German Space Operations Center
48°05′15″N 11°16′53″E / 48.087453°N 11.281474°E
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The German Space Operations Center (GSOC; German: Deutsches Raumfahrt-Kontrollzentrum) is the mission control center of German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, Germany.
Tasks
The GSOC performs the following tasks in national and international spaceflight:
- Operation of scientific satellites
- Operation of commercial satellites
- Operation of human spaceflight
- Expansion and operation of the communication infrastructure
- Research and development of new technologies in the field of space operations
History
After the
Until 1985, the Oberpfaffenhofen site of the then German Aerospace Research and Testing Institute (DFVLR) increasingly concentrated on spaceflight. The
The failure of Ariane 3 in 1985 and the Challenger disaster in 1986 slowed the development of the Oberpfaffenhofen and the GSOC. The investment program gave the GSOC a new building, Building 140. Construction began in April 1989.
In 1993, GSOC accompanied the entire operation with STS-55 and had full payload control via the Spacelab. This was the first time that there was unfiltered access to all data.
Missions operated by GSOC
Crewed missions
Earth Observation and Science
Mission | Year |
---|---|
Azur | 1969 |
AEROS-A | 1972 |
AEROS-B | 1974 |
HELIOS-1 | 1974 |
HELIOS-2 | 1976 |
AMPTE | 1984 |
Galileo | 1989 |
ROSAT | 1990 |
EXPRESS
|
1995 |
MARS 96 | 1996 |
Equator-S | 1997 |
ABRIXAS | 1999 |
CHAMP | 2000 |
BIRD | 2001 |
GRACE 1 + 2 | 2002 |
Rosetta / Philae | 2004 |
SAR-Lupe 1
|
2006 |
SAR-Lupe 2
|
2007 |
SAR-Lupe 3
|
2007 |
SAR-Lupe 4
|
2008 |
SAR-Lupe 5
|
2008 |
TerraSAR-X | 2007 |
PRISMA | 2010 |
TanDEM-X | 2010 |
TET-1 | 2012 |
MASCOT
|
2014 |
BIROS (FireBird) | 2016 |
PAZ | 2018 |
GRACE Follow-on (1+2) | 2018 |
HP³ on Insight | 2018 |
Eu_CROPIS | 2018 |
EnMAP | 2022 |
Mission | Year |
---|---|
Symphonie A | 1974 |
Symphonie B | 1975 |
TV-SAT 1 | 1987 |
TV-SAT 2 | 1989 |
DFS Kopernikus 1 | 1989 |
DFS Kopernikus 2 | 1990 |
DFS Kopernikus 3 | 1992 |
Eutelsat II-F1 | 1990 |
Eutelsat II-F2 | 1991 |
Eutelsat II-F3 | 1991 |
Eutelsat II-F4 | 1992 |
Eutelsat II-F5
|
1994 |
Eutelsat II-F6 / HB1 | 1995 |
Eutelsat W2
|
1998 |
Eutelsat W3 | 1999 |
Eutelsat W4
|
2000 |
Eutelsat W1R | 2001 |
Eutelsat HB6 | 2002 |
Galileo GIOVE-B | 2008 |
COMSATBw 1 | 2009 |
COMSATBw 2 | 2010 |
Alphasat TDP1 | 2013 |
EDRS-A | 2016 |
Small GEO HAG-1 | 2017 |
EDRS-C
|
2019 |
See also
References
- ISBN 3-8289-5357-3.