variants
or Capcom
or less commonly CapCom
or CAPCOM
plural capcoms or Capcoms also CapComs or CAPCOMs
: 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 capcom woke Buzz Aldrin one rev early to do a rendezvous radar check.
—Jennifer Bogo, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2019
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Jennifer Bogo, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2019
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“Capcom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capcom. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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