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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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