German Space Operations Center

DLR’s German Space Operations Center (GSOC) at Oberpfaffenhofen is a multi-mission spacecraft-control center operating Earth-observation, science, communications and crewed-spaceflight missions. It controls and monitors satellites, plans missions and trajectories, processes mission data and operates the ESA Columbus laboratory; current DLR material names TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and EnMAP among missions and notes preparation for SeRANIS and GRACE-C. A visitors’ bridge overlooks the control rooms, and DLR describes open-day access to its Weilheim ground-station dishes; this is an operational research facility, so confirm the current visitor programme and access arrangements before travel.