| Acronym | Meaning |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
| AFPRO | Air Force Plan Representative Office |
| WR | Western Range |
| VS | SNGVooruzhennikh Sil SNG |
| CIT | Circumstellar Imaging Telescope |
| STC | SHAPE Technical Center |
| FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
| VEEGA | Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist |
| CXBR | Cosmic X-ray Background Radiation |
| IOTA | Infrared-Optical Telescope Array |