The German Aerospace Centre DLR (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt) is Germany's national research centre for aeronautics and space. Its extensive research and development work in aeronautics, space, transportation and energy is integrated into national and international cooperative ventures. As Germany's Space Agency, the German federal government has given DLR responsibility for the forward planning and implementation of the German space programme as well as international representation of Germany's interests.

Approximately 6500 people work for DLR; the centre has 29 institutes and facilities at 13 locations in Germany: Berlin, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Cologne (headquarters), Goettingen, Hamburg, Lampoldshausen, Neustrelitz, Oberpfaffenhofen, Stuttgart, Trauen and Weilheim. DLR also has offices in Brussels, Paris and Washington D.C.

DLR Webpage

DLR MORABA - Mobile Rocket Base

The main tasks of MORABA are to support national and international space projects and to prepare and operate sounding rockets and balloons for scientific applications in the areas of:

• Aeronomy
• Astronomy
• Magnetospheric physics
• Geophysics
• Atmospheric physics and chemistry

MORABA is also responsible for:

• carrying out technological and biological experiments under micro-gravity conditions (duration from 3 to 15 minutes)
• testing newly developed experiments and technologies for satellites or the International Space Station (ISS)
• developing and producing mechanical and electronic sub-systems for sounding rockets, which are not commercially available
• the application of mobile TM/TC and radar stations for satellite missions

DLR, MORABA Webpage

DLR Institute of Space Systems

• The REXUS/BEXUS project office of the DLR Institute of Space Systems in Bremen is responsible for the organisation, support and integration of the experiments of students, who are enrolled at German universities.

Institute of Space Systems, Bremen

DLR, Institute of Space Systems Webpage