Ground control may refer to:
Aviation and spaceflight
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Air traffic control
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled air ...
, in charge of the controlled areas on an airport
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Mission control center
A mission control center (MCC, sometimes called a flight control center or operations center) is a facility that manages spaceflight, space flights, usually from the point of launch until landing or the end of the mission. It is part of the gr ...
, responsible for spaceflight
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UAV ground control station
Entertainment
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187 Lockdown
187 Lockdown was a British speed garage act, comprising Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah. The duo produced one album, with four singles released from it, and remixed many songs towards the end of the 1990s.
The duo also recorded under a numbe ...
, a 1990s British electronic duo that released under the name GroundControl
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''Ground Control'' (video game), a 2000 computer game by Massive Entertainment
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Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy'', 2000 expansion pack for ''Ground Control''
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Ground Control II: Operation Exodus'', a 2004 video game
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''Ground Control'' (film), a 1998 film starring Kiefer Sutherland
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''Ground Control'' (album), a 2021 album by English band Rudimental
Other uses
* The application of
rock mechanics
Rock mechanics is a theoretical and applied science of the mechanical behavior of rocks and rock masses.
Compared to geology, it is the branch of mechanics concerned with the response of rock and rock masses to the force fields of their physical ...
to tunneling and underground mining operations
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