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==Government-operated Mission Control Centers== ;America * [[Launch Control Center|NASA Launch Control Center]] controls NASA launch missions prior to liftoff from facilities located at [[NASA]]'s [[Kennedy Space Center]] on [[Merritt Island, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Launch Control Center|url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-lcc.html|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=7 September 2011}}</ref> 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 name ''Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center'') is located in Houston Texas at the [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]. NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston also manages the U.S. portions of the [[International Space Station]] (ISS). * [[Mercury Control Center]] was located on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and was used during [[Project 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 the [[Ames Research Center]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Multi-Mission Operations Center - NASA’s Mission Control in Silicon Valley |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mmoc/ |website=NASA|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> * The [[Space Flight Operations Facility]] is operated by the [[Jet 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 the [[Deep Space Network]].<ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Space Flight Operations Facility|url={{NHLS url|id=85002814}} |format=pdf|date=May 15, 1984 |author=Harry A. Butowsky |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=85002814|title=''Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 1976, 1981, and 1983''|photos=y}} {{small|(32 KB)}}</ref> * Space Telescope Operations Control Center (STOCC) is located at [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] in Greenbelt, Maryland and provides mission control for the ''[[Hubble Space Telescope]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hubble Space Telescope - Mission Operations|date=April 2023 |url=https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/hst_mission_operations_fact_sheet.pdf|website=NASA|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> * [[Payload Operations and Integration Center]] at the [[Marshall Spaceflight Center]] in Huntsville, Alabama where science activities aboard the International Space Station are monitored around the clock. * The Multimission Operations Center at the [[Applied Physics Laboratory]] near Baltimore, Maryland controls spacecraft including the ''[[MESSENGER]]'' and ''[[New Horizons]]'' missions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Space Labs and Facilities|url=https://www.jhuapl.edu/work/impact/space-science-and-engineering/facilities|website=JHAPL|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pluto Flyby Success! NASA Probe Phones Home After Epic Encounter|url=http://www.space.com/29946-pluto-flyby-success-nasa-new-horizons.html|work=[[Space.com]]}}</ref> * [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] operates its constellation of satellites from the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) at [[Suitland, Maryland]] and Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) facilities at [[Wallops, Virginia]] and [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]. Satellites controlled include ''[[Joint Polar Satellite System|JPSS]]'' and ''[[Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite|GOES]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Satellite Operations|url=https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/operations/operational-satellites/|website=NOAA|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> * The [[Canadian Space Agency]] Robotics Mission Control Centre in [[Longueuil, Quebec]] plans and conducts ''[[Canadarm]]'' and ''[[Dextre]]'' operations at the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Robotics Mission Control Centre|url=https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/robotics/robotics-mission-control-centre.asp|website=Canadian Space Agency|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> *The [[Space Operations Center (Brazil)|Centro 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) in [[Brasília]] and the secondary center (COPE-S) in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Brazil hosts the Global Sentinel 25 Mid-Planning Conference |author=Brett Anderson|date=January 14, 2025|url=https://www.spaceforces-space.mil/Newsroom/Article/4028512/brazil-hosts-the-global-sentinel-25-mid-planning-conference/|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> ;Asia *[[Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center]] is a command center for the [[Chinese space program]] which includes the [[Shenzhou program|Shenzhou]] missions. The building is inside a complex nicknamed Aerospace City. The city is located in a suburb northwest of Beijing. * The [[Master Control Facility]] of the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] is located at [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre]], Sriharikota, India. * JEM Control Center and the HTV Control Center at the [[Tsukuba Space Center]] (TKSC) in [[Tsukuba]], Japan manages operations aboard [[JAXA]]'s [[Japanese Experiment Module|Kibo]] ISS research laboratory and the resupply flights of the [[H-II Transfer Vehicle]]. JAXAs satellite operations are also based here. ;Europe * [[European Space Operations Centre]] (ESOC) is responsible for [[European Space Agency|ESA]]'s satellites and space probes. It is located in [[Darmstadt]], [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About ESOC|url=https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC|website=ESA|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> * [[German Space Operations Center]] (GSOC) is responsible for [[German Aerospace Center|DLR]]'s satellites and other customers' missions. It is located in [[Oberpfaffenhofen]] near [[Munich]], [[Germany]]. * The [[Columbus Control Centre]] (Col-CC) at the [[German Aerospace Center]] (DLR) in [[Oberpfaffenhofen]], Germany. It is the mission control center for the European [[Columbus (ISS module)|''Columbus'']] research laboratory at the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Columbus Control Centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Columbus/Columbus_Control_Centre_Oberpfaffenhofen_Germany |publisher=ESA|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> * Europe's ''[[Galileo (satellite navigation)|Galileo]]'' global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is operated by two Galileo Control Centres (GCC) situated in [[Oberpfaffenhofen|Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany]] and Fucino, Italy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Galileo System|url=https://www.gsc-europa.eu/galileo/system|website=European GNSS Service Centre|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref> * The French [[National Center for Space Studies (France)|National Centre for Space Studies]] (CNES) [[ATV Control Centre]] (ATV-CC) is located at the [[Toulouse Space Centre]] (CST) in Toulouse, France. It is the mission control center for the European Automated Transfer Vehicles, that regularly resupply ISS.<ref>{{cite web|title=Automated Transfer Vehicle Control Centre |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/ATV/ATV_Control_Centre|publisher=ESA|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> * The Rover Operations Control Centre (ROCC) is located in [[Turin]], Italy. It will be the mission control center for the [[ExoMars]] rover ''[[Rosalind Franklin (rover)|Rosalind Franklin]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=A European mission control for the martian rover|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Exploration/ExoMars/A_European_mission_control_for_the_martian_rover|publisher=[[European Space Agency|ESA]]|access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> ;Russia * The [[RKA Mission Control Center|Mission Control Center]] of the [[Russian Federal Space Agency]] ({{langx|ru|Центр управления полётами}}), also known by its acronym ЦУП ("TsUP") is located in [[Korolyov (city)|Korolyov]], near the [[RKK Energia]] plant. It contains an active control room for the ISS. It also houses a memorial control room for the [[Mir]] where the last few orbits of Mir before it burned up in the atmosphere are shown on the display screens. * [[Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre]], mission control center in [[Krasnoznamensk]], Russia.
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