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==Standard Flight and Emergency Procedure==
 
==Standard Flight and Emergency Procedure==
 
Under normal Mission Control operations, the Capsule Communications Officer communicates all information relayed from other stations, including the Flight Director, to the Habitat CapCom. Under no circumstances is the CapCom to make independent decisions concerning launch or flight operations. The CapCom also relays the astronauts' current jobs to the Habitat at the beginning of each scheduled shift.
 
Under normal Mission Control operations, the Capsule Communications Officer communicates all information relayed from other stations, including the Flight Director, to the Habitat CapCom. Under no circumstances is the CapCom to make independent decisions concerning launch or flight operations. The CapCom also relays the astronauts' current jobs to the Habitat at the beginning of each scheduled shift.
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* Notify the Flight Director of everything you are told. Only say what you are told to say by the Flight Director.
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* Be concise and pertinent. (This isn't a chat on the telephone.)
  
 
==Standard Phrases==
 
==Standard Phrases==

Revision as of 12:43, 22 April 2010


CAPCOM is the Capsule Communications Officer. CAPCOM is a common staff position, and as such is found in both Mission Control and in the Habitat.

Duties

Communicate with a second CAPCOM to ensure communications between Mission Control and the Habitat through audio means.

AUXCOM

At any given time, there should only be one officer operating communications between Mission Control and the Habitat. CAPCOM is the priority communications position, and the communications officer should preferentially man CAPCOM over AUXCOM.

Standard Flight and Emergency Procedure

Under normal Mission Control operations, the Capsule Communications Officer communicates all information relayed from other stations, including the Flight Director, to the Habitat CapCom. Under no circumstances is the CapCom to make independent decisions concerning launch or flight operations. The CapCom also relays the astronauts' current jobs to the Habitat at the beginning of each scheduled shift.

  • Notify the Flight Director of everything you are told. Only say what you are told to say by the Flight Director.
  • Be concise and pertinent. (This isn't a chat on the telephone.)

Standard Phrases

Whenever possible, the CapCom is to use the following expressions in communications with the Habitat CapCom:

  • Roger / Copy: Acknowledged.
  • Affirmative: Yes.
  • Negative: No.
  • Alpha Evacuation: Full Habitat evacuation.
  • Beta Evacuation: Modular evacuation.
  • Over: Message finished.
  • Over and Out: Communications finished.