| Acronym | Meaning |
| POAM | Polar Ozone And Aerosol Measurement |
| SI | Systeme International |
| AMRV | Advanced Maneuvering Re-entry Vehicle |
| LOICZ | Land-Ocean Interactions In The Coastal Zone |
| NREL | National Resource Ecology Laboratory |
| INS | Inertial Navigation System |
| TIP | TIROS Information Processor |
| AOD | Argon-oxygen Decarbonization |
| SLED | Single Large Expensive Disk |
| ECOD | Export Control Operations Division |