| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATST | Advanced Technology Solar Telescope |
| FL1 | First Flight Model |
| SLU | Saint Louis University |
| LAPS | Local Area Prediction System |
| EMACS | An On-line Text Editor Distributed As Part Of The GNU Package Of UNIX Software |
| MBPS | Megabits |
| TDLAS | Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| ARC | Ames Research Center |
| IDB | Immediate Direct Broadcast |
| VISSR | Visible And Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |