| Acronym | Meaning |
| JSPO | Joint Systems Program Office |
| ISTP | International Solar Terrestrial Program |
| EMMP | Environmental Monitoring And Mitigation Plan |
| NEPH | Nephelometer |
| AMSOC | American Miscellaneous Society |
| IMOS | Inadvertent Modification Of The Stratosphere |
| AL-WDD | Albuquerque Operations |
| MLT | Magnetic Local Time |
| ERDIP | Experimental R & D Incentives Program |
| EOC | Earth Observation Center |