on YouTube)| | |Internet Service Provider| |LEO|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)| | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)| |LOX|Liquid Oxygen| |NEV|Nuclear Electric Vehicle propulsion| |NTP|Nuclear Thermal Propulsion| | |Network Time Protocol| |NTR|Nuclear Thermal Rocket| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |cryogenic|Very low temperature fluid; materials that would be gaseous at room temperature/pressure| | |(In re: rocket fuel) Often synonymous with hydrolox| |hydrolox|Portmanteau: liquid hydrogen fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer| |methalox|Portmanteau: methane fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|
^(13 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 32 acronyms.)
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Decronym t1_jee5n21 wrote
Reply to Nokia to set up first 4G network on moon with NASA by Free_Swimming
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |BFR|Big Falcon Rocket (2018 rebiggened edition)| | |Yes, the F stands for something else; no, you're not the first to notice| |SSH|Starship + SuperHeavy (see BFR)|
|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Starlink|SpaceX's world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
^(2 acronyms in this thread; )^(the most compressed thread commented on today)^( has 14 acronyms.)
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