| Acronym | Meaning |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre |
| RNGC | Revised New General Catalog |
| CRL | Communication Research Lab |
| SNR | Signal To Noise Ratio / SuperNova Remnant |
| APE | Auroral Photography Experiment |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory (at Johns Hopkins) |
| IUS | Inertial Upper Stage |
| ARC | Astrophysical Research Consortium |