| Acronym | Meaning |
| STIWG | Satellite Telemtry Interagency Working Group |
| SIGMET | Significant Meteorological Information |
| EETFC | Environmental Effects |
| IAP | International Affiliates Program |
| ERS | Earth Remote-Sensing Satellite |
| PE | Payload Executive |
| F | Fahrenheit |
| NAS | National Airspace System |
| ADC | Authorized Derivative Classifier |
| OMTF | Optical Modulation Transfer Function |