OVERVIEW

SCIENCE

TECHNOLOGY

NEWSROOM

EDUCATION

GALLERY

This section provides an overview of what it takes to keep a satellite functioning and the people who make it work. Keeping a spacecraft in flight for years at a time and gathering good science data is definitely not as simple as it may seem. Then, again, it is a more fascinating story than you probably could have imagined!

Overview	Introduction to Mission Operations What is meant by Mission Operations People and hardware working together
People	Mission Planning and Sequence Team Flight Control Team Navigation and Precision Orbit Determination Team Satellite Performance Analysis Team Science Data Team Management Team Ocean Scientists
PROFILE: Keeping an Eye on Mission Safety: Mission Operations Assurance Manager Sara Hyman
Navigation	Tracking the Spacecraft Uses of Tracking Data Maintaining the Orbit Attitude Control
Data Production	Science Observations Science Goals and Their Demands on Accuracy The Ground System The Most Important Outcome
Communication	The Vital Link How Communication is Done Telemetry