Mission director

Pay in the destination countries

Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.

What does the day look like?

A Spacecraft Operations Manager or Flight Director spends roughly 15% of their career time actively issuing real-time commands from a Mission Control console. The remaining 85% consists of preparation, documentation, cross-subsystem coordination, approving Flight Operations Plans (FOP) and Flight Rules, and risk management. The director leads the Flight Control Team across AOCS, TT&C, power, thermal, and onboard software subsystems, runs operational failure simulations, and convenes the Anomaly Resolution Board (ARB) whenever a spacecraft enters safe mode.

Day-to-day tools include SCOS-2000, EGS-CC, NASA Core Flight System (cFS), Open MCT, GMV hifly, Kratos quantum, GMAT, STK, Orekit, and ground networks like ESTRACK and NASA DSN. Normal operations follow a standard 40-hour office week. During dynamic phases such as launch, LEOP, Mars orbit insertion, or docking, work shifts to 24/7 rotating 8-to-12-hour shifts inside windowless control rooms, alongside permanent on-call duty if an anomaly triggers at 02:00 AM.

Where does this lead?