Forty years ago, the European Space Operations Centre was formally inaugurated in Darmstadt, Germany, to provide satellite control for the European Space Research Organisation, today known as ESA. ESOC began just a decade after the 1957 start of the space age, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.The ESOC 40th anniversary minisite is now live on the ESA Web portal, including an interactive photo gallery, a searchable timeline and the 2007 ESOC profile video: "Where Missions Come Alive." Also: Fascinating recollections and oral histories from ESOC engineers who were here at the beginning - when computers were small enough to fit in a room! Plus: profiles of three ESA Young Graduate Trainees now developing skills for the future at ESOC.ESOC 40th anniversary:http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC_40_Anniversary/index.html40 years of ESOC gallery:http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC_40_years_in_pictures/index.html
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