| Acronym | Meaning |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Infrared Sounder |
| IPMP | Investigations Into Polymer Membrane Processing |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| INMARSAT | International Maritime Satellite |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| GRU | Glavnoye Razvedivatel'noye Upravileniye |
| JERS | Japanese Earth Resources Satellite |
| ARISTOTELES | Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earth's Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |