German Aerospace Center: Government / agency (Germany), launches, rockets and satellites

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0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

8Satellites in orbit

2Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

German Aerospace Center is a government organisation based in Germany, founded in 1969. Our records show 8 satellites in orbit.

Official website · Wikipedia · More from Germany

Sources disagree.
Founding year: Launch Library 2 says 1969; GCAT (J. McDowell) says 1997
We show the value from the most detailed source and flag the difference instead of guessing.

In the news

Recent headlines

NASA, International Partners Advance Work on Space Crops NASA · 30 Sep 2026
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SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany ESA · 23 Apr 2026
Germany funds 78 million euro human exploration control center SpaceNews · 10 Feb 2026
DLR plans new control center for future Moon and Mars missions SpaceDaily · 8 Feb 2026
DLR completes ground roll tests of HAP alpha uncrewed high altitude solar aircraft SpaceDaily · 1 Jan 2026
Analysts question Germany’s request for defensive and inspector satellites SpaceNews · 21 Oct 2025
DLR Prepares to Launch Small Reusable Space Transportation Demonstrator European Spaceflight · 2 Oct 2025
Human minds, robotic hands ESA · 8 Aug 2025
Training robots from space ESA · 4 Aug 2025

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.