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| Space Station Operations Facility (SSOF) | |
 | Outline
of Space Station Operations Facility |
When the construction
of Kibo is completed, Japan will then start to conduct experiments in space. Kibo
systems and Kibo experiments will be operated from the Space Station Operation
Facility in cooperation with the Space Station Control Center at NASA Johnson
Space Center, which is in charge of operation and control of the International
Space Station (ISS) as a whole.
 Supporting Kibo
About Kibo's ground support facilities and the flight control team
Mission
About the three Shuttle Transfer (STS) missions that deliver Kibo's elements to the ISS
| Outline
of Kibo Operations | Operations control of the ISS as a whole
will be carried out under NASA's overall coordination. International partners
will be responsible for operations control of their own elements. Operations control
of Kibo will be carried out at the Mission Control Room in the Space Station Operations
Facility.
Various Kibo operations systems are being developed, including:
the Operations Control System; the Astronaut Training System; the Engineering
Support System; the Logistics and Maintenance Operations Management System; and
the Operations Network System, which is a communication network linked to the
NASA Control Center.
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| Mission Control Room (MCR) |
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Control Room (MCR) (1F) | MCR is the core center of real-time
operations of Kibo on 24-hour basis. Ongoing control of Kibo systems such as the
electric power distribution system and the thermal control system, monitoring
the condition of Japanese experiment equipment, sending control commands, and
real-time operations planning will be conducted here. Communications with crew
members and with NASA, as well as the control centers of other countries will
be performed from here.This is also the site for early stage trouble shooting.
The MCR will be equipped with workstations, voice communications equipment, and
large-scale screens for displaying operations status to monitor and control the
instruments aboard Kibo.
| User Operations
Area (1F) | This room is the site for distributing Kibo experiment
status and measurement data to users. Users, including experiment researchers
and those in charge of experiment operations, will monitor, control, andanalyze
experiment data, and also support and carry out on-orbit experiments from the
ground.
| Operations
Planning Room (1F) | In-space and ground operations planning
is carried out here, considering electric power distribution, crew member time
schedules, and data transmission capacity. If changes must be made in operations
planning, re-planning can be carried out in tandem with the Mission Control Room,
the User Operations area, and NASA.
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Rehearsal Room (4F) | Functions identical to those of the
MCR will be set up in this room, which will then be used for operator training,
integrated rehearsals, and training with NASA.
Outline
of Kibo Operations System
Outline
of building
Steel
frame structure, four stories /
Total floor area 7,143m2 /
Completed
April 1996
Last Updated : May 20, 2016
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