Facility that manages aerospace vehicle flights
Amission control center (MCC, sometimes called aflight control center oroperations center) is a facility that managesspace flights, usually from the point of launch until landing or the end of the mission. It is part of theground segment of spacecraft operations. A staff offlight controllers and other support personnel monitor all aspects of the mission usingtelemetry, and send commands to the vehicle usingground stations. Personnel supporting the mission from an MCC can include representatives of theattitude control system,power,propulsion, thermal,attitude dynamics, orbital operations and other subsystem disciplines. The training for these missions usually falls under the responsibility of the flight controllers, typically including extensive rehearsals in the MCC.
Government-operated Mission Control Centers
[edit]- America
- NASA Launch Control Center controls NASA launch missions prior to liftoff from facilities located atNASA'sKennedy Space Center onMerritt Island, Florida.[1] Responsibility for the booster and spacecraft remains with the Launch Control Center until the booster has cleared the launch tower.
- Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center assumes responsibility for crewed missions after liftoff. The facility (abbreviated MCC-H, full nameChristopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center) is located in Houston Texas at theLyndon B. Johnson Space Center. NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston also manages the U.S. portions of theInternational Space Station (ISS).
- Mercury Control Center was located on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and was used duringProject Mercury. One of its still standing buildings now serves as a makeshift bunker for the media if a rocket explodes near the ground.
- Multi-Mission Operations Center at theAmes Research Center[2]
- TheSpace Flight Operations Facility is operated by theJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California and manages all of NASA's uncrewed spacecraft outside Earth's orbit and several research probes within along with theDeep Space Network.[3]
- Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) is located atGoddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and provides mission control for theHubble Space Telescope.[4]
- Payload Operations and Integration Center at theMarshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama where science activities aboard the International Space Station are monitored around the clock.
- The Multimission Operations Center at theApplied Physics Laboratory near Baltimore, Maryland controls spacecraft including theMESSENGER andNew Horizons missions.[5][6]
- NOAA operates its constellation of satellites from the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) atSuitland, Maryland and Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) facilities atWallops, Virginia andFairbanks, Alaska. Satellites controlled includeJPSS andGOES.[7]
- TheCanadian Space Agency Robotics Mission Control Centre inLongueuil, Quebec plans and conductsCanadarm andDextre operations at theInternational Space Station.[8]
- TheCentro de Operações Espaciais (COPE) is operated by the Brazilian Armed Forces to support government satellites in orbit. Two Space Operations Centers (COPEs) are part of its structure: the main center (COPE-P) inBrasília and the secondary center (COPE-S) inRio de Janeiro.[9]
- Asia
- Europe
- Russia
Privately-operated Mission Control Centers
[edit]- Axiom Space Mission Control Center (MCC-A) in Houston, Texas.[15]
- Boeing Satellite Development Center (SDC) Mission Control Center[16] in El Segundo, California, US. In charge of several military satellites.
- TheKongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) space operations center inTromsø, Norway performs command and control for 13 satellites.[17]
- Lockheed MartinA2100 Space Operations Center (ASOC)[18] in Newtown, Pennsylvania, US. In charge of several military satellites.
- Parsons Corporation operates the Parsons Space Operations Center (PSOC) inColorado Springs, Colorado[19] to support command and control for theNOAA POES[20] andDARPA Blackjack satellite programs.[21]
- Satellite operatorSES controls its fleet of more than 50 satellites from operations centers in bothPrinceton, New Jersey andLuxembourg.[22]
- Space Systems/Loral Mission Control Center in Palo Alto, California, US.[23]
- SpaceX Mission Control Center (MCC-X) inHawthorne, California is the primary launch control facility for the company's Falcon rockets.[24]
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