The focus of the Committee shall be space operations activities for human and non-human space flight. The committee shall identify common operations needs and issues, share efficiencies, and identify and develop opportunities to advance science and technology to maximize investment from an operations perspective.

The committee’s focus will cover all aspects of space operations from low-earth and geosynchronous orbit, to lunar and planetary environments as well as supporting ground systems. This will include activities such as: identification of opportunities to share operational resources, development of best practices for spacecraft management, cataloging lessons learned to improve operational efficiency and research into common failure modes.

The Committee shall collaborate and cooperate as appropriate with the IAF committees on Space Systems, Space Exploration, Human Space Endeavors, Astrodynamics, Earth Observations, and Space Communications and Navigation.