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Space Handbook
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ABM antiballistic missile ADCOM Aerospace Defense Command ADTV Agena docking target vehicle AEC Atomic Energy Commission AFB Air Force base AFEWC Air Force Electronic Warfare Center AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central AFIC Air Force Intelligence Command AFS Air Force station AFSATCOM Air Force Satellite Communications System AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network AFSPACECOM Air Force Space Command AIS American Interplanetary Society AMOS Air Force Maui Optical Station ANMM AFSPACECOM National Mission Model AO area of operations ARDC Air Research and Development Command ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency ARS American Rocket Society ARTS automated remote tracking station ASAT antisatellite ASSC Alternate Space Surveillance Center ATBM antitactical ballistic missile AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System BDA battle damage assessment BE Brilliant Eyes BM battle management BMD ballistic missile defense BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System BoMi bomber missile BP Brilliant Pebbles C3 command, control, and communications CACS command and control squadron CCAFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station CCC communications control complex CCS command and control system CENTCOM Central Command CGS CONUS ground station CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIC Combat Intelligence Center CMAFB Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base CONUS continental United States CROSS Combined RF/Optical Surveillance System CS Constant Source CSP contact support plan CSTC Consolidated Space Test Center CTS Colorado Tracking Station DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DDC Data Distribution Center DE directed energy DEW directed energy weapons DLT data link terminal DMA Defense Mapping Agency DMCO Delta mission checkout DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DOD Department of Defense DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System DSIS Defense Communications System/Satellite Control Facility Interface System DSMM DOD Spacelift Mission Model DSP Defense Support Program DSTS deep-space tracking system E2I endo-exoatmospheric interceptors EDC Earth Resources Observation System Data Center EGS European ground station EHF extremely high frequency ER Eastern Range EROS Earth Resources Observation System EVA extra-vehicular activity EW electronic warfare FEWS Follow-on Early Warning System FLTSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications System FNOC Navy Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center FOBS fractional orbit bombardment system FSOC Fairchild Satellite Operations Center GAO General Accounting Office GBI ground-based interceptors GBRT ground-based radar trackers GC ground controller GEM graphite epoxy motors GEODSS ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance GHz gigahertz GPALS global protection against limited strikes GPS Global Positioning System GSTS ground-based surveillance and tracking system GT Gemini Titan GTO geostationary transfer orbit HEDI high-endoatmospheric defense interceptor HPF horizontal processing facility HPTF high pressure test facility IA interim agreement ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile IDSCS Initial Defense Satellite Communications System IGY International Geophysical Year IOC initial operational capability IR infrared IRBM intermediate range ballistic missile IRO interrange operations JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff J-STARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System KE kinetic energy KMR Kwajalein Missile Range KSC Kennedy Space Center LASS low-altitude surveillance system LCO lead communications operator LEASAT Leased Satellite Communications System LSO Launch Services Office LWIR long wavelength infrared MA Mercury Atlas MCS master control station MCT mission control team MECO main engine cutoff MHV miniature homing vehicle MILSATCOM military satellite communications Milstar military, strategic, and tactical relay satellite MIRV multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle MLV medium launch vehicle MOL Manned Orbital Laboratory MOTIF Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility MPF multi-purpose facility MPSOC Multi-Purpose Satellite Operations Center MR Mercury Redstone MSI multispectral imagery MSR missile site radar MSS multispectral scanner MWS missile warning squadron NACA National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASP national aerospace plane NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NAVSPASUR Naval Space Surveillance NAVSTAR Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging NCA National Command Authorities NCS network control system NFL new foreign launch NICSCOA NATO Integrated Communications System Operating Agency NLS national launch system NMCC National Military Command Center NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command NPF Navstar Processing Facility NRL Naval Research Laboratory NRT near real time NSC National Security Council NSD National Security Directive NSDD National Security Decision Directive NSDM National Security Decision Memorandum NSpC National Space Council NSSF Navstar Satellite Storage Facility NSPD national space policy directives NUDET nuclear detonation OC operations center OGS overseas ground station OIS orbit insertion system OLS operational linescan system OPS operations OSMC Operational Software Maintenance Complex P&A plans and analysis PAR perimeter acquisition radar PARCS Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System PASS Passive Surveillance System PBV post-boost vehicle PD presidential directive PMALS prototype miniature air launched system PSF payload servicing facility RADINT radar intelligence RC resource controller RCC resource control complex RCS radar cross section reaction control system RC/TA remote communications/telemetry areas R&D research and development RF radio frequency RS resource scheduling RTS remote tracking station RV reentry vehicle SA selective availability SAC Strategic Air Command SAINT Air Force satellite interceptor SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SAM surface-to-air missile SATCOM satellite communications SBWAS space-based wide area surveillance SCOUT Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test SCS satellite control squadron SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organization SDTL Software Development Test Laboratories SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe SLAG Space Launch Advisory Group SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile SOC satellite operations center SOG satellite operations group SOI space object identification SPADOC Space Defense Operations Center SRB solid rocket booster SRM solid rocket motor SRMU solid rocket motor upgrade SSC Space Surveillance Center SSN space surveillance network SSTO single stage to orbit SSTS space-based surveillance and tracking system STG Space Task Group STS space transportation system SV space vehicles TACELINT tactical electronic intelligence tacsat tactical satellite TAF tactical air force TBM tactical ballistic missile TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Program TEOB tactical elint order of battle TERS Tactical Event Reporting System TIP tracking impact prediction TM thematic mapper T/R transmit/receive TRAP tactical and related applications TRW Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge TT&C telemetry, tracking, and commanding TW/AA tactical warning/attack assessment UFO ultra high frequency follow-on UHF ultra high frequency UN United Nations USCENTCOM United States Central Command USCINCSPACE United States commander in chief Space Command USSPACECOM United States Space Command VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base VTS Vandenberg Tracking Station WCP wing command post WR Western Range WSMR White Sands Missile Test Range
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