Other Significant Mission Control Centers
- Mobile Servicing System Control and Training at Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada. Supports Canadarm2 robotics operations.
- The Columbus Control Center (Col-CC) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. It is the mission control center for the European Columbus research laboratory at the International Space Station.
- The ATV Control Centre (ATV-CC) is located at the Toulouse Space Centre (CST) in Toulouse, France. It is the mission control center for the European Automated Transfer Vehicles, that regularly resupply ISS.
- JEM Control Center and the HTV Control Center at the Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) in Tsukuba, Japan manages operations aboard JAXA's Kibo ISS research laboratory and the resupply flights of the H-II Transfer Vehicle. JAXAs satellite operations are also based here.
- The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), manages all of NASAs unmanned spacecraft.
- European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) responsible for ESAs satellites and space probes.
- Boeing Satellite Development Center (SDC) Mission Control Center in El Segundo, California, US.
- Lockheed Martin A2100 Space Operations Center (ASOC) in Newtown, Pennsylvania, US.
- Space Systems/Loral Mission Control Center in Palo Alto, California, US.
- Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre, mission control center in Krasnoznamensk, Russia.
- Mercury Control Center was located on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and used during Project Mercury
- ISRO SHAR Mission Control Centre, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India.
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