ESA cordially invites you to the 2nd ESA Mission Operations Hands-On Experience at ESOC, Darmstadt.

For more information and to sign up for the event, visit this website.

Mission Operations at its best! For the second time, ESA offers this unique 4-day course to bring to life the fascinating world of spacecraft operations with its unique challenges and need for excellent teamwork.

This course provides an insight into the secrets of ESA Space Mission Operation’s success, covering operations concepts, architecture and interfaces, the roles and responsibilities of the different teams, the mission planning and scheduling processes and the different challenges encountered in each mission phase. Finally, how to effectively manage spacecraft anomalies and contingency recovery operations will be discussed and later practised.

The course will be delivered through lectures by ESA experts specialised in the different mission operations domains. Real stories of operational staff battling with wayward spacecraft will be shared whenever appropriate. In addition to the lectures, the participants will gain hands-on experience in mission operations and will be able to immediately apply their gained knowledge during a challenging team simulation set in ESOC’s famous Main Control Room, the heart of ESA mission operations.

The registration will close on October 14th, 12:00 hrs CET.

The event will be in-person only.

This intensive technical course focuses on sharing ESA's vast know-how and expertise in operations with the participants. It is pitched towards professionals of all disciplines who want to quickly acquire a feeling for the broad spectrum of disciplines involved in space mission operations.

This international and interactive working environment also provides an ideal networking opportunity for participants to connect and exchange experiences.

Important dates:

17 September 2024: Registration opens

14 October 2024, 12:00 hrs CET: Registration closes

18 October 2024: Notification of acceptance

11-15 November 2024: 2nd ESA Mission Operations Academy

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