| Acronym | Meaning |
| CEQ | Council On Environmental Quality |
| BR | Bit Rate |
| ITS | Instrumentation Telemetry Station |
| SSFGSS | Space Shuttle Flight And Ground System Specification |
| SISWG | STS Integrated Schedule Working Group |
| IPL | Initial Program Load |
| DPLR | DOPPler |
| PAM | Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
| LSTE | Launch Site Transportation Equipment |
| AAFE | Aeroassist Flight Experiment |