| Acronym | Meaning |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| VEEGA | Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist |
| SNG | Sodruzhestva Nezabisimikh Gosudarst |
| RNGC | Revised New General Catalog |
| HUT | Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope |
| SST | Spectroscopic Survey Telescope / SuperSonic Transport |
| STIKSCAT | Stick Scatterometer |
| NORAD | NORth American Aerospace Defense |
| LASCO | Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph |
| IR | InfraRed |