| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOFT | Space Operations And Flight Techniques |
| CA | Contract Award |
| CCP | Configuration Control Phase |
| MDS | Malfunction Detection System |
| PCRB | Operations) |
| PRO | Proceed |
| NNI-I | NASA Standard Initiator-Type I (was SMSI) |
| DP | Double Precision |
| PIDA | Payload Installation And Deployment Aid |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |