| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECR | Economic Cleanup Responsibility Act |
| DFW | Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport |
| EECF | Earthnet ERS-1 Central Facility |
| MUSE | Monitor Of Ultraviolet Solar Energy |
| DP | Data Processing |
| PEM | Pacific Exploratory Measurements |
| UKAERE | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Research Establishment |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| HEIFE | Heihe Basin Field Experiment |