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Space Handbook

### Glossary

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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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