page_title: ESTRACK
section_title: Composition
hierarchical_section_title: ESTRACK / Composition
caption_attribution_description: ESA/ESOC goes Social Media _10
context_page_description: The European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany operates a number of ground-based space-tracking stations for the European Space Agency known as the European Space Tracking network. The stations support various ESA spacecraft and facilitate communications between ground operators and scientific probes such as XMM-Newton, Mars Express, BepiColombo, Gaia. Similar networks are run by the USA, China, Russia, Japan, and India.
context_section_description: As well as the ESTRACK Control Centre  in ESOC, the network consists of seven ESA-owned stations. The stations are:
caption: ESTRACK Network Operations Centre in ESOC
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