| Acronym | Meaning |
| HYPERCHANNNEL | High-speed Communications Link |
| MMSS | Multimission Support Service |
| FSTC | Foreign Science & Technology Center |
| JERS | Japan Earth Remote Sensing Satellite |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment |
| UHURU | N/A |
| L | Lunar |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |
| SKE | Specific Kinetic Energy |
| AOIPS | Atmospheric And Oceanographic Information Processing System |