ESA/ESOC – Europäisches Raumflugkontrollzentrum (European Space Operations Center)

The ESA / ESOC are just 4 km away from the hotel Zum Rosengarten. The ESOC is located only a few hundred meters west of the Darmstadt main train station.

The ESOC (European Space Operations Center) is the control center of the ESA – “Europe’s gateway to space”. Since 1967, it is responsible for the operation of all ESA satellites and the necessary global network of ground stations.

Here you will find the route descriptions to the ESOC