June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... Operation Centre, will take over the operation of the MMO. Similarly, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, will remain in charge of the MPO spacecraft. During its one Earth year mission, which...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
..., is used for commanding and monitoring the health of the satellite, with the mission operations controlled from ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany. A propulsion module provides propellant for orbit manoeuvres necessary throughout the mission lifetime as well...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
... for LISA Pathfinder. He joined ESA in 1991 working first at ESTEC in the Netherlands and then (from 1993) at ESOC in Germany. Since 2008 he has been responsible for the ground segment and mission operations of ESA’s astronomy...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... missions into “temporary standby” mode to reduce the number of controllers required at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC). Although ESA resumed operations on 2 April, it was clear that the space community was considering more of a move...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
...these challenging conditions. While a satellite is being built by industry, and subsequently integrated and tested at ESTEC, teams at ESOC begin building and configuring the ground segment systems, centred on the Mission Control System, and preparing...
16 February 2016
Sentinel-3A poised for liftoff later today
... timeframe,” says Pier Paolo, who serves as flight director for all the Sentinel missions controlled from ESOC. The satellite will be flown by ESA until the instruments are commissioned – expected in about five months. It will...
