| Acronym | Meaning |
|---|---|
| BATSE
| |
| CCD | |
| CESR | Centre d'Etudes de Spatiales Rayonnements
Home of the Fregate team |
| CSR | Center for Space Research
|
| DSP | |
| FREGATE | French Gamma Telescope
|
| GCN | GRB Coordinates Network
|
| GPS | Global Positioning Satellite
|
| GRB | Gamma Ray Burst
|
| HETE | High Energy Transient Space Explorer
The satellite |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PI Institution |
| RA | |
| RBM | Radiation Belt Monitor
|
| SXC | Soft X-Ray Camera
|
| VHF | |
| WXM | Wide-Field X-Ray Monitor
|