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The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) serves as the main mission control centre for the European Space Agency (ESA) and is located in Darmstadt, Germany. ESOC's primary function is the operation of unmanned spacecraft on behalf of ESA and the launch and early orbit phases (LEOP) of ESA and third-party missions.〔(ESA Spacecraft Operations - About us & frequently asked questions )〕 The Centre is also responsible for a range of operations-related activities within ESA and in cooperation with ESA's industry and international partners, including ground systems engineering, software development, flight dynamics and navigation, development of mission control tools and techniques and space debris studies.〔(ESA’s Ground Systems Engineering Team )〕 ESOC's current major activities comprise operating planetary and solar missions, such as Mars Express and Rosetta, astronomy & fundamental physics missions, such as Gaia (spacecraft) and XMM Newton, and Earth observation missions such as CryoSat2 and Swarm (spacecraft). ESOC is responsible for developing, operating and maintaining ESA's European Tracking (ESTRACK) Network of ground stations. Teams at the Centre are also involved in research and development related to advanced mission control concepts and Space Situational Awareness, and standardisation activities related to frequency management; mission operations; tracking, telemetry and telecommanding; and space debris.〔(What are the core activities related to Operations? )〕 ==Missions== ESOC's current missions comprise the following:〔(ESA Space Operations )〕 Planetary and solar missions * Mars Express * Rosetta comet landing mission with Philae * Cluster II Astronomy and fundamental physics missions * Gaia * INTEGRAL * XMM-Newton Earth observation missions * CryoSat-2 * Swarm * Sentinel-1 * Sentinel-2 In addition, the ground segment and mission control teams for several missions are in preparation〔 and training, including: * BepiColombo * ExoMars * LISA Pathfinder * ADM-Aeolus * the remaining satellites of the Sentinel programme 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「European Space Operations Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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