| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEPAC | Space Experiments With Particle Accelerators |
| SSBUV | Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment |
| USN | United States Navy |
| GMRT | Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope |
| UTC | Coordinated Universal Time |
| WR | Western Range |
| HGA | High Gain Antenna |
| SLC | Space Launch Complex |
| CRRES | Combined Release/Radiation Effects Satellite |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |