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{{short description|Facility that manages aerospace vehicle flights}}
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A '''mission control center''' ('''MCC''', sometimes called a '''flight control center''' or '''operations center''') is a facility that manages [[spaceflight|space flights]], usually from the point of launch until landing or the end of the mission. It is part of the [[ground segment]] of spacecraft operations. A staff of [[flight controller]]s and other support personnel monitor all aspects of the mission using [[telemetry]], and send commands to the vehicle using [[ground station]]s. Personnel supporting the mission from an MCC can include representatives of the [[attitude control system]], [[electric power|power]], [[spacecraft propulsion|propulsion]], thermal, [[attitude dynamics and control|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==
;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}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;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.

==Privately-operated Mission Control Centers==
*[[Axiom Space]] Mission Control Center (MCC-A) in Houston, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|title=NSSDCA Spacecraft Axiom 1
|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2022-037A|website=NASA|access-date=March 9, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Boeing]] Satellite Development Center (SDC) Mission Control Center<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/mcc/mcc_factsheet.html |access-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230202522/http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/mcc/mcc_factsheet.html |archive-date=December 30, 2008|title=Satellite Mission Control Center}}</ref> in El Segundo, California, US. In charge of several military satellites.
*The [[Kongsberg Satellite Services]] (KSAT) space operations center in [[Tromsø, Norway]] performs command and control for 13 satellites.<ref>{{cite news|title=KSAT expands role in satellite operations|author=Debra Werner|date=February 5, 2025|url=https://spacenews.com/ksat-expands-role-in-satellite-operations/|publisher=Space News|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Lockheed Martin]] [[A2100]] Space Operations Center (ASOC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ssc/CommercialSpace/Facilities.html |access-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225110021/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ssc/CommercialSpace/Facilities.html |archive-date=December 25, 2008|title=World Class Satellites and Facilities}}</ref> in Newtown, Pennsylvania, US. In charge of several military satellites.
*[[Parsons Corporation]] operates the Parsons Space Operations Center (PSOC) in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Parsons launches space ops center|author=Loren Blinde  |date=February 15, 2023|url=https://intelligencecommunitynews.com/parsons-launches-space-ops-center/|publisher=Intelligence Community News|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> to support command and control for the ''[[Polar Operational Environmental Satellites|NOAA POES]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Parsons Takes Over 3 NOAA Satellites’ Operations Under GSaaS Contract
|date=November 30, 2023|author=Arthur McMiler|url=https://potomacofficersclub.com/parsons-corp-s-colorado-springs-facility-has-taken-over-full-operations-of-three-spacecraft-of-the-noaas-polar-satellite-fleet-under-a-ground-station-as-a-service-contract/ |website=Potomac Officers Club|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> and ''[[Blackjack (satellite)|DARPA Blackjack]]'' satellite programs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Parsons to develop ground operations center for DARPA’s Blackjack satellites|author=Sandra Erwin|date=December 11, 2021|url=https://spacenews.com/parsons-to-develop-prototype-ground-operations-center-for-darpas-blackjack-satellites/
|publisher=Space News|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref>
* Satellite operator [[SES (company)|SES]] controls its fleet of more than 50 satellites from operations centers in both [[Princeton, New Jersey]] and [[Luxembourg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=SES Unveils New Satellite Operations Center|date=July 31, 2014|url=https://www.ses.com/press-release/ses-unveils-new-satellite-operations-center|website=SES|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref>
* [[Space Systems/Loral]] Mission Control Center in Palo Alto, California, US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ssloral.com/html/aboutssl/overview.html |access-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313023125/http://www.ssloral.com/html/aboutssl/overview.html |archive-date=March 13, 2009|title=Space Systems/Loral Overview}}</ref>
* [[SpaceX]] Mission Control Center (MCC-X) in [[Hawthorne, California]] is the primary launch control facility for the company's Falcon rockets.<ref>{{cite news|title=31 hours inside SpaceX Mission Control|author=David W. Brown | publisher=New York Times |date=Jan 17, 2023 
|url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/business/31-hours-inside-spacex-mission-control/article_07587466-8ba0-11ed-8742-2b25cfec2892.html|access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Control room]]
* [[Ground segment]]
* [[Launch status check]]

==References==
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