| Acronym | Meaning |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| TSM | Tail Service Mast |
| AW&ST | Aviation Week And Space Technology |
| CM | Command Module |
| ISAS | Institute Of Space AND Astronautical Science |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
| IDL | Interactive Data Language |
| RG | Red Giant |
| CDA | Command And Data Acquisition |
| GRU | Glavnoye Razvedivatel'noye Upravileniye |