Sea Launch User's Guide

Launch control
center
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Figure 9-9. Launch Vehicle Control Center—Shelter Deck
Figure 9-10. Assembly and Command Ship Launch Control Center
Mission management
and display
system (MMDS)
The launch control center contains operator consoles and seating, and
provides connections with all shipboard communications systems.
The MMDS receives and processes information from the shipboard
weather equipment, marine systems, closed-circuit television (CCTV),
Energia shipboard launch control system, Energia shipboard flight control
system, the global positioning system, and other sources. The system
displays information on large projection screens and television monitors
at each operator console, and on television monitors at other locations on
the ACS.
The computer system provides standard applications software for the operations
and interconnection with other shipboard and on-shore personnel
(through the external communications system) for file transfer, e-mail,
and Internet capabilities.
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