30 June 2017
A line up of global events for Asteroid Day 2017
... from the mission. ESA will then broadcast a live segment from the European Space Operations Centre – ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany. ESA already has a hands-on approach for dealing with the threat of a collision by a near-Earth...
19 October 2018
Countdown begins for the launch of BepiColombo
... (03:45 CEST) on 20 October, on board an Ariane 5 rocket. Once the spacecraft separates from the rocket's 'upper stage', teams at ESOC will take over to get the spacecraft into normal operational mode — a process that is expected to take about...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
... giant planet Jupiter. Following launch and separation from the rocket, ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, confirmed acquisition of signal via the New Norcia ground station in Australia and the spacecraft...
