Operations function

Mission Planning

Turning a mission's science and engineering goals into a detailed, resource-constrained plan of activities — what the spacecraft will do, when, and within its power, data, and pointing limits.

In brief

Planning a spacecraft's activities within its resource limits.

Connections

Knowledge connections

Associated withFlight Dynamics
Associated withScience Operations

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.
ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.

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