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  • 41MISTRAM — Missile Trajectory Measurement System. MISTRAM (MISsile TRAjectory Measurement) was a high resolution tracking system used by the United States Air Force (and later NASA) to provide highly detailed trajectory analysis of rocket launches. A… …

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  • 42Strategic Defense Initiative — Organization SDIO Agency overview Formed 1984 Dissolved 1993 (renamed) Superseding a …

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  • 43Eastern Range — The Eastern Range (ER) is a rocket range that supports missile and rocket launches from the two major launch heads located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center.rp|pg 5cite web… …

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  • 44Glossary of military abbreviations — List of terms, acronyms, information, related to modern armour, artillery, infantry, weapons, and related military subject matter.* AA anti aircraft * AAA anti aircraft artillery Triple A * AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle * AAD Armoured… …

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  • 452008 in spaceflight — |11 January, 05:32 GMT [cite web url= http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code810/news/story80.html title= 36.243 UG McCandliss/Johns Hopkins University accessdate= 2008 03 15 author= date= 2008 01 11 format= html publisher= NASA Sounding Rockets Office… …

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  • 46Space-Based Infrared System — The Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) (pronounced sibirs ) is a consolidated system intended to meet United States infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades of the 21st century. The SBIRS program addresses… …

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  • 47Command guided — Command guidance is a type of missile guidance in which a ground station or aircraft relay signals to a guided missile via radio (or possibly through a wire connecting the missile to the launcher) and tell the missile where to steer in order to… …

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  • 48DAMP Project — The Downrange Anti missile Measurement Program or DAMP was an applied research project to obtain scientific data, just prior to and during re entry, on intermediate and intercontinental range ballistic missiles as they returned to earth. The… …

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  • 49Air Force Satellite Control Network — The Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non­ DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of the tasks involved …

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  • 50Vandenberg Air Force Base — Infobox Airport name = Vandenberg Air Force Base nativename = Part of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) image width = 400 caption = 15 September 1994 image2 width = 150 caption2 = FAA airport diagram IATA = VBG ICAO = KVBG FAA = VBG type = Military …

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