Tohban: (org.) japanese (def.) operator; duty officer

The Tohban is a THEMIS scientist who helps the spacecraft operators in the Mission Operation Center (MOC) to optimize the science quality of the observations, and maintain the working order of the scientific instruments on board the five THEMIS spacecraft.

The role is based on prior mission experience at the lab with RHESSI; the starting point for this webpage was the RHESSI webpage; which is where I got this image: