| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOIT | Department Of Information Technology (UW-MSN) |
| MOPITT | Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere (EOS) |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| XBSS | X-ray Background Survey Spectrometer |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| UFO | Unidentified Flying Object |
| ESOC | European Satellite Operations Center |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| MODIS | MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (EOS) |
| LAWS | Laser Atmospheric Wind Sounder (EOS) |