| Acronym | Meaning |
| RVSN | Raketniye Voiska Stratigcheskovo Naznacheniya |
| HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |
| DDTE | Design |
| ET | External Tank |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| SID | Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance |
| CITE | Cargo Integration Test Equipment |
| CCAFS | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| LOX | Liquid OXygen |
| SWAN | Solar Wind Anisotropy Experiment |