| Acronym | Meaning |
| CZCS | Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| EDC | EROS Data Center |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere |
| SWF | ShortWave Fading |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| SPARTAN | Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool For Astronomy |
| VISSR | Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |
| CDM | Cold Dark Matter |
| UVPI | Ultraviolet Plume Instrument |
| SAO | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory |