January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... well as those included in approved data sources, including ESA and NASA databases. The first challenges for spacecraft materials ... processes are being harnessed for space through ESA’s Advanced Manufacturing cross-cutting initiative. Fungi/bacteria...
March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
... (PPPs) with operators and industry are a large part of ESA’s ARTES programme, being a most efficient means for flight proving... market requirement for shorter delivery schedules, and using ESA/ARTES support, Thales Alenia Space developed an efficient ...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
....ccsds.org. [Accessed: 15- Sep- 2017]. 1 “OPS-SAT”, European Space Agency, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/OPS-SAT. [Accessed: 15- Sep- 2017]. 1 C. Coelho, O. Koudelka and M. Merri, “NanoSat MO framework: When...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
...roles as President of the French national space agency (CNES), Chair of the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA) and President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Earlier in his career, whilst at the helm of Arianespace, he was...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... temperature variations when compared with the other planets ESA’s Mercury spacecraft passed all its thermal, mechanical ...Simulations for key operations have also been carried out at ESA’s operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, and personnel have ...
17 November 2020
Vega fails during launch of European Earth observation satellites
...Spaceport in French Guiana. It is designed to lift between 300 kg and 1.5 tonnes of payload depending on the orbit and altitude. ESA’s upcoming Vega-C, a more powerful version of Vega, will offer an extra 700 kg of capacity and enlarged volume within...
