| Acronym | Meaning |
| AC | Atlas Centaur |
| SAMS | Space Acceleration Measurement System |
| HTHL | Horizontal Takeoff Horizontal Landing |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organization |
| CPCG | Commercial Protein Crystal Growth |
| MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder |
| LARC | Langley Research Center |
| CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background |
| ADS | Aitken Double Star Catalog |