| Acronym | Meaning |
| AFR | Audit Finding Report |
| SESAME | Second European Stratospheric Arctic And Mid-Latitude Experiment |
| ICMUA | IAMAS Commission On The Meteorology Of The Upper Atmosphere |
| IGFA | Intergovernmental Funding Agency |
| EDA | Ecosystem Dynamics And The Atmosphere |
| IUPS | International Union Of Physiological Sciences |
| LDS | Loral Defense Systems |
| ADS | Ancillary Data Service |
| ARDEC | Army Armament Research And Development Engineering Center |
| EARN | European Academic Research Network |