| Acronym | Meaning |
| LRB | Liquid Rocket Booster |
| SWAS | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
| DLR | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt Fuer Luft- Und Raumfahrt |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| TSPK | Tsentr Podgotovka Kosmonavti |
| NAS | Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation |
| SIXA | Silicon X-ray Array |
| RGB | Red Giant Branch |
| XMM | X-ray Multi Mirror |
| ESO | European Southern Observatory |