Connecting space with Earth.
5 sites from the Arctic to Antarctica, 13 antennas and one Network Operations Center — operated around the clock by DLR’s German Space Operations Center.
From cubesats to deep-space probes: the GSN receives data from satellites, sends them commands and measures their orbits — and delivers everything to mission control within seconds.
From orbit to mission control in three steps.
A satellite is only in view of a ground station for a few minutes per pass. The GSN makes every minute count.
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The satellite passes
Flight dynamics predict when a satellite rises above the horizon of a station. The scheduling office books the antenna for exactly that pass.
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The antenna tracks it
The dish follows the satellite across the sky, receives its data (downlink) and sends commands (uplink) — on radio frequencies or, at FOGATA, by laser.
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The NOC delivers
The Network Operations Center routes the data over secure links to the mission control center or the customer — monitored 24 hours a day.
Five places. One network.
Everything about the GSN.
Stations & Services
All sites, every antenna with its technical data, and the services you can book.
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The hub that connects stations, control rooms and customers worldwide.
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Missions
Earth observation, technology demonstrators and cubesats supported by the GSN.
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