| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| JERS | Japanese Earth Resources Satellite |
| AE | Arianespace SA |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite |
| LOX | Liquid OXygen |
| SL | (Comet) Shoemaker-Levy / SpaceLab |
| OSS | Office Of The Space Station |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SWAS | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |
| DFRF | Dryden Flight Research Facility |