March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
...spacecraft under ESA/ESTEC contract. The mission will be operated from the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), in Darmstadt, Germany. Elementary observation sequence (dithers) of VIS and NISP. Mission architecture The architecture of the mission...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... fully involved with the tracking and simulation community through activities at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC). European Union - The EU (via the European Commission) fully funded the RemoveDebris mission, a demonstration of ADR capture...
June 2015
Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander
... by Michael Croon of Trier, Germany, a former member of ESA’s Mars Express operations team at European Space Operations Centre (ESOC). He and others have now identified clear evidence for the lander and convincing evidence for key...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... of Rosetta back in 1996 when the project started, and since 2006 Head of the Mission Operations Department at ESOC, retired, and I took his place. As had already happened back in 2006, Andrea Accomazzo was selected to fill...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... for all future spacefarers. About the author Dr Holger Krag is head of ESA’s Space Debris Office at ESA/ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, and he represents ESA in the IADC. The Space Debris Office plays a leading role in the...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... in the geosynchronous region” (Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Space Debris (ESA SP-587), April 2005, ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany, April 2005) [unpublished], at 285. 15 See Schildknecht, et al, supra note [11]. Used with permission...
