Operational Services
Organisations providing operational services to spacecraft operators, space agencies and other government agencies and the military
Aerospace Logistics Technology Engineering Company (ALTEC)
Payload and Landing Centre for ESA’s Space Rider flights; management of the Rover Operations Control Centre and the Science Operations Centre for ESA’s Exomars mission; operation of data centres for the management and storage of Science Big Data for ESA’s Gaia, Euclid and METIS missions
ai Solutions Inc
mission engineering and technical services: satellite operations. flight dynamics analysis, ground system development, program management, facilities management, IT support; mission operations for expendable launch vehicles, human spaceflight and scientific spacecraft including: orbit and attitude determination, manouevre planning, tracking and data evaluation, acquisition data generation for spacecraft, collision risk assessment and avoidance manouevres
Blue Canyon Technologies, LLC (BCT)
mission operations
Baemari Satellite Ground Control Station (Estación Terrena de Control Satelital (ETCS Baemari)), Venezuela
primary control ground station for ABAE’s Miranda and Sucre satellites
Satellite Support Ground Control Station Luepa (Estación Terrena de Control Satelital de Respaldo Luepa), Venezuela
backup control ground station for ABAE’s Miranda and Sucre satellites
GAUSS Srl (Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems)
ground station support for small spacecraft operations
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency of Thailand (GISTDA), Thailand
telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) services for spacecraft
ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), India
TT&C and payload data acquisition for LEO and deep space missions; launch vehicle TT&C; monitoring, control and support during LEOP and GTO
Master Control Facility (MCF), India
TT&C and operation of ISRO’s geostationary and navigation satellites from launch to end of life
Luigi Broglio Malindi Space Center (Centro Spaziale Luigi Broglio), Kenya
telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) services for launch vehicles and spacecraft; LEOP support services
Sardinia Deep Space Antenna (SDSA), Italy
TT&C and payload data acquisition for lunar, interplanetary and deep space missions
Space Science Data Center (SSDC), Italy
scientific spacecraft operations; storing, processing and distributing data from scientific spacecraft
Katsuura Tracking and Communications Station, Japan
spacecraft TT&C
Masuda Tracking and Communications Center, Japan
spacecraft and launch vehicle TT&C
Ogasawara Downrange Station, Japan
spacecraft and launch vehicle TT&C
Okinawa Tracking and Communications Station, Japan
spacecraft TT&C
Satellite Applications and Operations Center (SAOC), Japan
operation of ground systems for Earth observation satellite control
Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC), Japan
tracking of launch vehicles after liftoff
Uchinoura Space Center (USC), Japan
telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) services and data acquisition for interplanetary spacecraft
Usuda Deep Space Center, Japan
telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) services and data acquisition for interplanetary spacecraft
Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), South Korea
spacecraft and launch vehicle TT&C; operation of ground systems for Earth observation satellite control
Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA), Malaysia
spacecraft TT&C
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA
communications with the ISS; operates two spacecraft tracking and data acquisition networks for scientific spacecraft and Earth science satellites
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
operation of planetary probes
Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN)
operates the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network for communication with all of NASA’s spacecraft
National Aerospace Research and Development Commission (Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacia (CONIDA)), Peru
operation of the PeruSAT-1 Earth observation satellite
CLTC Station - CONAE-NEUQUEN (Estación CLTC - CONAE-NEUQUEN), Argentina
TT&C support for Chinese lunar missions
DS3 Malargue Station (Estación DS3 Malargue), Argentina
TT&C support for ESA deep space missions missions
Tierra del Fuego Earth Station (Estación Terrena de Tierra del Fuego), Argentina
TT&C support for CONAE Earth observation and remote sensing spacecraft
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), USA
operation of meteorological, environmental monitoring, climate research and space weather satellites; data acquisition, processing and distribution
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Nigeria
communications and Earth observation satellite operations
Omitron
spacecraft operations support including: pre-launch mission operations development and testing, launch and commissioning operations, normal operations, and anomaly support/contingency operations
Spire Global
operates a global network of ground stations for small satellite operations
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)
small satellite operations
Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)
operates a global network of ten ground stations providing connectivity for satellite operations including LEOP, orbital insertion, in orbit testing, orbit changing maneuvers, deorbiting as well as day to day operations and payload data reception for spacecraft operating from LEO to the lunar surface; antenna hosting at its global network of ground stations
Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), Taiwan
satellite operations; LEOP operations
