Orbital Minotaur I User Manual
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Minotaur I User’s Guide
Glossary
MTO
Medium Transfer Orbit
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NCU
Nozzle Control Unit
NRE
Non-Recurring Engineering
NTO
Nitrogen Tetroxide
ODM
Ordnance Driver Module
OR
Operations Requirements
OSP-3
Orbital Suborbital Program 3
PAF
Payload Attach Fitting
PCM
Pulse Code Modulation
PDR
Preliminary Design Review
PEM
Program Engineering Manager
PPF
Payload Processing Facility
P-POD
Poly-Pico Orbital Deployer
PRD
Program Requirements Document
RAAN
Right Ascension of Ascending
Node
RCS
Roll Control System
RF
Radio Frequency
RWG
Range Working Group
S/A
Safe and Arm
SCAPE
Self-Contained Atmospheric
Protective Ensemble
SD
Space Development and Test
Directorate
SDL
SD Launch Systems Division
SEB
Support Equipment Building
SLC-8
Space Launch Complex 8
SLV
Space Launch Vehicle
SMC
Space and Missile Systems Center
SRSS
Softride for Small Satellites
SSI
Spaceport Systems International
START
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
SV
Space Vehicle
TDRSS
Telemetry Data Relay Satellite
System
TLI
Trans-Lunar Injection
TML
Total Mass Loss
TVC
Thrust Vector Control
UPC
United Paradyne Corporation
USA
Upper Stack Assembly
USAF
United States Air Force
VAFB
Vandenberg Air Force Base
WFF
Wallops Flight Facility
WP
Work Package
Release 3.0
March 2014
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