German Aerospace Center
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research center of the Federal Republic of Germany for aerospace and power engineering, transport and security
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The German Aerospace Center, also known as Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), is an active facility and funder established in 1969. It is located in Cologne, Germany. The organization operates under the legal name Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. and is recognized by the jurisdiction DE.
The center employs 8,000 people and has a member count of 83. Its IPv6 routing prefix is 2001:638:101::/48. The entity is identified by the acronym DLR and is associated with various aliases including Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
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Vinony's link graph records 999 inbound references to German Aerospace Center, and connects out to Hanover, European Space Agency and Airbus A320 family.
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Vinony files it under 1969 establishments in West Germany, Aeronautics organizations and Aerospace research institutes.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- DLR
- Formation
- 1907 (origins); 1969 (DFVLR); current name since 1997
- Type
- Registered association ( non-profit )
- Purpose
- Applied research and basic research ; space agency
- Headquarters
- Cologne , Germany
- Executive board chair
- Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla , (since 1 October 2020)
- Staff
- 11,786 (2024)
- Website
- dlr.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Facility, Funder
- Founded
- 1969
- Location
- Cologne, Germany
- Also known as
- DLR, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V, German Aerospace Center
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.7551.6 · ISNI 0000 0000 8983 7915
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- organization
- Official name
- German Aerospace Center
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Cologne
- Parent organization
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
- Industry
- research
- Employees
- 8000
- Revenue
- 1261000000
- Official website
- www.dlr.de/en
- Image
- Luftaufnahme DLR Köln.jpg
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- inception
- 1907-00-00
- Commons category
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- director / manager
- Pascale Ehrenfreund
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2001:638:101::/48
- social media followers
- 65800
- item operated
- VFW 614
- short name
- DLR
- language used
- German
- impressum URL
- www.dlr.de/en/service/imprint
- member count
- 83
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
DLR Locations in Germany
The German Aerospace Center (German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.; DLR) is Germany's research and technology organisation for aeronautics and space. It conducts research for these fields, as well as in energy, transport, security and defence. The German Space Agency at the DLR is Germany's space agency. DLR also serves as a project management agency (Projektträger) both nationally and internationally.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “German Aerospace Center” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.