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ESA Operations

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ESA Operations

@esaoperations

From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency 🛰🕹️ Home of Space Safety 🛡️💙

Darmstadt, Germany

esa.int/operations

Born September 8, 1967

Joined November 2008

ESA Operations
@esaoperations
Jun 3
Mercury? Getting closer!🛰️🌑☀️ Preparations? Already kickstarted with a months-long simulations campaign!💯💯 Cameras? Rolling to capture every single bit of it!🎥👀 Stay tuned for upcoming BepiColombo news! #ESOC #BepiColombo #JAXA #Mercury
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Jun 1
🌈 Pride Month is here! This June, colleagues at @esa ESOC are celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community. Inclusive teams power innovation and strengthen our people, our missions and the future of the space sector. 🪐 🏳️‍🌈See you at the Darmstadt CSD in August alongside
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@esaoperations
Jun 1
Saturday’s sonic boom heard over Boston was due to an airbursting meteor, as confirmed by US weather satellite GOES-19. A European geostationary weather sat performs a comparable skywatch, read more here: esa.int/Space_Safety/F…
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May 18
Newly discovered asteroid 2026 JH2, monitored by ESA's Planetary Defence team, makes a notably close approach to Earth this evening (but with zero chance of impact!)
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May 13
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Want to learn more? Read the full article here 👉
Fireballs and lightning, very, very frightening – or not!
From esa.int
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@esaoperations
May 13
🎶Fireballs and lightning… very, very exciting! Millions of lightning flashes light up Earth daily. But @eumetsat 's MTG-LI satellite is revealing fireball flashes in the data. @esa 's graduate trainee Niels Rubbrecht is helping to find these bright needles in the lightning
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May 11
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May 11
📡 Calling Cebreros residents – join Cebreros Open Day in June! Get up close with @esa ’s 35 m deep space antenna linking Earth to missions like BepiColombo & Juice. 🌌 📆 7 June 2026 📍ESA’s Cebreros Ground Station, Spain 📝 In-person registration at Cebreros Town Hall on 16,
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European Space Agency
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May 8
A new chapter in the ESA—JAXA cooperation on planetary defence. 🌍 The agreement signed this week confirms collaboration on #Ramses, our mission to asteroid Apophis ahead of its rare close flyby in 2029. Space safety is a priority. 🔗 esa.int/Space_Safety/P…
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Apr 29
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Access the video at:
Aurora, Swing and Sawa: ESA’s Space Weather sensors
From esa.int
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Apr 29
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More info on ESA's aim to develop a European space weather monitoring fleet:
Building a European space weather monitoring fleet
From esa.int
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@esaoperations
Apr 29
Meet Aurora, Swing and Sawa 👋 Space weather can disrupt many modern services on which we depend. While it can't be prevented, with ESA's upcoming space weather sensor missions, Europe will know when to brace for impact.
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Apr 24
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Want to know more about women in STEM at ESOC? Check out our recent article on the topic featuring three of ESOC’s Girls’ Day volunteers – esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…
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