| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCAFS | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| HAO | High Altitude Observatory |
| ERS | Environmental Research Satellite |
| PVO | Pioneer Venus Orbiter / Protivo-Vosdushniya Oborona |
| BNSC | British National Space Centre |
| IC | Index Catalog |
| ACE | Advanced Composition Explorer |
| PDE | Particle Dispersion Experiment |
| CNO | Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen |
| SMC | Small Magellanic Cloud |