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Role

Plan, coordinate, and govern missions by balancing ambition, risk, capability, and resources — safely and strategically.

Command & Control is the management and decision-making layer of the Space Agency. You do not build hardware or collect data; you ensure missions are realistic, well planned, and safe to execute.

Team Brief — How You Work With Other Teams

All teams depend on you to provide clarity, structure, and realism.

• Launch Services rely on you to approve launch plans, safety measures, and go / no-go decisions.
• Satellite Services depend on you to ensure recovery systems are appropriate for the mission and environment.
• Mission Instrumentation work with you to define what data is achievable within time, altitude, and payload constraints.
• Mission Communications rely on you for mission objectives, outcomes, and lessons learned so they can accurately tell the agency’s story.

You maintain a clear picture of the agency’s current capabilities and ensure that ambition is always matched to reality.

Capabilities Progression

• Level 1: Operations Coordinator — task breakdown and responsibility tracking
• Level 2: Project Manager — mission scope, dependencies, and Gantt chart planning
• Level 3: Risk & Safety Manager — risk registers, safety plans, and abort criteria
• Level 4: Strategy & Capability Manager — strategic priorities, trade-offs, and capability limits
• Level 5: Mission Governance Board — collaborative leadership with a rotating chair

What Success Looks Like

• Missions are realistic, well planned, and achievable
• Risks are identified early and managed responsibly
• Launches proceed only when conditions are safe and teams are ready
• Teams understand priorities, trade-offs, and constraints
• Each mission leaves the agency better prepared for the next

When Command & Control succeed, the Space Agency operates with confidence, credibility, and purpose.