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ACRONYMS<br />

AACB - Aeronautics and Astronautics Coord<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g Board<br />

ABMA - Army Ballistic Missile Agency<br />

ACS - Attitude Control and Stabilization<br />

AEM - Applications Explorer Mission<br />

AFSCF - Air Force Satellite Control Facility<br />

AM - Amplitude Modulation<br />

ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency<br />

BoB - Bureau of the Budget<br />

BOL - Beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of Life<br />

C&DH - Communications and Data Handl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

CM1LC - Civilian-Military Liaison Committee<br />

CMOS/RAM - Complementary Metal Oxide Substrate/Random Access<br />

Memory<br />

DDR&E - Director of Defense, Research and Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

EOL - End of Life<br />

ETR - Eastern Test Range<br />

FCM - Frequency Control Modulation<br />

FM - Frequency Modulation<br />

FRUSA - Flexible Roll Up Solar Array<br />

FSK - Frequency-Shift Key<strong>in</strong>g<br />

FSS - Flight Support System<br />

GFE - Government Furnished Equipment<br />

GN 2 - Cold Gas (gaseous nitrogen)<br />

GSE - Ground Support Equipment<br />

GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center<br />

HCMI - Heat Capacity Mapp<strong>in</strong>g Mission<br />

HEAO - High Energy Astronomical Observatory<br />

ICBM - Intercont<strong>in</strong>ental Ballistic Missile<br />

ICSU - International Council of Scientific Unions<br />

IGY - International Geophysical Year<br />

IRBM - Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile<br />

IUE - International Ultraviolet Explorer<br />

IUS - Interim Upper Stage

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