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Are the ephemerides used by NASA SkyWatch created in Mission Control?

April 26, 2017CONTROL ephemerides mission NASA skywatch Used

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Are the ephemerides used by NASA SkyWatch created in Mission Control?

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Yes. For Space Shuttle ephemerides, the ephemeris is generated from the control center for the space shuttle. The Flight Dynamics Officers generate this data during the course of their console duties. The same can be said of the ISS ephemeris except the ephemeris is generated by the Trajectory Operations Officer (TOPO) for ISS.