variants:
or Capcom
or less commonly CapCom
or CAPCOM
plural capcoms or Capcoms also CapComs or CAPCOMs
Definition of capcom
: a member of the ground support staff for a crewed space mission who is responsible for communicating via radio with the crew during the mission
All the astronauts chosen as capcoms automatically become members of a flight's support team, attending training sessions and computer-simulated practice flights along with the actual crew.— Susan Okie
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The first known use of capcom was in 1961
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