Operations function

Science Operations

The prime phase in which the spacecraft carries out its science — planning observations, commanding the instruments, and returning the data that is the point of the mission.

In brief

Operating the payload to carry out the mission's science.

Connections

Related:End-of-Mission Operations

Knowledge connections

Associated withMission Planning
Associated withCruise Operations
Associated withEnd-of-Mission Operations
Associated withEnd-of-Mission 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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