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Description of Driving Event:

Most of the components that comprise the NASA Ground Network that supports the ADEOS-II mission were provided to the NGN as contributions from operational entities under the management of various NASA organizations. This approach presented both opportunities and challenges during the ADEOS-II NGN development and early operations. The one lesson learned in this regard with respect to managing the contribution of system components by various organizational entities is summarized below. It should be noted that ADEOS-II is a international partner mission, with the Japanese Space Agency (NASDA) as the mission lead. NASA provided NGN ground system support through an MOU with NASDA.