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ESOC 1967, recently renamed from ESDAC
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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
 
ESOC's Main Control Room in the 1960s
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ESOC's Main Control Room in the 1960s
 
 


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