| Acronym | Meaning |
| PDRS | Payload Deployment And Retrieval System |
| PV | Photovoltaic |
| UIT | Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope |
| MOMS | Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral/Stereo Scanner |
| EDC | EROS Data Center |
| TSPK | Tsentr Podgotovka Kosmonavti |
| PLB | Payload Bay |
| AE | Arianespace SA |
| NPO | Scientific Production Organization |
| VMF | Voenno-Morskoy Flot |