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The Science Operations Centre of MINISAT-01

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The Scientific Operations Centre (C.O.C.) takes care of all aspects of theMinisat-01 Mission related to the payload and its scientific instruments. Operations planning, preparation of commands, monitoring of the scientific instruments and data processing and distribution are the daily tasks carried out at the COC. We review these tasks along the operational life of Minisat-01 and we present a summary of the science operations andsome statistics on the usage of the satellite.

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  1. Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental – INTA, P.O. Box 50727, E-28080, Madrid, Spain

    Antonio Talavera, Jesús García & Eduardo Fernandes

  2. División de Ciencias del Espacio – INTA, Ctra. Ajalvir km 4, E-28850, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain

    Carlos Quintana

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  1. Antonio Talavera
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Talavera, A., García, J., Quintana, C. et al. The Science Operations Centre of MINISAT-01. Astrophysics and Space Science 276, 89–96 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011680401699

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