23 February 2018
UK to host world’s first commercial deep-space communications station
...the high-end performance and technology requirements needed by ESA, NASA and private space exploration companies for deep-space...in about 24 months, Goonhilly will be able to complement ESA’s own stations, and provide deep-space tracking for the Agency...
October 2015
Growing space businesses in the UK: from incubation centres to public funding
...and providing new services. One example has been ESA’s Business Incubator scheme to help establish and ...back to the UK in terms of absolute geo-return (the process by which ESA ‘returns’ the money to the UK in the form of industrial contracts). Indeed...
February 2016
Danish Surprise for ISS Crew
...as he’d planned it all out, he began receiving emails from ESA detailing the rules that had to be followed for space meals.... “And in this process,” says Schmidt, “I got a call from ESA, saying ‘Hey, Thorsten, bear in mind....maybe it’s 25 degrees, not...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... such as crew time and technical consultancy. Unfortunately, despite recognising its technical validity and potential promise, ESA has for now declined the consortium’s visionary proposal due to “political and technological risks”. Project potential...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
...Spain’s investment in the space technology sector had been through ESA. This included the first flight of a Spanish astronaut, ... their training. The country’s long-standing and successful ESA membership led some to question the value of creating ...
14 July 2016
Sentinel 3A satellite handed over to Eumetsat
... operations of Sentinel 3A have been handed over to Eumetsat, the mission will be managed jointly by Eumetsat and ESA, with ESA being in charge of land data products, and Eumetsat – the marine products. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel...
