ESOC - Where Missions Come Alive

Cool profile of the people and activities at ESOC, ESA's Space Operations Centre, in Darmstadt, Germany. ESOC operates 10 major missions comprising 13 spacecraft, with a dozen more in preparation. It also controls ESA's worldwide ESTRACK ground station network. Over 750 specialists from Europe and other countries focus on sophisticated technologies including spacecraft operations, ground station engineering, software development, navigation science and space debris monitoring.ESApod video programme