| Acronym | Meaning |
| SABENA | Soci?t? Anonyme Belge D'exploitation De La Navigation A?rienne (French For Belgian Company For Exploiting Aerial Navigation |
| NOR | Norway (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| GNQ | Equatorial Guinea (ISO 3166 Trigram) |
| IAU | International Association Of Universities - International Astronomical Union |
| DVO | Direct View Optics |
| MMW | Millimetre Wave (radar |
| MMS | Multimission Modular Spacecraft |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| TBM | Tactical Ballistic Missile - Theatre Ballistic Missile |
| ACE | Air Combat Emulator (computer Game) - Allied Command Europe - Armored Combat Earthmover - Automatic Computing Engine |