| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIRS | Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere |
| ESIG | Environmental And Societal Impacts Group |
| STRATCOM | Stratospheric Composition Experiment |
| ABC | Advanced Ball Concept |
| FATS | Factory Acceptance Test Specification |
| CABALS | Carrier Balloon System |
| NWP | Numerical Weather Prediction |
| MSU | Mass Storage Unit |
| PMS | Performance Measurement System |
| LITE | Lidar In Space Technology Experiment |