OPTV COMMAND AND CONTROL


The OPTV will be controlled remotely like the OTV. The Command and Control (CnC) has two pilots side–by–side, with a glass cockpit and and what look like large screen TVs in the place of windows in front and on the sides of the pilots. The crew operates the OTV spacecraft remotely, from undock to redocking.

Normal operations consists of the pilots guiding the OPTV to an empty OTV and docking on either side of the spacecraft. After the OTV has been replenished, the OPTV undocks and backs away, heading to the next vehicle to refill.

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