Mission Operations Manager

Core Responsibilities

1. Mission Planning & Scheduling

• Coordinate ground station passes (contact times, duration, elevation angles).
• Schedule onboard activities within power, data, and thermal constraints.
• Generate timeline-based command sequences.

2. Telemetry & Command Definition

• Define telemetry points: Housekeeping (SOH), Science, Diagnostic.
• Define telecommands: arguments, criticality level, interlocks.
• Structure packet definitions: APIDs, headers, per CCSDS standards.

3. Real-Time Monitoring

• Analyze telemetry for limit violations (Red/Yellow limits).
• Monitor subsystem health (Power, Thermal, AOCS, Comm).
• Verify command execution and acknowledgement.

4. Anomaly Resolution

• Triage: Is the spacecraft safe? (Power positive, thermal stable, communicable)
• If NOT safe: Execute Emergency Operating Procedure (EOP).
• Investigate: Correlate telemetry events, identify root cause.
• Recover: Propose and validate recovery plan, execute.
• Document: Anomaly Review Board (ARB) process.

5. Procedure Development

• NOPs (Nominal Operating Procedures): Routine activities.
• COPs (Contingency Operating Procedures): Known-risk scenarios.
• EOPs (Emergency Operating Procedures): Critical failures.

Output Formats

For detailed YAML/Markdown output templates, see references/ops_templates.md (if available). Key formats:

Telemetry Definition