International Cooperation in Space: The Example of the European Space Agency (Frontiers of Space)
Space Ref (Free subscription) | yesterday
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage a pan-European student built mission to the Moon.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
After the trajectory correction manoeuvre on 22 October, Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path. The manoeuvre was so precise that mission controllers decided not to use the additional manoeuvre slot that was available yesterday.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, marking a key milestone for the project.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
ESA's Education Office has awarded a contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd of the UK to manage the development and testing of the first European student mission to the Moon. Launch is expected in 2013-2014.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Mars Express flew over the boundary between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae and imaged the region, acquiring spectacular views of the chaotic terrain in the area.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from the European Space Agency, or ESA, to NASA has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20.
CleanTechies Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a 315 million Euro ($465 Million) satellite that will monitor soil moisture, plant growth, and the salt content of sea water, all of which will be useful in tracking environmental changes as the planet warms. The satellite, called SMOS — Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity — has the [...] Rating: 4.0/ 5 (1 vote cast)
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Starting January 2010, EFIS, the current ESA financial and invoicing system, will be replaced with ‘esa-p’ (the new ESA SAP Portal).
Nasa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The transfer of ownership of the Tranquility node from the European Space Agency, or ESA, to NASA has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. EST, Friday, Nov. 20.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Surface deformation of 4 active volcanoes captured on InSAR underscore possibility for human hazard, potential of geothermal resourcesA team from the University of Miami, University of El Paso and University of Rochester have employed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in the African Rift. The study, published in the November issue...
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
ESA’s comet-chaser Rosetta will swing by Earth for the last time on 13 November to pick up energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA’s European Space Operations Centre will host a media briefing on that day.
ESA (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Following the launch of ESA’s SMOS satellite on 2 November, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed that the instrument’s three antenna arms have deployed as planned, and that the instrument is in good health.
Desertification (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Read at : Google Alert – drought http://www.examiner.com/x-5181-Jackson-Weather-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Predict-flood-and-drought-Europe-satellite-launched Predict flood and drought; Europe satellite launched (SMOS) The European Space Agency has launched a satellite designed to help measure climate change by better predicting droughts and floods. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Satellite...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A rocket carrying the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite blasted off successfully today. SMOS is the first-ever satellite to attempt to measure ocean salinity from space. It will provide global maps of soil moisture over land and surface salinity over the ocean.
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Last night at 2:50 am Central European Time, two European Space Agency (ESA) satellites were successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. The Rockot launch vehicle was carrying both the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, and the Proba-2 satellite. SMOS will monitor the moisture exchange of the Earth between the ocean, [...]
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