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Miniature Sensor Technology Integration-3, the Glossary

Miniature Sensor Technology Integration-3 (MSTI-3) was a technology demonstration satellite operated by the United States Air Force.^[1]

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Earth observation satellites of the United States
Infrared technology
Military satellites
Satellites of the United States Air Force
Spacecraft launched by Pegasus rockets
Spacecraft launched in 1996
Spacecraft which reentered in 1997

Aerotech News and Review

Aerotech News and Review Inc., established in February 1986, is an American bi-weekly aerospace trade journal and publishing company with corporate headquarters in Lancaster, California.

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Angular momentum

Angular momentum (sometimes called moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum.

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ANSER

Analytic Services Inc., better known by its acronym ANSER, is a not-for-profit corporation that provides services, largely to the U.S. federal government, in several mission areas.

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Ballistic missile

A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target.

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Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) was an agency of the United States Department of Defense that began on 20 May 1974 with the responsibility for all U.S. ballistic missile defense efforts.

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Ballistic missile flight phases

A ballistic missile goes through several distinct phases of flight that are common to almost all such designs.

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Bit

The bit is the most basic unit of information in computing and digital communication.

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Charge-coupled device

A charge-coupled device (CCD) is an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Electric power quality

Electric power quality is the degree to which the voltage, frequency, and waveform of a power supply system conform to established specifications.

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Gallium arsenide

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a III-V direct band gap semiconductor with a zinc blende crystal structure.

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Geocentric orbit

A geocentric orbit, Earth-centered orbit, or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.

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Gigabyte

The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. Miniature Sensor Technology Integration-3 and Global Positioning System are military space program of the United States.

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Hydrazine

Hydrazine is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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Indium antimonide

Indium antimonide (InSb) is a crystalline compound made from the elements indium (In) and antimony (Sb).

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Kirtland Air Force Base

Kirtland Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base.

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Landsat 5

Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984, to collect imagery of the surface of Earth.

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Landsat 6

Landsat 6, equipped with upgraded versions of the instruments on Landsat 5, was designed to carry forward the Landsat program.

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LGM-30 Minuteman

The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command.

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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar (pronounced "El-ten-eleven") is an American medium-to-long-range, wide-body trijet airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation.

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Los Angeles Air Force Base

Los Angeles Air Force Base (LAAFB) is a United States Space Force base located in El Segundo, California.

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Mir

Mir (Мир) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation.

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MIRACL

MIRACL, or Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser, is a directed energy weapon developed by the US Navy.

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NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive

The NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive (NSSDCA) serves as the permanent archive for NASA space science mission data.

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Northrop Grumman Pegasus

Pegasus is an air-launched multistage rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) and later built and launched by Northrop Grumman.

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Onizuka Air Force Station

Onizuka Air Force Station or Onizuka AFS was a United States Air Force installation in Sunnyvale, California, at the intersection of State Route 237 and North Mathilda Avenue.

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Orbital Sciences Corporation

Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other government customers.

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Phillips Laboratory

Phillips Laboratory was a research and development organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command.

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Photovoltaic system

A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.

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Platinum silicide

Platinum silicide, also known as platinum monosilicide, is the inorganic compound with the formula PtSi.

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Reaction wheel

A reaction wheel (RW) is used primarily by spacecraft for three-axis attitude control, and does not require rockets or external applicators of torque.

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Ritchey–Chrétien telescope

A Ritchey–Chrétien telescope (RCT or simply RC) is a specialized variant of the Cassegrain telescope that has a hyperbolic primary mirror and a hyperbolic secondary mirror designed to eliminate off-axis optical errors (coma).

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Satellite bus

A satellite bus (or spacecraft bus) is the main body and structural component of a satellite or spacecraft, in which the payload and all scientific instruments are held.

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Satellite Control Network

The Satellite Control Network (SCN), operated by the United States Space Force's Space Delta 6, provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non-DoD satellites.

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Science Applications International Corporation

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Inc.

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Small satellite

A small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under.

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Space Systems Command

Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command.

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Spacecraft attitude control

Spacecraft attitude control is the process of controlling the orientation of a spacecraft (vehicle or satellite) with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity such as the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.

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Spectrum Astro

Spectrum Astro was a privately held American corporation that designed, manufactured, and sold satellites.

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Star tracker

A star tracker is an optical device that measures the positions of stars using photocells or a camera.

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Stargazer (aircraft)

Stargazer is a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar built in 1974, that was modified in 1994 for use by Orbital Sciences (now part of Northrop Grumman) as a mother ship for the Pegasus, a small-lift launch vehicle.

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Staring array

A staring array, also known as staring-plane array or focal-plane array (FPA), is an image sensor consisting of an array (typically rectangular) of light-sensing pixels at the focal plane of a lens.

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Sun-synchronous orbit

A Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), also called a heliosynchronous orbit, is a nearly polar orbit around a planet, in which the satellite passes over any given point of the planet's surface at the same local mean solar time.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command

The United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) is the Army Service Component Command (ASCC) for United States Strategic Command and United States Space Command.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Naval Research Laboratory

The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces, and is a high-ranking member of the federal cabinet.

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Vandenberg Space Force Base

Vandenberg Space Force Base, previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California.

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Watt

The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.

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William Cohen

William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine.

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Wyle Laboratories

Wyle Laboratories (Wyle) was an American privately held provider of engineering, scientific and technical services to the Department of Defense, NASA, and a variety of commercial customers primarily in the aerospace industry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_Sensor_Technology_Integration-3

Also known as MSTI-3.

, Watt, William Cohen, Wyle Laboratories.

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See also

Earth observation satellites of the United States

Infrared technology

Military satellites

Satellites of the United States Air Force

Spacecraft launched by Pegasus rockets

Spacecraft launched in 1996

Spacecraft which reentered in 1997

References