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The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is a co-organizer of the 12th German CanSat Competition.
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is contributing 20 million euros to the HECC from its institutional core funding.
The combination of Bavarian funding and DLR investment provides the technological and infrastructural basis for the HECC role at the Oberpfaffenhofen site.
The funding notice for the HECC was presented on 4 February 2026 in Oberpfaffenhofen by Bavarian Minister‑President Markus Soder to Anke Kaysser‑Pyzalla, together with DLR Space Divisional Board Member Anke Pagels‑Kerp and Felix Huber, Director of the DLR Space Operations and Astronaut Training institute.
The HECC will be integrated into the German Space Operations Center (GSOC) existing infrastructure at DLR's Oberpfaffenhofen site.
The German contribution to Greta development is coordinated by DLR Space Agency.
ISPTech was founded in 2023 as a DLR spinoff by former agency engineers Lukas Werling and Felix Lauck.
The test campaigns will take place in the Luna building developed jointly by the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
DLR’s GSOC is developing AI-based solutions such as the METIS assistance system to support future autonomous or semi-autonomous spacecraft operations.
Funding has been secured for a new Human Exploration Control Center at the German Aerospace Center’s (DLR) site in Oberpfaffenhofen.
The DLR facility for space propulsion in Lampoldshausen played a major role in the development and qualification of the Ariane 6 propulsion systems.
German contributions to the Ariane 6 program are coordinated by the German Space Agency (Deutsche Raumfahrtagentur) at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Hypersonica developed the test vehicle in collaboration with the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
The new HECC infrastructure will strengthen the DLR site in Bavaria.
The funding approval for the construction of the new control center was delivered to the DLR on 4 February 2026 by Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder.
The DLR is responsible for implementing the development work for Moon and Mars missions at the HECC.
The DLR is investing an additional €20 million from institutional basic funding provided by the federal and state governments for the HECC.
The HECC will be established at the DLR Oberpfaffenhofen as part of the National Space Operations Center (GSOC).
The Human Exploration Control Center (HECC) will be built at the DLR site in Oberpfaffenhofen.
The GSOC at DLR is developing the AI-based assistance system METIS (Mars Exploration Telemetry-driven Information System) to enable autonomous or semi-autonomous spacecraft operations.