| Acronym | Meaning |
| OAT | Operational Acceptance Test |
| S/R | Send And Receive |
| PIL | Procurement Instrument Identification |
| SCS | Spacecraft Control System |
| W/Y | Wrist Yaw |
| SPIF | Shuttle Payload Integration Facility |
| GCS | Guidance Cutoff Signal |
| SPPP | Spacelab Payloads Processing Project |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| E/M | Engineering Model |