Mission control

Abstract

This paper addresses the aspects of providing mission control to near-earth unmanned scientific missions at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Major areas covered include a background of the development of the mission control function, a description of the GSFC ground system elements necessary to provide that mission control, and the developments which are planned to meet the 1980 decade requirements. Particular attention is given to the Payload Operations Control Center and the Command Management function for performing mission control operations.