| Acronym | Meaning |
| GRU | Glavnoye Razvedivatel'noye Upravileniye |
| CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
| ISAS | Institute Of Space AND Astronautical Science |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| WTR | Western Test Range |
| ETR | Eastern Test Range |
| RASC | Royal Astronomical Society Of Canada |
| IOBM | In Ocean By Mistake |
| UARS | Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
| DRAO | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory |