Space segment.
Control segment.
Payload segment.
Terminal segment.
Spacecraft control.
Network control.
Payload control.
Ground control.
Minor axis.
Major axis.
Apogee.
Perigee.
0°.
45°.
90°.
180°.
Delay and passive.
Active and passive.
Delay and real-time.
Active and real-time.
Delay.
Active.
Passive.
Real-time.
Programmed ground terminal.
Satellite access authorization.
Computer based application.
Satellite slide rule.
Code division multiple access (CDMA).
Time division multiple access (TDMA).
Demand assigned multiple access (DAMA).
Frequency division multiple access (FDMA).
Joint Staff.
Combatant commander (COCOM).
Consolidated Space Operations Center (CSOC).
Defense Information Systems Agency Operations Control Complex (DOCC).
Assign a circuit number to the telecommunications service request.
Maintain case files on all major command (MAJCOM) circuits.
Ensure the user agency is prepared to pay for the service.
Review the circuit priority against mission needs.
Department of Defense (DOD).
User’s technical control facility.
National Communications System (NCS).
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Atomic clock oscillations.
Apparent constellation movement.
The moon’s rotation about the earth.
The apparent motion of the sun in the sky.
Atomic time.
Mean solar time.
Astronomical time.
Coordinated universal time.
Humidity and aging.
Temperature and aging.
Humidity and operating frequency.
Temperature and operating frequency.
Crystals resonate when an electric charge is applied.
Atoms release energy at a particular resonant frequency.
Atoms are sensitive to temperature and directional effects.
When atoms are split they produce predictable nuclear reactions.
Median.
Latitude.
Parallel.
Meridian.
12-hour.
24-hour.
Astronomical.
Amplitude modulation and pulse modulation.
Second.
Minute.
Hour.
Day.
United States Naval Observatory (USNO).
International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM).
Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL).
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Transmitting one signal over multiple transmission paths.
Transmitting one signal multiple times over a single transmission path.
Combining multiple information channels onto a common transmission medium.
Combining multiple signals for transmission over separate, individual transmission paths.
Pseudorandom code.
Frequency of light.
Radio frequency.
Time slot.
Wavelength.
Frequency.
Code.
Time.
Controlled diphase.
Non-return to zero.
Forward error correction.
Quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK).
Up converter.
Modulator.
Amplifier.
Antenna.
Klystron.
Solid state.
Traveling wave tube amplifier.
Metal oxide field-effect transistor (MOSFET).