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(Jim Garvin) Once our spacecraft are safely in orbit or in deep space cruising, it's very
important that our spacecraft mission operations engineers keep in touch with
them. And to issue special commands to tell the instruments where to point to
know exactly where our spacecraft are. One of the critical roles of spacecraft
operations is to make sure that all the data is being returned here to Goddard
into Earth safely in a timely manner. It's also very important for our
spacecraft mission operations to ensure the safety and continued proper
operation of our satellite. That's why operations are critical to NASA.
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