| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| GCVS | General Catalog Of Variable Stars |
| C&T | Communications & Tracking |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer |
| TOS | Transfer Orbit Stage |
| TM | Thematic Mapper |
| CYSF | Cape York Space Facility |
| MPESS | Multiple Purpose Experiment Support Structure |
| JGR | Journal Of Geophysical Research |