17 January 2024
08 May 2023
The EUMETSAT Mission Control Centre is based at our headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, and is responsible for the safe operation of all satellites.
Comprising two main control rooms, one for the geostationary missions and the other for low-Earth-orbit missions, it is from there that we monitor and control all of our operational satellites and the associated ground infrastructure. From the Mission Control Centre, we communicate with the satellites and acquire their data through a network of primary and backup ground stations across Europe. Teams of satellite and ground segment controllers work around the clock, supported by teams of on-call operations and maintenance engineers.