| Acronym | Meaning |
| OGA | Office Of Government Affairs |
| HEOS | Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite |
| GALE | Genesis Of Atlantic Lows Experiment |
| EAR | Export Administration Regulations |
| FHSA | Federal Hazardous Substances Act |
| EMA | Extended Memory Addressing |
| NRDC | National Research Development Corporation |
| LDM | Local Data Manager |
| CDIS | Command And Data Interface Simulator Unit |
| ISS | Integrated Sounding System |