| Acronym | Meaning |
| FL1 | First Flight Model |
| F&A | Finance And Administration |
| NPOESS | National Polar Orbiter Environmental Satellite System |
| AHF | Advanced Hadron Facility |
| CCPR | Clouds And Climate Program |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| ICE | Isoprene Canopy Experiment |
| MRF | Meteorological Rocket Facility |
| ESNET | Energy Sciences Network |
| BSAC | Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee |