The flight operation ground centre has command and control of the satellite. The ground stations are at Kiruna, Fucino, Svallbard and Villafranca. The flight operations control centre (FOCC) is located at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Envisat is an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite that was... -
At that time of launch, Envisat was the largest European satellite ever to be... -
The Envisat satellite went through its last testing in January 2001 before... -
The flight operation ground centre has command and control of the satellite.... -
Loading the payload module on to Antonow 124 at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. -
The Envisat launcher was assembled in Kourou in August 2001.
