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Plan
Science
Planning
Data
Analysis
Act
(Communicate)
Science Plan
Spacecraft
Telemetry
Plan
Mission
Planning
Platform
Analysis
Act
(Communicate)
Mission Plan
Spacecraft
Telemetry
Sequence
Generation
Sequence
Generation
Command
Uplink
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Verification
Spacecraft
Telemetry
Spacecraft
Commands
Spacecraft
Fig. 7.9.
Cooperative autonomy view of spacecraft mission control
of the mission. Their purpose is to produce a science plan that maximizes the
science returned by the mission. Each layered autonomous cycle in the science
planning section represents one member of the planning team (there are four
in the figure).
The diagram shows that these members are simultaneously engaging in
each of the possible cooperation patterns. The most important of these is the
planning collaboration between members, which sets the science goals for
the mission. It is also used to evaluate the science returned and to adapt
the science plan to maximize results. The science planning group must also
cooperate during the action phase when the members work closely together
to generate a single science plan that represents their views. This plan is then
communicated to the mission planning group. The relationship between the
science and mission planning groups is hierarchical in nature and represents
