Orbital Pegasus - Manual (Page 11)

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Pegasus User’s Guide
NASA National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NRTSim Non-Real-Time Simulation
nm
Nautical Miles
NTE Not To Exceed
OASPL Overall Sound Pressure Level
OCA
Orbital Carrier Aircraft
OD Operations Directive
OR Operations Requirements Document
Orbital Orbital Sciences Corporation
P/L
Payload
PA Payload Adapter
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PDU Pyrotechnic Driver Unit
PLF Payload Fairing
POST Program to Optimize Simulated
Trajectories
PPWR P Power
PRD
Program Requirements Document
psf Pounds Per Square Foot
psi Pounds Per Square Inch
psig Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
PSP Program Support Plan
PSSTU Pegasus Separation System Test Unit
PTRN
P Turn
PTS Power Transfer Switch
PWP Pegasus Work Package
QA Quality Assurance
RCS Reaction Control System
RF Radio Frequency
rpm Revolutions Per Minute
RTB Return to Base
RSS Root Summed Squared
RTV Room Temperature Vulcanizing
S&A Safe & Arm
S/N Serial Number
S/W Software
scfm Standard Cubic Feet Per Minute
sec Second(s)
SSPP System Safety Program Plan
SWC Soft Wall Cleanroom
TLM Telemetry
T.O. Take-Off
TPS Thermal Protection System
TT&C Telemetry, Tracking & Commanding
TVC Thrust Vector Control
UDS Universal Documentation System
UFS Ultimate Factory of Safety
USAF United States Air Force
V Volts
VAB Vehicle Assembly Building
VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base
VDC Volts Direct Current
VHF Very High Frequency
VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
VT Verification
Test
WFF Wallops Flight Facility
WR Western Range (USAF)
XL Extended Length (Pegasus)
YFS Yield Factor of Safety