STA or Sta may refer to:

Organizations

  • Samoa Tourism Authority
  • Science & Technology Australia, a peak body for scientists and technologists
  • Scottish Tartans Authority
  • Scottish Trans Alliance <!-- https://www.gov.scot/publications/non-binary-working-group-context-and-framing/ -->
  • Spokane Transit Authority, US
  • State Transit Authority, a former government agency of New South Wales, Australia
  • State Transport Authority (South Australia), a former government agency
  • State Transport Authority (Victoria), a former Australian government-owned corporation
  • STA Travel, a former travel agency for young people
  • Slovenska tiskovna agencija, Slovenian Press Agency
  • Student Transportation of America

Schools

  • Saint Thomas Academy, Minnesota, US
  • St. Theresita's Academy, Silay City, Philippines
  • Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
  • St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Louisville), Ohio, US
  • St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (London, Ontario), Canada
  • St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.), US

Science and technology

  • Science & Technology Australia, a peak body for scientists and technologists
  • Shortcuts to adiabaticity, fast routes to results from slow, adiabatic changes of a quantum system's controlling parameters
  • Spacetime algebra, in mathematical physics
  • Spike-triggered average, a tool for characterizing the response properties of a neuron
  • Special temporary authority, to operate a radio station in the US
  • Static timing analysis, of a digital circuit
  • Station (computer networking), in IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) terminology
  • Simultaneous thermal analysis, in thermal analysis
  • Single-Threaded Apartment, in Component Object Model

Military and space

  • Shuttle Training Aircraft, a NASA training vehicle
  • Surveillance and Target Acquisition, a military role
  • STA platoon, up to the first Gulf War
  • STA sniper, after the first Gulf War

Other uses

  • SCSI Trade Association, STA or SCSITA
  • Stauning Vestjylland Airport (IATA code), Denmark
  • Sustainable Transport Award, to a city
  • Satna Junction railway station, India (station code: STA)

See also

  • Structural Test Article, for example Space Shuttle Challenger STA-099
  • STA-21 or Seaman to Admiral - 21, U.S. Navy commissioning program