Operations function

Flight Rules

The pre-agreed decision rules that tell a control team how to respond to situations, so that time-critical calls are made consistently and safely rather than improvised.

In brief

Pre-agreed rules governing operational decisions.

Connections

Related:Mission Control

Knowledge connections

Associated withJohnson Mission Control Center (MCC-H)
Associated withMission Control

Sources

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