South Hesse
Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Wissenschaftsstadt

European Space Operations Centre

The European Space Operations Centre serves as the main mission control centre for the European Space Agency and is located in , . ESOC's primary function is the operation of uncrewed spacecraft on behalf of ESA and the launch and early orbit phases of ESA and third-party missions.
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  • Type: Commerce
  • Description: main mission control center for the European Space Agency
  • Also known as: “ESOC”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darmstadt Central Station and Mozartturm.

Railway station
Photo: Mauritsvink, Public domain.
Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in the city . After and , it is the third largest station in the state of with 35,000 passengers and 220 trains per day. is situated 520 metres east of European Space Operations Centre.

Photo: Henward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 470 metres southeast of European Space Operations Centre.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 380 metres northwest of European Space Operations Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Steubenplatz and Riedbahn.

Locality
Photo: Erkaha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality.

Suburb
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Quarter
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is a district in the South of the city of in . is situated 2½ km southeast of European Space Operations Centre.

European Space Operations Centre

Latitude
49.87172° or 49° 52′ 18″ north
Longitude
8.6224° or 8° 37′ 21″ east
Open location code
8FXCVJCC+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95204579
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­commercial
Wiki­data ID
Q697711
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“European Space Operations Centre” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز عمليات الفضاء الأوروبية”
  • Armenian: “Տիեզերական թռիչքների կառավարման Եվրոպական կենտրոն”
  • Catalan: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Chinese: “欧洲太空控制中心”
  • Chinese: “欧洲空间业务中心”
  • Chinese: “欧洲空间运行控制中心”
  • Chinese: “歐洲太空控制中心”
  • Chinese: “歐洲太空營運中心”
  • Chinese: “歐洲太空運營中心”
  • Chinese: “歐洲空間執行控制中心”
  • Czech: “Evropské středisko kosmických operací”
  • Czech: “Evropské středisko vesmírných operací”
  • Dutch: “ESOC”
  • Dutch: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Esperanto: “ESOC”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropa Kosm-Operacia Centro”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropa Spac-Operacia Centro”
  • Finnish: “Euroopan avaruusoperaatiokeskus”
  • French: “Centre européen des opérations spatiales”
  • French: “ESOC”
  • French: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Galician: “Centro Europeo de Operacións Espaciais”
  • Galician: “ESOC”
  • Galician: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • German: “ESOC”
  • German: “Europäisches Raumflugkontrollzentrum”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז פעולות החלל האירופי”
  • Indonesian: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Italian: “Centro europeo per le operazioni spaziali”
  • Italian: “ESOC”
  • Italian: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Japanese: “ESAの管制センター”
  • Japanese: “ESOC”
  • Japanese: “欧州宇宙運用センター”
  • Korean: “유럽우주운용센터”
  • Luxembourgish: “Europäesche Raumfluchkontrollzentrum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Europäescht Raumfluchkontrollzentrum”
  • Macedonian: “Европски центар за вселенски операции”
  • Malay: “Pusat Operasi Angkasa Eropah”
  • Persian: “مرکز کنترل آژانس فضایی اروپا”
  • Polish: “ESOC”
  • Polish: “Europejskie Centrum Operacji Kosmicznych”
  • Portuguese: “Centro Europeu de Operações Espaciais”
  • Portuguese: “ESOC”
  • Russian: “ESOC”
  • Russian: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Russian: “Европейский центр управления космическими полётами”
  • Slovenian: “ESOC”
  • Slovenian: “Evropsko središče za vesoljske operacije”
  • Spanish: “Centro Europeo de Operaciones Espaciales”
  • Spanish: “ESOC”
  • Spanish: “European Space Operations Centre”
  • Western Armenian: “Տիեզերական թռիչքներու կառավարման Եւրոպական կեդրոն”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spielplatz Traubenweg /Wedekindweg and Europaplatz.

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