| AC | Alternating Current |
| ALIA | Advanced Laser Interferometer Antenna |
| CHAMP | CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload |
| CVM | Caging Vent Mechanisms |
| DC | Direct Current |
| DOF | Degree Of Freedom |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| GEO600 | Gravitational Wave Observatory 600 |
| GOCE | Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explore |
| GP-B | Gravity Probe-B |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
| GRACE-FO | GRACE Follow On |
| KAGRA | Kansai Advanced Gravitational Wave Observatory |
| LED | Light-Emitting Diode |
| LISA | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
| LPF | LISA Pathfinder |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| ONERA | Office National d’Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales |
| PID | Proportional, Integral and Derivative |
| PWM | Pulsed Width Modulation |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| TM | Test Mass |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| VIRGO | Virgo Interferometer for Gravitational waves Observatory |