FALCON USER’S GUIDE NASA....................................................................................................................... National Aeronautics and Space Administration OASPL ....................................................................................................................................................... overall sound pressure level PAF .......................................................................................................................................................................... payload attach fitting PCM ..................................................................................................................................................................... pulse code modulation PDR ................................................................................................................................................................. preliminary design review PPF ................................................................................................................................................................ payload processing facility PSK .............................................................................................................................................................................. phase shift keying Q .................................................................................................................................................................................... dynamic pressure RF ...................................................................................................................................................................................... radio frequency RP-1 ................................................................................................................................ rocket propellant-1 (rocket-grade kerosene) SBA ........................................................................................................................................................................ Santa Barbara Airport SC ............................................................................................................................................................................................... spacecraft SCAPE .................................................................................................................. self-contained atmospheric protective ensemble SECO ...................................................................................................................................................................... second-engine cut-off SES ............................................................................................................................................................................ second-engine start SLC ........................................................................................................................................................................ space launch complex SpaceX .................................................................................................................................... Space Exploration Technologies Corp. SPL ........................................................................................................................................................................... sound pressure level SRS ................................................................................................................................................................ shock response spectrum SSO ...................................................................................................................................................................... sun-synchronous orbit TE ................................................................................................................................................................................ transporter-erector TEA-TEB .............................................................................................................................................. triethylaluminum-triethylborane US .......................................................................................................................................................................................... United States VAFB ............................................................................................................................................................ Vandenberg Air Force Base CHANGE LOG Date Update Oct 2015 Original Release May 2016 Minor updates and clarifications Jan 2019 Falcon 9 Block 5 and Falcon Heavy updates Apr 2020 Minor environments updates © Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 68 SpaceX Proprietary and Competition-Sensitive Information.