GSOC's Space Flight Technology Department

The PRISMA formation with the MAIN (left) and TARGET (right) satellites

The Space Flight Technology department is one of the core departments of DLR's German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen. The unit performs research in the fields of navigation, automation and communication and provides services in the field of flight dynamics operations. Furthermore, the department operates the European Proximity Operations Simulator on behalf of ESA/ESTEC.