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The current (C) and future (F) missions below are operated by ESA at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Darmstadt, Germany, or at other partner locations.

 
ESA missions operated from ESOC
 
Name DescriptionPurposeC/F?
ADM-AeolusThe 'Wind' mission Earth observationF
BepiColomboMercury explorerScienceF
Cluster IISolar windScienceC
CryoSat-2Ice missionEarth observationC
EnvisatEarth's environmentEarth observationC
GaiaGalactic surveyorScienceF
GMES/SentinelsGlobal monitoringEarth observationF
GOCEEarth gravity missionEarth observationC
HerschelSpace observatoryScienceC
IntegralGamma-ray astronomyScienceC
LISA PathfinderGravitational wavesScienceF
Mars ExpressMars explorerScienceC
PlanckCosmic microwave surveyorScienceC
RosettaThe 'Comet Chaser'ScienceC
SwarmEarth geomagnetic surveyorEarth observationF
Venus ExpressVenus explorerScienceC
XMM-NewtonX-ray observatoryScienceC
 
 
ESA missions operated elsewhere
 
These ESA missions are operated by ESA (or supported by ESA's Spaceflight and Operations team) away from ESOC.

ATV-series - is operated in partnership with the French space agency (CNES) from the Centre Spatial de Toulouse

Columbus lab - is operated in partnership with the German Aerospace Center from Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Proba-1 - is operated from the ESTRACK ground station at Redu, Belgium

Proba-2 - is operated from the ESTRACK ground station at Redu, Belgium.

SMOS - experts from ESA's Spaceflight and Operations team are responsible for SMOS payload operations from ESA's ESAC Establishment; the mission is operated on behalf of ESA by the French space agency (CNES) from Toulouse.
 
 
ESA partner missions operated elsewhere
 

The missions below are operated in cooperation with partner agencies at locations in France, Germany and the USA.

Name DescriptionOperated by
ISSInternational Space StationNASA (USA) / ROSCOSMOS (Russia)
SOHOSolar observationsNASA (USA)
Hubble Space TelescopeOrbiting observatoryNASA (USA)

 
 
Last update: 9 September 2011

 


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