Navigating the Future.
Providing reliable, safe and secure space services is our daily business - and our passion. We are responsible for managing Europe´s biggest spacecraft constellation: the European Satellite Navigation System GALILEO. On behalf of the European Commission we operate from our headquarters at the Galileo Control Center (GCC-D) in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
The Sky is not the Limit.
Thanks to the technical infrastructure we have implemented, we ensure 99,99% service availability. DLR GfR’s constellation operations services at GCC-D comprise 24/7 routine operations and maintenance the Galileo satellites and of the related ground segment infrastructure.
From GCC-D we organise the operation of the globally distributed Galileo infrastructure, both on-ground and in-orbit, throughout all mission phases. This includes mission planning and flight dynamics services, efficient team training and management, reliable configuration monitoring and global service-level tracking and monitoring.
International and diverse.
With our international team of more than 280 experts, we offer our customers excellent service and navigate the Galileo project with foresight into the future.
Reliable and Secure Space Services.
Space Operations
• Mission planning and flight dynamics services
• Efficient operations preparation and training
• Reliable configuration management
• Launch and Early Orbit phase operations
• Commissioning and In-Orbit Testing
• Routine Operations of currently 28 satellites
Space and Ground Segment Maintenance
• Satellite constellation maintenance
• Contingency Operations
• Ground control and mission segment maintenance
Development opportunities
Support from day one
Your professional development starts on your very first day with us:
We’ll welcome you with a tour of the various divisions of our company and see to it that a sponsor accompanies you through your daily work.
Working on projects with experienced colleagues will allow you to both build new knowledge and benefit from our internal specialist training program.
If you’d like to take on greater responsibility within your team, we’ll do what it takes to prepare you for this challenge – through our modular management training courses, for example, or by offering targeted coaching to help you grow into your new responsibilities in a step-by-step manner.
Development in multinational collaborations
Spaceopal GmbH, headquartered in Munich, is a joint venture with Telespazio S.p.A. As part of a secondment, you could be offered the chance to get involved with our partner and experience development opportunities.
A wide range of training options
As an employee of a DLR subsidiary, you’ll have numerous training opportunities: The wide selection of over 500 training courses range from project management to acquisition training all the way to negotiation skills and foreign languages. In addition, external training options will enable you to look beyond the horizon of our company.
