| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAR | Search And Rescue / Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| GUGK | Glavnoye Upravileniye Geodesii I Kartografii |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimter Experiment |
| LLNL | Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory |
| NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre |
| SOCC | Satellite Operations Control Center |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society |
| GRS | Great Red Spot |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |
| SHARE | Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element |