| Acronym | Meaning |
| EGTF | Electron Gun Test Facility |
| ECOD | Export Control Operations Division |
| EM | Electromagnetic |
| PA/CCC | Payload Accommodations/Carrier Control Center |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| TIROS | Television And Infrared Operational Satellite |
| THORPEX | The Observing System Research And Predictability Experiment |
| CAR | Central African Republic |
| JASON | Group Of Physicists At Stanford That Study Various Projects And Are Funded By Government Defense Money |