Space Operation at DLR in 3 minutes

German Aerospace Center

Monitoring Control and Data Systems Group

A. Braun

Locations and employees

7400 employees across

32 institutes and facilities at

16 sites.

Offices in Brussels, Paris,

Tokyo and Washington.

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Cologne

Oberpfaffenhofen

Braunschweig

Goettingen

Berlin

Bonn

Neustrelitz

Weilheim

Bremen Trauen

Lampoldshausen

Stuttgart

Stade

Augsburg

Hamburg

Juelich

Aeronautics

Transportation

Space Research &

Technology

Energy

Space Administration

Cologne

Oberpfaffenhofen

Braunschweig

Goettingen

Berlin

Bonn

Neustrelitz

Weilheim

Bremen Trauen

Lampoldshausen

Stuttgart

Stade

Augsburg

Hamburg

Juelich

Locations and employees

7400 employees across

32 institutes and facilities at

16 sites.

Offices in Brussels, Paris,

Tokyo and Washington.

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Aeronautics

Transportation

Space Research &

Technology

Energy

Space Administration

Institutes and Facilities Involved in

Space Research and TechnologyBremen

Berlin

Braunschweig

Goettingen

Hamburg

Cologne

Lampoldshausen

Oberpfaffenhofen

Stuttgart

Neustrelitz

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Koeln

Oberpfaffenhofen

Braunschweig

Goettingen

Berlin

NeustrelitzBremen

Lampoldshausen

Hamburg – Gross Borstel

Stuttgart

DLR Space Operations Facilities

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Microgravity User Support Center Cologne

Ground Station Weilheim

European Astronaut Center Cologne

Mobile Rocket BaseOberpfaffenhofen

Galileo Control CenterOberpfaffenhofen

German Space Operations Center Oberpfaffenhofen

More informationhttp://www.dlr.de/rb

Mission Overview

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Scientific & Earth ObservationMIssions

Human Spaceflight Missions

Communication and Navigation Missions

1969 AZUR 1972 AEROS-A 1974 HELIOS-1 AEROS-B Symphonie A 1975 Symphonie B 1976 HELIOS-2 1983 Spacelab-1 1984 AMPTE 11985 Spacelab D1 1987 TV-SAT 1 1989 Galileo TV-SAT 2 DFS Kopernikus 11990 ROSAT DFS Kopernikus 2 EUTELSATII1991 EUTELSAT II-F2/II-F3 1991 EUTELSAT II-F2/II-F3 1992 MIR 92 EUTELSAT II-F4 DFS Kopernikus 1994 X-SAR 1 EUTELSAT II-F5 1995 EXPRESS Euro-MIR 95 EUTELSAT II1996 MARS 96 MOMS1997 Equator-S MIR 97 1998 EUTELSAT W2 1999 ABRIXAS EUTELSAT W3 2000 CHAMP X-SAR/SRTM EUTELSAT 2001 BIRD EUTELSAT W1R 2002 GRACE 1 + 2 EUTELSAT HB6 2004 SAR-Lupe 1 Rosetta / Philae 2005 ISS-Eneide 2006 ISS-Astrolab 2007 TerraSAR-X SAR-Lupe 2 + 3 2008 SAR-Lupe 4 + 5 ISS-Columbus ISS2009 COMSATBw 1 COMSATZBw 22010 TanDEM-X PRISMA2011 ISS-ATV 2 Galileo IOV 1 + 2 2012 TET-1 ISS-ATV-3 Galileo IOV 3 + 2013 ISS-ATV 4 2014 FireBird ISS-ATV 5 Galileo FOC 5 2017 Small GEO HAG-1

Unique in Europe: More than 25 Years of Experience

in Operations of Human Spaceflight Missions

- Examples: Spacelab, MIR, ISS

- European Astronaut Center

- ATV support

- Control center for the Columbus

module of the ISS

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Operations of Communication Facilities & Infrastructure

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in coopration with DLR Earth Observation Center:

Ground Station Weilheim – State-of-the-Art Technology

Neustrelitz (McPomm)

O‘Higgins (Antarktika)

Inuvit (Canada)

Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC)

Support for scientists in the

preparation, execution & analysis of

space experiments in the fields of

materials physics, biological science,

technology & extraterrestrics

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Operations of the comet lander

Philae of the ESA Rosetta

mission

Scientific & Earth Observation MissionsCurrent MissionsGRACE 1 & 2 (Launch 2002) TerraSAR-X (Launch 2007)ComsatBW1&2 (Launch 2009)TanDEM-X (Launch 2010)TET-1 (Launch 2012)FireBird (Launch 2015)EDRS-A (Launch 2016)HAG-1 (handed-over) (Launch 2017/´)

Upcoming MissionsEu:CROPISEnMAPTSX-2 GRACE Follow-on

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MIB/COL: Columbus

The MCDS Team inside GSOC

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Abt. KoB: Network & Ground Data Systems

MIB/MCDS: Mission Control & Data System

MIB/MPS:

Mission

Planning

System

MIB/LEO: Low Earth Orbit Satellites

MIB/GEO: Geosynchronous Satellites

> Bewerbungsgsepräche Softwaregruppe MCDS > M. Hobsch

CLICK

-Operations Department

-Microgravity User Center-European Astronaut Center-Mobile Rocket Base

Activities of MCDS

MCDS

System

Engineering

SW Tools

Support

Innovation /

Development

Data

Operations

Thank you for your attention

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