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Launch Operations

The operations phase spanning launch and the critical early days — acquiring the spacecraft, checking it out, and getting it onto its planned trajectory (Launch and Early Orbit Phase, LEOP).

In brief

Launch and the critical early-orbit checkout phase.

Connections

Related:Cruise Operations

Knowledge connections

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.