The European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany is the seat of the ESA’s Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Operations. ESOC ensures smooth working of spacecraft in orbit. Its control rooms linked to ground stations all over the world track and control satellites, issuing commands for spacecraft maneuvering and payload operations. Since its founding in 1967, ESOC has operated more than 60 satellites and ensured that spacecraft meet their mission objectives. The variety of orbits and conditions require that ESOC engineers and maintains a versatile global network of ground stations in correlation with supporting communication systems known as the Ground Stations Segment. Thanks to this versatile network of ground stations, ESOC is capable of supporting almost any type of mission, from Low-Earth Orbit to interplanetary.