| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIS | Accumulator Injection System |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter Ultrav Iolet |
| MSIS | Mass Spectrometer And Incoherent Scatter |
| SIFE | Second ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| PIXE | Proton Induced X-ray Emission |
| ARS | American Rocket Society |
| OASIS | Oceanic & Atmospheric Scientific Information System |
| PIRAC | PC-based Integrated Radar Acquisition Card |
| MADAM | Master Data Acquisition Module |
| LLC | Logical Link Control |