| Acronym | Meaning |
| MHZ | Megahertz |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| STARE | Southern Tropical Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| MSP | Minneapolis |
| MPC | Mother-of-pearl Clouds |
| P/L-EX | Payload Executive |
| EMA | Electrodynamics Of The Middle Atmosphere |
| ICEX | Ice Experiment |
| AERE | Association Of Environmental & Resources Economists |
| WKD | Wallace-Kratohvil Distribution |