Operations function

Mission Control

The team and facility that command and monitor a spacecraft in real time — the heart of mission operations, staffed by controllers each responsible for a subsystem.

In brief

Real-time commanding and monitoring of a spacecraft by a controller team.

Connections

Knowledge connections

Associated withJPL Space Flight Operations Facility (SFOF)
Associated withGoddard Mission Operations
Associated withJohnson Mission Control Center (MCC-H)
Associated withEuropean Space Operations Centre (ESOC)
Associated withJAXA Mission Operations
Associated withISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network)
Associated withMission Control Center (TsUP)
Associated withBeijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC)
Associated withSpacecraft Health Monitoring
Associated withCommand Sequencing
Associated withTelemetry Processing
Associated withFlight Rules
Associated withOperations Automation

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

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.

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