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ESA Establishments

ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre. ESTEC is the design hub for most ESA spacecraft and technology development, and is situated in Noordwijk, the Netherlands
ESOC - European Space Operations Centre. ESOC is responsible for controlling ESA satellites in orbit and is situated in Darmstadt, Germany
ESRIN - European Space Research Institute. ESRIN, the ESA Centre for Earth Observation, is located in Frascati, Italy
EAC - European Astronaut Centre.  EAC is responsible for the preparation, planning and scheduling of the European astronauts' tasks and flight assignments and is situated in Cologne, Germany Europe's Spacepor
ESAC - European Space Astronomy Centre. ESAC, at Villanueva de la Cañada, near Madrid in Spain, hosts the scientific operations centres for ESA's astronomy and planetary missions, along with their scientific archives. It provides services to astronomical research projects worldwide
Guiana Space Centre (CSG - Centre Spatial Guyanais). Kourou, in French Guiana, is Europe’s gateway to space. Covering over 96 000 hectares, CSG is ideally sited for launching satellites, in particular because it is close to the equator. ESA is the owner of the launch and launcher production facilities and finances a significant part of the fixed costs of the launch base
Redu Centre. ESA's Redu Centre in Belgium is responsible for controlling and testing a range of satellites as part of ESA’s ground station network. It is also home to the Space Weather Data Centre (as part of the ESA's Space Situational Awareness Preparatory Programme)
ECSAT- European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications. ECSAT in Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK, is supporting activities related to telecommunications, integrated applications, climate change, technology and science

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