| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHARE | Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element |
| AFWTR | USAF's WTR |
| HIRDLS | High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
| ISZ | Iskusstvenniy Sputnik Zemli |
| AFP | Air Force Program |
| SPTN | SPARTAN |
| CEA | Center For EUV Astrophysics |
| SPOT | Systeme Probatoire Pour L'Observation De La Terre |
| ORFEUS | Orbiting And Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer |