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Satellite Ground Control (FFN_626)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: ffn_626.ttl

Name

satelliteGroundControl

Attribute

FFN Feature Function

Definition

The activities of command and control, tracking, and maintenance (for example: subsystem analysis, system planning and scheduling, orbit determination and maintenance, and data routing and control) of an artificial satellite in orbit from ground-based facilities.

Description

The ground control facility may also directly or indirectly support the overall satellite mission (for example: data and communication relay, or sophisticated data collection and processing).

Accepted

2013-10-18

Allowed for

• AL010 Facility
• AL013 Building

RWOI terms naming it

• RWO_04964 Earth Satellite Station
• RWO_04985 Ground Control Station

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.