Oberpfaffenhofen
Oberpfaffenhofen is a village that is part of the municipality of Weßling in the district of Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany. It is from the city center of Munich.
in Oberpfaffenhofen
The village is home to a major site of the German Aerospace Center, and became known to a wide audience when, in 1983, the first West-German astronaut, the physicist Ulf Merbold, flew to space on board a Space Shuttle in a Spacelab mission. These missions were partly supervised by the German Space Operations Center located at Oberpfaffenhofen.
The research centre in Oberpfaffenhofen houses the DLR, including the Columbus Control Center which DLR operates for the European Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space, and also some Fraunhofer Institutes and other scientific institutes. From 2014, OHB group moved the division, which formerly was Kayser-Threde, from Munich to Oberpfaffenhofen.
Also situated in Oberpfaffenhofen is the industrial area of Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH. The aircraft manufacturer shared the airfield with the DLR.
