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Engineering
Systems support for mission teams, with a focus on Earth-observation spacecraft, calibration, and end-to-end data chains.
Crew file · GerSpatial · Gers, France
From mission control to the Gers.
GerSpatial brings practical space-systems know-how to engineering, training and specialist software. It is built by Richard Francis, a former European Space Agency project manager who now runs a working observatory above La Romieu.
Onboard subsystems
Three ways we support real missions.
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Training
Specialised seminars on space science and engineering topics for technical teams, students, and mission partners.
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Software and Applications
Practical Mac and iOS utilities for observatory monitoring, satellite tracking, countdown operations, and sky-quality workflows.
Mission log
The flight path so far.
GerSpatial sits where operational space knowledge, data, training and field-ready software meet. Here is how it got here.
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On console
Years inside European space operations, where timelines are exact and every acronym matters. That discipline shapes everything GerSpatial builds.
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Hardware up close
Earth-observation spacecraft are built, tested and calibrated long before launch. Knowing the whole data chain, from sensor to ground segment, is the foundation of our engineering support.
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Ground control, relocated
In an old stone building in Gascony, operational know-how turns into Mac and iOS tools for observatories, satellite tracking and launch countdowns.
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Eyes on the sky
The roll-off-roof observatory above La Romieu, where the same instruments and software are used every clear night, and where guests come to see it all for themselves.
Next manoeuvre
See it from the observatory, or bring us a project.
Guests can book a private evening at Le Bourdieu Observatory. Teams can get in touch about systems work, training or app support.