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ESA pays tribute to ESOC's 40th anniversary

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The European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) was founded in 1962. In 1967, the Control Centre was moved to Darmstadt and renamed the European Space Operations Centre.

By 1968, ESOC was already controlling its first mission

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ESOC's Main Control Room in the 1960s

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