Orbital flight tests of the Space Shuttle Program involved three types of activities, including classic flight testing of the vehicle hardware and software, operational procedures evaluation and development, and performance of payload mission operations. This combination of activities required a capability of the Mission Control Center (MCC) to provide thorough support to the Orbiter and its crew across a broad spectrum of activities. Attention is given to MCC organization, the general functions performed by the MCC teams, a flight support description, the motivation for a change in MCC operations, support elements, orbit phase functions, and dynamic flight phase functions. It is pointed out that the MCC facilities for the operational mode of support will not be fully implemented until 1984.


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    Title :

    Mission Control Center operations for the Space Transportation System


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space Systems Conference: The Space Transportation System: A Review of Its Present Capability and Probable Evolution ; 1982 ; Washington, DC


    Publication date :

    1982-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English