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About ESOC

ESA Main Control Room, Darmstadt

Where missions come alive

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Map of Darmstadt

Getting here

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Guided tours

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1970s space control

ESOC celebrates 50 years in Darmstadt

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ESOC’s main building

Contact us

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Activities at ESOC

Save the date: ESA ESOC Open Day, 12 September 2025

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Preparing for launch

Ground segment: preparing for launch

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Gaia mission team in training

Launch campaign

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Operations engineer Colette Pullig

Countdown

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MSG-4 liftoff

Liftoff!

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Herschel control room at ESOC

Routine operations

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Galileo time

Navigating time and space

Navigating space

ESA's Malargüe tracking station

Connecting Earth and space

Space Safety & Security at ESA

Space Safety

Space Safety

GOCE reenters atmosphere

Reentry and collision avoidance

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Discover mission control

European Space Operations Centre

ESOC mission history ESOC: Past, current and future missions Timeline

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ESA Open Day 2025 at ESOC - A group of visitors poses happily in front of an ESA sign during the Open Day event.

Wrapping up an unforgettable Open Day at ESOC

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Save the date: ESA ESOC Open Day, 12 September 2025

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Artist impression of Euclid scanning the sky

Science & Exploration

Seeking Euclid's hidden stars: commissioning looks up

26/09/2023 12762 views 143 likes

Understanding Earth’s winds

Aeolus: a historic end to a trailblazing mission

29/07/2023 16830 views 138 likes

Measuring cyclones

Enabling & Support

Historic Aeolus reentry – how it happened

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ESA's wind mission

Guiding Aeolus' safe reentry

10/07/2023 13506 views 192 likes

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