| Acronym | Meaning |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment |
| V | Volts |
| EARTHKAM | Earth Knowledge Acquired By Middle-schoolers |
| COMET | Cooperative Program For Operational Meteorology Education And Training (NOAA And UCAR) |
| OAO | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory |
| HIRES | HIgh RESolution |
| EUMETSAT | EUropean Organization For The Exploitation Of METeorological SATellites |
| XBSS | X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer |
| GARS | GOES Archive And Retrieval System |
| SAFIRE | Spectroscopy Of The Atmosphere Using Far InfraRed Emission |