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Missions & Plans

Missions and plans are the core organizing concepts in Mission Control.

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Missions

A mission is a workspace that groups related satellite operations. It contains plans, deployments, and an activity log.

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Creating Missions

Click New Mission from the missions page. Each mission has:
  • Name — A descriptive label (e.g., “Arctic Monitoring Fleet”, “ISS ML Pipeline”)
  • Description — Optional context about the mission’s objectives

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Activity Feed

Every mission has an activity feed that logs:
  • Plan creation and updates
  • Deployment starts and completions
  • Configuration changes

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Plans

A plan is a constraint-aware execution schedule generated by the CAE engine. It maps a workload to a specific satellite’s orbital environment.

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Presets vs Custom

Presets are ready-to-use workload definitions:
PresetStepsUse Case
On-Board ML Inference4Run ML models entirely on-board, downlink only results
Split Learning9Bidirectional training across space-ground boundary
Earth Observation QA8Capture, quality filter, compress, and downlink imagery
Federated Learning10Privacy-preserving distributed training
Store-and-Forward5Erasure-coded relay through orbit
Custom workloads let you define your own step DAG: 
{
  "name": "My Pipeline",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "capture",
      "name": "Sensor Capture",
      "location": "onboard",
      "duration_s": 30,
      "depends_on": [],
      "requires": {
        "power_w": 40,
        "compute": 0.3,
        "thermal_w": 15,
        "memory_mb": 256,
        "storage_mb": 1024
      },
      "output_data_mb": 500
    },
    {
      "id": "process",
      "name": "Ground Processing",
      "location": "ground",
      "duration_s": 60,
      "depends_on": ["capture"],
      "requires": {
        "power_w": 100,
        "compute": 1.0,
        "memory_mb": 2048
      },
      "input_data_mb": 500,
      "output_data_mb": 50
    }
  ]
}
See Custom Workloads for the full schema.

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Plan Contents

Every plan includes:
SectionDescription
Orbital EnvironmentEclipse fraction, ground station passes, available windows
Placement DecisionsWhich steps run on-board vs on the ground, with reasoning
Transfer ScheduleGround station passes used, FEC overhead, data volumes
Error BudgetWorst-case BER, retransmission reserves, delivery confidence
Security SummaryEncryption algorithm, key exchanges, data classification
Execution TimelineStep-by-step event stream with timestamps
Cost EstimateCompute and transfer costs in USD

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Plan Comparison

When you have multiple plans (different presets, satellites, or configurations), use the Compare feature on the mission page. Select 2-3 plans to see side-by-side metrics: duration, cost, confidence, and data volumes.

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Deployments

Deploy a plan to run it. Choose between:
  • Simulated — Server generates events from the plan’s event timeline. Configurable speed (1x to 10,000x). No agent required.
  • Live — Creates a pending deployment that an Operator Agent picks up during its next poll cycle.
Track deployment progress in real-time with the event timeline. Events are grouped by phase: placement, compute, transfer, security, and lifecycle.

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Status Flow

pending → dispatched → running → completed
                                → failed
         → cancelled