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What (who) is ground control - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ground controller; Ground Control; Ground control (disambiguation); Ground Controller
ground control
¦ noun [treated as sing. or plural] the personnel and equipment that monitor and direct the flight and landing of aircraft or spacecraft.
Derivatives
ground controller noun
UAV ground control station
![alt=Drone GCS](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Wing GCS" Portable Ground Control Station for UAVs (drones) from Worthington Sharpe.jpg?width=200 "alt=Drone GCS")
REMOTE CONTROL FACILITY FOR OPERATING DRONES
Ground Control Station; Ground control station
UAV ground control station (GCS) is a land- or sea-based control centre that provides the facilities for human control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or "drones"). It may also refer to a system for controlling rockets within or above the atmosphere, but this is typically described as a Mission Control Centre.
Ground segment
![Control center at NASA's [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JPLControlRoom.jpg?width=200 "Control center at NASA's [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]")
![Radio dishes at an [[Embratel]] earth station in [[Tanguá]], Brazil](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rio antennas.jpg?width=200 "Radio dishes at an [[Embratel]] earth station in [[Tanguá]], Brazil")
![Antenna belonging to the [[Deep Space Network]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DSN Antenna details.jpg?width=200 "Antenna belonging to the [[Deep Space Network]]")
![Space Telescope Operations Control Center at [[Goddard Space Flight Center]], during servicing of the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GSFC SpaceTelescopeOperationsControl.jpg?width=200 "Space Telescope Operations Control Center at [[Goddard Space Flight Center]], during servicing of the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]")
![Tsukuba]], Japan](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tsukuba.jpg?width=200 "Tsukuba]], Japan")
![Decommissioned launch site at the [[Guiana Space Centre]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CSG Ariane 4 Launch Site.JPG?width=200 "Decommissioned launch site at the [[Guiana Space Centre]]")
GROUND-BASED ELEMENTS OF A SPACECRAFT SYSTEM
Satellite control segment; Ground Segment; Transfer segment; User segment; Ground control segment; Ground control system
A ground segment consists of all the ground-based elements of a space system used by operators and support personnel, as opposed to the space segment and user segment. The ground segment enables management of a spacecraft, and distribution of payload data and telemetry among interested parties on the ground.
Examples of use of ground control
1. The dramatic cockpit video and recording begins with two pilots identifying a target and checking with ground control that there are no coalition troops in the area _ to which ground control says, "That is an affirm.
2. According to Northwest, the flight captain spoke of ‘suspicious behavior’ when contacting ground control over Germany.
3. The pilots themselves can do it or they can do it from ground control.
4. VINASAT–1 will be managed from the ground control station in Vietnam‘s northern Ha Tay province.
5. He chose not to radio ground control, fearing they would order him to abort, and leapt anyway.