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Telemetry Processing

Receiving, decoding, and displaying the stream of engineering and science data a spacecraft downlinks, so controllers can assess its health and scientists can use its measurements.

In brief

Decoding and displaying a spacecraft's downlinked data.

Connections

Related:Mission Control

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.