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The RKA Mission Control CentreRKA (russian: РКА): Russian space agency (russian: Российское космическое агентство, ''Rossiyskoye kosmicheskoye agentstvo''). (russian: Центр управления полётами), also known by its acronym TsUP (ЦУП) or by its radio
The RKA Mission Control CentreRKA (russian: РКА): Russian space agency (russian: Российское космическое агентство, ''Rossiyskoye kosmicheskoye agentstvo''). (russian: Центр управления полётами), also known by its acronym TsUP (ЦУП) or by its radio callsign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a Identifier, unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be form ...
Mission Control Moscow, is the mission control centre of Roscosmos
The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" (russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (russian: Роскосмос) ...
. It is located in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ), or Podmoskovye ( rus, Подмоско́вье, p=pədmɐˈskovʲjə, literally " under Moscow"), is a federal subject of R ...
, in Pionerskaya Street near the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia plant.
It contains an active control room for the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest Modular design, modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos ( ...
. It also houses a memorial control room for the Mir space station where the last few orbits of Mir before it burned up in the atmosphere are shown on the display screens.
TsUP provides practical flight control for spacecraft of several different classes: manned orbital complexes, spaceships, space probes and civilian, and scientific satellites
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotop ...
. At the same time, it carries out scientific and engineering research and development of methods, algorithms, and tools for control problems, ballistics, and navigation.
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