| Acronym | Meaning |
| GMS | Geostationary Meteorological Satellite |
| DORIS | Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS) |
| ESOC | European Satellite Operations Center |
| ASPT | Advanced Satellite Products Team (NOAA/ORA) |
| GEOSAT | GEOdetic SATellite |
| SDS | Satellite Data Services |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Radiometer (EOS) |
| SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol And Gas Experiment (EOS) |
| WINCE | WINter Cloud Experiment |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |