| Acronym | Meaning |
| OPLE | OMEGA Position And Location Experiment |
| AEA | Atomic Energy Act Of 1954 |
| TOGA | Tropical Ocean And Global Atmosphere Program(me) |
| OGCM | Ocean General Circulation Model |
| EFTC | European Fluorocarbon Technical Committee |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| ESTEC | European Space Research And Space Technology Centre |
| FS | Flight Segment |
| APAS | Astrophysical |
| AICC | Adiabatic Isochoric Complete Combustion |