| Acronym | Meaning |
| RVSN | Raketniye Voiska Stratigcheskovo Naznacheniya |
| EUV | Extreme UltraViolet |
| AFP | Air Force Program |
| AMOS | Air Force Maui Optical System |
| ARRL | American Radio Relay League |
| VAS | VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
| OCTW | Optical Communications Through The Shuttle Window |
| GLOMR | Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay |
| VPF | Vertical Processing Facility |
| CLAES | Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer |