| Acronym | Meaning |
| USMP | United States Microgravity Payload |
| AMOS | Air Force Maui Optical System |
| NIST | National Institute For Standards And Technology |
| TEA | Torque Equilibrium Attitude |
| SAGA | Solar Array Gain Augmentation |
| KPM | Kometen |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| IKI | Institut Kosmischeskikh Issledovaniya |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Center |
| MRIR | Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |