ATMOS ATLAS 1 POCC Images
Payload Operations Control Center
(POCC)
Commanding, health monitoring, and capture of the data of the ATMOS instrument
during the ATLAS 1 mission was done at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Payload Operations Control Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Commanding the Instrument
ATMOS took measurements of the atmosphere around the clock, so a POCC team was
on duty 24 hours a day during the mission. Commands were modified by the team,
normally to point the ATMOS suntracker at the sun, and sent up by the MSFC personnel
to the payload experiment computer on board the shuttle.
Capturing Data
ATMOS JPL POCC Team members here prepare to capture incoming data from the ATMOS
instrument. The data will be recorded on the ground support equipment, seen here
behind the team members, while they also monitor the health and status of the
instrument on computer screens.
POCC View
ATMOS was one of 13 instruments in the ATLAS payload in the bay of Atlantis, all
commanded from the POCC at MSFC. This view shows the POCC centers for ATMOS and
several other instruments.
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