| Acronym | Meaning |
| WSGT | White Sands Ground Terminal |
| LH | Liquid Hydrogen |
| ADS | Astrophysical Data System (at Havard-Smithsonian CfA) |
| RAL | Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory |
| IOBM | In Ocean By Mistake |
| ISRO | Indian Space Research Organisation |
| SOB | Strap-On Booster |
| APU | Auxiliary Power Unit |
| ORBI | Stock Ticker Symbol For OSC |
| SAREX | Search And Rescue Exercise / Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment |