CCS consolidates the functions of the five original systems into a single, streamlined system that provides the full spectrum of spacecraft control, analysis, data management, command management, and subsystem calibration. Hubble engineers can directly access engineering data from anywhere in the world. Prior to CCS, users had to be located at the data source. CCS allows quicker response to spacecraft anomalies, decreased travel expenses, and improved team interaction. Users have nearly instantaneous access to Hubble data, including the vast warehouse of archived information.
Operators can request data in real time and monitor conditions as they change.
They can obtain visual displays of any requested telemetry, and they can produce graphs and perform analysis in real-time at the consoles. This reduces the delay in obtaining data for analysis and trouble shooting from 648 hours to 8 hours. In the past, this process has involved as many as sixteen people. That number is now reduced to zero. CCS combines complex query capabilities with excellent performance, allowing users to make very rapid, complex queries over wide time spans.