Tag: ESA
Space Safety 30/06/2023 1692 views 60 likes
The team working on ESA’s Hera asteroid mission has glimpsed its destination. Last September NASA’s DART mission returned images of the boulder-strewn Dimorphos moonlet just before impacting it,...
Space Safety 29/06/2023 504 views 21 likes
Dutch firm ISISPACE has manufactured more than 600 cereal-box sized ‘CubeSat’ satellites, plus nearly 200 deployment systems used to release them into orbit. Of all of these, the...
New space companies in Europe are creating innovative business opportunities, such as the development of new rockets, small high-performance satellites, and disruptive software applications.
Currently, European ventures are significantly undervalued compared to their counterparts in the US. This situation...
The 1.2-m diameter main mirror of ESA’s Euclid mission to unveil the dark Universe, seen during assembly, integration and testing. Using this mirror, the spacecraft will map the 3D distribution of billions of galaxies up to 10 billion...
Enabling & Support 27/06/2023 1063 views 31 likes
An innovative compact electric propulsion system has recently completed its extended qualification firing test campaign in space-representative vacuum and temperature conditions, leaving it ready to be deployed...
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract worth over €200m ($218m) to GMV to develop the ground segment for in-orbit control and validation of the Galileo Second Generation (G2G), Europe's global navigation satellite system. GMV will contract...
A trio of ESA engineers took to the roof of the Agency’s technical heart to link up with a satellite the size of a shoebox as it sped overhead.The team deployed a portable, self-made ground station to acquire...
Revolv Space is a startup currently incubated at ESA BIC Noordwijk and working towards the goal of maximising mission return for small satellite constellations. The aerospace engineers who founded Revolv have developed an autonomous and fail-safe solar array drive...
Space technology eliminates odours, bacteria, viruses and pollen on textiles.
Odours have a direct influence on our mood. They can create both positive and negative feelings and, above all, contribute to making us feel good. Conversely, unpleasant odours such as...
Enabling & Support 19/06/2023 382 views 30 likes
The functionality of any space mission is determined by its electrical, electronic and electro-mechanical (EEE) components. While individually small in size, a standard satellite can contain thousands...
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