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Articles tagged: Azores

  • Azore Islands, ESA, ESTRACK (ESA's Tracking Stations Network), Portugal Space Agency 13 January 2021 Portugal envision building a spaceport on the Azores islands

    ...for more than 20 years and its Santa Maria Island in the Azores archipelago is used to host one of ESA’s ESTRACK (ESA's ... adding that is was industry not the government who identified the Azores as a potential place for a spaceport and access to space...

    • Azore Islands
    • ESA
    • ESTRACK (ESA's Tracking Stations Network)
    • Portugal Space Agency
  • ASC, Atlantic Spaceport Consortium, Azores, GAMA rocket, Portugal April 2025 Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway

    ...broader trend within Europe - the desire for more diversified, flexible and independent access to space. If the Azores can indeed offer an open spaceport model - an infrastructure platform ready to accommodate different commercial rockets and related...

    • ASC
    • Atlantic Spaceport Consortium
    • Azores
    • GAMA rocket
    • Portugal
    Authors: Clive Simpson    
  • CST, ESA, European spaceport, horizontal launch, orbital launch vehicle, vertical launch April 2020 European spaceports compete for recognition and business

    ... virtuous circle where launch providers are attracted to the Azores, which in turn, attracts more support from the ... of a preliminary study assessing the feasibility of a site in the Azores. This site also has clear access to a wide range of vertical...

    • CST
    • ESA
    • European spaceport
    • horizontal launch
    • orbital launch vehicle
    • vertical launch
    Authors: Alan Perera-Webb     Richard Osborne     Vadim Zakirov    
  • ICEYE, optical satellite imaging, SAR, satellite aperture radar August 2018 Earth observation game-changer

    ...-surface movements, wave heights, sea ice features and ocean topography. A compressed ICEYE-X1 SAR image of the Azores, Portugal. Beyond military reconnaissance, and as the technology improved over the years, uses for SAR expanded...

    • ICEYE
    • optical satellite imaging
    • SAR
    • satellite aperture radar
    Authors: Rafal Modrzewski    
  • ESA, externally occulted coronagraph, formation flying technologies, Proba-3 January 2019 Engineering six-hour solar eclipses with formation flying

    .... The Mission Operation Centre is located at Redu (Belgium) and the ground station antenna is located at Santa-Maria in Azores (Portugal). Being a very advanced In-orbit Technology Demonstration mission with a limited budget and tight schedule, the...

    • ESA
    • externally occulted coronagraph
    • formation flying technologies
    • Proba-3
    Authors: Agnes Mestreau-Garreau     Damien Galano     Karim Mellab     Luis F Peñin     Victor Marco Gomez    
  • Fire Arrow, horizontal launch, Spaceport, spaceport licensing, vertical launch April 2024 Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport

    ... early appraisal stages can unnecessarily bring projects to a premature end. Santa Maria is the southernmost island of the Azores making it a prime location for a Portuguese spaceport with launches towards the south to LEO. Andøya Spaceport in Norway...

    • Fire Arrow
    • horizontal launch
    • Spaceport
    • spaceport licensing
    • vertical launch
    Authors: Stuart Fyvie    
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