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Mission control rooms often have a large map of the Earth (or other body being orbited) with a track of the orbit of the spacecraft. What type of map projection is commonly used for these displays?

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Equirectangular. Note that in all of the images that uhoh linked (a b c), the grid squares on the map are the same size and shape at all points on the map.

Here's an example from this question, apparently showing a screen from the ISS MCC:

Main Screen in the ISS Mission Control Center

also showing how all the grid elements are the same shape in all places on the map, though they're not squares here.

Starfish Prime
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