| Acronym | Meaning |
| SERP | Strategic Environmental Research Program |
| STIP | Study Of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| RISE | Radiative Inputs From Sun To Earth |
| GATE | Global Atmospheric Research Programme Atlantic Tropical Experiment |
| BWC | Biological Weapons Convention |
| ETM | Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| HESS | Health |
| DSIR | Department Of Scientific & Industrial Research |
| TEA | Transversely Excited Atmospheric (pressure) |
| CCB | Configuration Control Board |