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Welcome, this is the Wallops

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Range Control Center,,

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and it’s the heartbeat of all

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operations

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that happen on launch day

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for our rocket launches.

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I am the NASA Test Director.

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You can

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imagine that

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position is like an

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orchestra conductor

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making sure that all of those

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different pieces

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of the operation

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are coming together

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during the countdown

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and lining up for T-0.

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Over here

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is what we call our

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Data Quality Room,

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where the radar data

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and telemetry data

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from the rocket

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are coming in real time

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so that we can assess

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where the rocket is

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or its velocity, position,

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and all the metric details

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about the rocket.

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So when entering the

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camera station,

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you have the pleasure

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of going through this

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extra-large door.

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And then we come up

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via this nice control panel.

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We can open up

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both of the dome halves

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independently or together

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like I am now,

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and this gives us a full

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360-degree view

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of our surroundings.

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This is one of our IFLOT’s.

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We use this for

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tracking rockets

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during launches.

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These can be difficult,

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depending on the weather,

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but on clear sky nights it’s

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usually a little bit better.