| Acronym | Meaning |
| FCM | Federal Coordinator For Meteorological Services And Supporting Research |
| BEP | Balloon Electronics Package |
| DYNA | Structural Dynamics Analysis |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| GLS | GOMR Limb Sounder |
| AID | Air Inlet Damper |
| AGO | Automatic Geophysical Observatory |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research |
| AFD | Axial Flux Difference |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |