European Space Operations Centre

main mission control centre for the European Space Agency
Organization mission_control_center Q697711
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European Space Operations Centre

Summary

European Space Operations Centre is a mission control center[1]. It draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (mission_control_center category, ranking #2 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • European Space Operations Centre is located in Darmstadt[3].
  • European Space Operations Centre is in the country of Germany[4].
  • European Space Operations Centre's image is recorded as European Space Operations Centre.jpg[5].
  • European Space Operations Centre's instance of is recorded as mission control center[6].
  • European Space Operations Centre's instance of is recorded as intergovernmental organization[7].
  • European Space Operations Centre's headquarters location is recorded as Darmstadt[8].
  • European Space Operations Centre's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123756474[9].
  • European Space Operations Centre's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158981430[10].
  • European Space Operations Centre's GND ID is recorded as 500811-6[11].
  • European Space Operations Centre's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83223947[12].
  • European Space Operations Centre's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11862878j[13].
  • European Space Operations Centre's IdRef ID is recorded as 087453509[14].
  • European Space Operations Centre's Commons category is recorded as ESOC[15].
  • +1967-09-08T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Space Operations Centre[16].
  • +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of European Space Operations Centre[17].
  • European Space Operations Centre's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.87096, 'lon': 8.62264}[18].
  • European Space Operations Centre's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02t5p[19].
  • European Space Operations Centre's parent organization or unit is recorded as European Space Agency[20].
  • European Space Operations Centre's official website is recorded as https://www.esa.int/esoc[21].
  • European Space Operations Centre's spoken text audio is recorded as ESOC audio.ogg[22].
  • European Space Operations Centre's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+866'}[23].
  • European Space Operations Centre's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+266'}[24].
  • European Space Operations Centre's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+600'}[25].
  • European Space Operations Centre's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/European-Space-Operations-Centre[26].
  • European Space Operations Centre's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ESOC'}[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1967-09-08T00:00:00Z[16] and +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].

Identity

Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ESOC'}[27] and {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'ESOC'}[28].

Operations

European Space Operations Centre's headquarters location is recorded as Darmstadt[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as European Space Agency[20].

Why It Matters

European Space Operations Centre draws 80 Wikipedia views per month (mission_control_center category, ranking #2 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GRID Release 2018-02-08. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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