Videos

Below you will find our video overview. Discover new perspectives on space flight operations and astronaut training.

Video - German Space Operations Center (GSOC)
A video about the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) with Weilheim ground station. You will see the work in the control rooms for the operations of the European space laboratory Columbus and various satellite missions as well as the EPOS facility for the development of space robotics. At the Weilheim site, GSOC operates the ZDBS - the central station of the German ground system.
Video Mobile Rocket Base (German)
A video about the Mobile Rocket Base (MORABA) department of DLR Space Operations and Astronaut Training at the Oberpfaffenhofen site. MORABA has been carrying out scientific sounding missions with rockets and balloons and developing mechanical and electrical systems since the 1960s.
Vidoe On-Orbit Servicing – End-to-End Simulation
A ground segment was set up at the German Space Operations Center as for a real on-orbit servicing mission. The space segment for rendezvous and grasping was simulated at two robotic test facilities in Oberpfaffenhofen: the European Proximity Operations Simulator (EPOS) 2.0 at the German Space Operations Centre and the On-Orbit Servicing Simulator at the Robotics and Mechatronics Centre. The video provides an overview of the project and shows all components of the end-to-end chain.
Software applications for mission operations at GSOC
Developing and maintaining cutting-edge software tool suites for reliable mission control and data systems, effective and professional planning and scheduling for satellite and on-ground activities with a well-established tool suite, as well as supporting operational tasks with innovative tools and procedures are the focus of the Mission Technology department
Contact to the ISS - The Columbus Control Center (deutsch)
24 hours a day. Seven days a week. The German Space Operations Center (GSOC) of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) is staffed around the clock to maintain contact with the International Space Station (ISS) and to support the European Columbus research laboratory. Schedules are set up precisely down to the minute for the astronauts and the team at the consoles to ensure that life and research in the space laboratory run smoothly