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(Jim Garvin) Once our spacecraft are safely in orbit
or in deep space cruising, it's very

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important that our spacecraft mission
operations engineers keep in touch with

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them. And to issue special commands to
tell the instruments where to point to

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know exactly where our spacecraft are.
One of the critical roles of spacecraft

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operations is to make sure that all the
data is being returned here to Goddard

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into Earth safely in a timely manner.
It's also very important for our

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spacecraft mission operations to ensure
the safety and continued proper

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operation of our satellite. That's why
operations are critical to NASA.

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