| Acronym | Meaning |
| SDSS | Sloan Digital Sky Survey |
| IVT | Interface Verification Test |
| CMCC | Central Mission Control Centre |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer |
| PAM | Payload Assist Module |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
| VIB | Vertical Integration Building |
| TSUP | Tsentr Upravileniya Polyoti |
| SARA | Satellite Pour Astronomie Radio Amateur |
| EOS | Electrophoresis Operations In Space |