Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center

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NASA facility spacecraft operations control center

The Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center is NASA’s primary facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center for monitoring, commanding, and managing the operations of numerous Earth-orbiting and deep-space spacecraft.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center canonical	1
Mission Operations Room at Goddard Space Flight Center	1
Spacecraft Operations Control Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T747375 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center
Context triple: [Goddard Space Flight Center, hasFacility, Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center]

A. Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
B. Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Space Flight Center is a major NASA field center in Huntsville, Alabama, responsible for developing space launch systems, propulsion technologies, and other key spaceflight hardware.
C. Glenn Research Center
Glenn Research Center is a major NASA research facility in Ohio specializing in aeronautics and space propulsion technologies.
D. Johnson Space Center
Johnson Space Center is NASA’s primary hub for human spaceflight operations, astronaut training, and mission control in Houston, Texas.
E. Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center
Target entity description: The Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center is NASA’s primary facility at the Goddard Space Flight Center for monitoring, commanding, and managing the operations of numerous Earth-orbiting and deep-space spacecraft.

A. Goddard Space Flight Center
Goddard Space Flight Center is a major NASA research laboratory in Maryland that leads scientific spacecraft development, Earth and space observation missions, and related technology.
B. Marshall Space Flight Center
Marshall Space Flight Center is a major NASA field center in Huntsville, Alabama, responsible for developing space launch systems, propulsion technologies, and other key spaceflight hardware.
C. Glenn Research Center
Glenn Research Center is a major NASA research facility in Ohio specializing in aeronautics and space propulsion technologies.
D. Johnson Space Center
Johnson Space Center is NASA’s primary hub for human spaceflight operations, astronaut training, and mission control in Houston, Texas.
E. Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center is a major NASA research facility in California known for its contributions to aeronautics, space exploration, and advanced computing technologies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA facility ⓘ spacecraft operations control center ⓘ
affiliation	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ linked to: Goddard Space Flight Center
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	mission control ⓘ space operations ⓘ
handles	Earth-orbiting spacecraft operations ⓘ deep-space spacecraft operations ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	SOCC ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedAt	Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
locatedIn	Greenbelt, Maryland ⓘ
namedAfter	Robert H. Goddard ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
ownedBy	National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ linked to: NASA
partOf	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ linked to: Goddard Space Flight Center
primaryFunction	spacecraft commanding ⓘ spacecraft monitoring ⓘ spacecraft operations management ⓘ
responsibleFor	anomaly response coordination ⓘ mission operations planning ⓘ real-time spacecraft control ⓘ spacecraft command uplink ⓘ spacecraft health and safety monitoring ⓘ spacecraft telemetry processing ⓘ
supports	multiple NASA missions simultaneously ⓘ
typeOfFacility	mission control center ⓘ
uses	NASA communications networks ⓘ ground station interfaces ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goddard Space Flight Center → hasFacility → Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center ⓘ

SOCC → fullName → Spacecraft Operations Control Center ⓘ

linked to: Goddard Spacecraft Operations Control Center

Hubble Space Telescope operations team → uses → Mission Operations Room at Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ