| Acronym | Meaning |
| BECO | Booster Engine Cutoff |
| SR | Special Relativity |
| MMPO | Mission Management And Planning Office |
| STIKSCAT | Stick Scatterometer |
| CM | Central Meridian |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| PARE | Physiological And Anatomical Rodent Experiment |
| HAO | High Altitude Observatory |
| SNR | Signal To Noise Ratio / SuperNova Remnant |
| HRPT | High Resolution Picture Transmission |