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Introduction

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Over the next few pages, we show you how to create a KidSat Student Mission Operations Center (SMOC). We assume that you either have the flexibility to rearrange your room in this way, or that you have another room available for your use as a SMOC.

You only need this arrangement during the actual mission (and if possible during the training and simulation sessions). The rest of the time, your classroom can retain its normal order--as long as your students can access (by computer) and study the images taken on your KidSat mission. 

The design presented here is an example. It organizes the room into functional areas needed during the mission, ranging from monitoring the status of the shuttle flight, to selecting targets, to analyzing the images as they're sent down from the shuttle.

We believe that this organization makes sense, but it is just a suggestion to help you get started. The best idea is for you and your students to design your own SMOC. The design presented here will help you understand what types of functions a SMOC needs to support.

No matter what design you use, remember that each KidSat mission is very intense and highly collaborative. During the actual mission, your students need to work closely and communicate well with each other -- and the SMOC design needs to support both the individual functions and the collaborations among them.

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