| Acronym | Meaning |
| TES | Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
| CFPA | Center For Particle Astrophysics (Berkeley) |
| BDB | Big Dumb Booster |
| PC | ParseC (usu. Pc) |
| DRAO | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| BMFT | Bundesministerium Fuer Forschung Und Technologie |
| TOPS | Toward Other Planetary Systems |
| ESIS | European Space Information System |
| EUTELSAT | European Telecommunications Satellite Organization |