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
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.