German Space Operations Center

In 1967, then Federal Minister of Finance Franz Josef Strauss laid the foundation stone for the first building complex, which was opened a little later.

Until 1985, the Oberpfaffenhofen site of the then German Aerospace Research and Testing Institute (DFVLR) increasingly concentrated on spaceflight.

For the first time, the Payload Operation Control Center (POCC) of a US space mission was directed outside of NASA.

[1] During this mission, then Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss announced on 5 November 1985 an extensive investment program with which the role of Oberpfaffenhofen in European spaceflight should be increased.

In 1993, GSOC accompanied the entire operation with STS-55 and had full payload control via the Spacelab.