| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| ABW | Allocated Bandwidth |
| AMS | Annual Maintenance and Support |
| BWF | Bandwidth Factor |
| BSS | Broadcast Satellite Service |
| CSV | Comma Separated Values |
| ECI | Earth Centred Inertial |
| EIRP | Equivalent Isotropic Radiated Power |
| EPFD | Equivalent Power Flux Density |
| ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| FDR | Frequency Dependent Rejection |
| FR | Fast Rolloff |
| FS | Fixed Service |
| FSS | Fixed Satellite Service |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GSO | Geostationary Orbit |
| IDWM | ITU Digitised World Map |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| NASA | National Aeronautical and Space Administration |
| NFD | Net Filter Discrimination |
| NGR | National Grid Reference |
| OBW | Occupied Bandwidth |
| PFD | Power Flux Density |
| PtP | Point to Point |
| SES | Satellite Earth Stations |
| SNG | Satellite News Gathering |
| RX | Receive |
| TES | Transportable Earth Station |
| TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
| TLE | Two Line Element |
| TVRO | Television Receive Only |
| TX | Transmit |
| UWB | Ultra Wideband |
| VSAT | Very Small Aperture Terminals |
| WRC | World Radiocommunications Conference |