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  • Hello, Darmstadt?

    Hello, Darmstadt?

    The European Space Operations Centre, ESOC, in Darmstadt, Germany, has served as Europe’s gateway to space for half a century. In 2017, the centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary, highlighting a rich history of achievement in space.

    This video offers a high-speed visual tour through five decades of mission control, which encompasses 77 spacecraft, ranging from telecom, weather, Earth observation and climate monitoring satellites to spacecraft studying the Sun and peering deep into our Universe.

    Exploring our Solar System, teams at ESOC have flown missions to the Moon, Mars and Venus, as well as three epoch-making triumphs: Giotto’s flyby of Halley’s Comet in 1986, the Huygens landing on Saturn’s moon Titan in 2005 and Rosetta’s delivery of Philae to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in 2014 – humanity’s first landing on a comet.

    More about #ESOC50 http://www.esa.int/esoc50

  • ESA’s Space Operations Centre – “Where missions come alive”

    ESA’s Space Operations Centre – “Where missions come alive”

    ESA’s European Space Operations Centre links people with spacecraft travelling to the frontiers of human knowledge.

    Our world is about systems, communication and exploration; our passion is for humanity’s voyages into the Universe.

    And even the grandest journey begins with just a few steps.

    More about ESOC:
    http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC

  • ESOC: Where missions come alive

    ESOC: Where missions come alive

    ESOC – European Space Operations Centre 2017

    As a centre of excellence for mission operations since 1967, ESA’s ‘mission control’ delivers expertise and experience in a unique mix that serves the scientific and engineering goals of ESA, and enables economically vital European programmes like Copernicus and Galileo.

    ESOC is home to highly specialised teams who control and navigate spacecraft, manage ESA’s worldwide tracking station network, and build the ground systems that enable satellites to conduct their missions. Spacecraft flown from ESOC are studying our planet and helping us understand climate change through realtime Earth data, and are exploring our Sun and Solar System or peering deep into the mysteries of time and space.

    The centre is unique and unparalleled in its ability to control sophisticated probes, and to design, develop and build everything needed on ground to successfully fly satellites in space.

    Our world is about systems, communication and exploration; our passion is for humanity’s voyages into the Universe.

    In 2017, ESOC celebrates its 50th anniversary #esoc50
    http://www.esa.int/esoc
    http://www.esa.int/esoc50

    This video is also available in the following languages:
    German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl4W91VF_SM />French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-VHgc6kWMQ