The SOSTC is concerned with all aspects of civil, military, and commercial space operations and support, including direct and supporting operations, the systems and software affecting operations, and space operations and operational risk management. 

The SOSTC addresses all types of space operations, including manned and unmanned space operations from low Earth-orbiting to deep-space systems. It is involved with all phases of mission operations, including pre-launch and launch activities, early mission commissioning activities, on-orbit activities, cruise and encounter activities, post-landing activities, and end-of-life operations. The SOSTC likewise addresses space related operational support activities, including training, servicing, mission planning, flight dynamics, telemetry transmission, command and control, and data handling, processing, analysis, and storage. 

The SOSTC seeks to improve all these aspects of space operations by increasing the exchange of knowledge among those actively engaged in space operations, documenting the results, and making those results available to the broader space systems community.

The Committee follows the ByLaws (Members Guidebook - 2019)  & can be downloaded using the link below