| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIT | Circumstellar Imaging Telescope |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| CZCS | Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| ASS | Antenna Support Structure |
| SLC | Space Launch Complex |
| NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatories |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| UDMH | Unsymmetrical DiMethyl Hydrazine |
| ER | Eastern Range |
| VIB | Vertical Integration Building |