ESOC | European Space Operations Centre
Darmstadt
Control room at ESOC
×This and last year i had the chance to visit ESOC, the European Space Operations Centre, three times.
Located in Darmstadt since 1967 the people there have flown more than 70 missions, including Giotto, Huygens and Rosetta.
When i am there i always learn a lot about spacecraft and satellites and how useful the data from these ESA missions are.
The images where made during the social media events accompanying the launch of Sentinel-2B and 3B, the „Night of the stars“, at EUMETSAT and at the exhibition „Rosetta - Europas Kometenjäger“.
More information about ESA and ESOC: https://www.esa.int/ESA.
Guy with "Sentinerds"-shirt and mascot (Launch event for Sentinel-3B)
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Fully functional rocket models from @spaceholgar with the little mouse (Sentinel-2B launch event)
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Satellite (Sentinel-2B launch event)
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Minion in the control room
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Counting cups of tea
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Selfie props at the Sentinel-2B social media event
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NASA/ Apollo-bomberjacket
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Logos of former missions at the entry of the main control room
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Main control room
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Main control room
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Main control room
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Main control room
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At EUMETSAT
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Clock in the control room of EUMETSAT
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Displays reflected at EUMETSAT
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Security advice at EUMETSAT
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Control room for planetary missions
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Model of a satellite
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Testing equipment
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Testing equipment
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Testing equipment
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Testing euipment for the BepiColombo-mission
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The original technique used in BepiColombo duplicated in Darmstadt for testing issues
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Night impressions from ESOC
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Model of the ISS in the staircase of ESOCs press centre
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Night impressions from ESOC
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Sentinel-2B and moon
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Night impressions from ESOC
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Rosetta mission: An exhibition at the "Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt" about the mission to the comet Tschurjumow-Gerassimenko
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Live transmission from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana showing the sucessful launch of Sentinel-2B
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After the launch of Sentinel-2B in the press centre
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Late night diner after the satellites launch
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Going home: Outside ESOC at five in the morning
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