| Acronym | Meaning |
| UVPI | Ultraviolet Plume Instrument |
| DSO | Detailed Supplementary Objective |
| IOTA | Infrared-Optical Telescope Array |
| LASCO | Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph |
| VVS | Voenno-Vosdushniye Sili |
| WSGT | White Sands Ground Terminal |
| COSTAR | Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement |
| IMO | International Meteor Organization |
| SAR | Search And Rescue / Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| DAC | Delayed Action Command |