| Acronym | Meaning |
| CA | Contract Award |
| OMISS | Operation And Maintenance Instruction Summary Sheet(s) |
| OVI | Operational Validation Inspection |
| ENCD | Encode |
| PDCR | Proprietary Data Control Record |
| EFP | ESA Furnished Property |
| SC | Scale |
| RPOC | Remote Payload Operations Center |
| VTM | Vibration Test Module |
| BAC | Booster Assembly Contractor |