First Eurostar Neo satellite launched
The first satellite to be built under ESA's Eurostar Neo program has launched.
Oct 17, 2022
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Telecom
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) is an international organization with 18 member states headquartered in Paris, France with the purpose of combining talent, resources and funds to undertake space programs, study Earth, the Solar System and the Universe. The annual budget for ESA is over $3.5 billion. The primary member states are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In addition, Canada, Hungary, Romania operate under a cooperative agreement. Estonia and Slovenia have recently entered into a cooperative agreement.
- Address
- 8-10 rue Mario Nikis 75738 Paris Cedex 15
- Website
- http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html
- Wikipedia
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency
Telecom
ESAIL captures 2 million messages from ships at sea
The ESAIL microsatellite for making the seas safer has picked up more than two million messages from 70 000 ships in a single day.
Mar 31, 2021
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Software
Social distancing app uses space to save lives
A free app that helps people observe social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus is about to launch.
Apr 20, 2020
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Automotive
Image: Driving into the future
A highly autonomous self-driving shuttle has entered service at ESA's technical heart. Its official inauguration took place on Tuesday, when it was assigned a suitably spacey name – "Orbiter' – chosen through an employee ...
Nov 1, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
ESA plans to investigate wireless power from space
Solar power gathered far away in space, is seen here being transmitted wirelessly down to Earth to wherever it is needed. ESA plans to investigate key technologies needed to make Space-Based Solar Power a working reality ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Telecom
Optical links to connect air passengers securely
A laser communications terminal prototype to demonstrate this vision is currently being developed by satellite manufacturer Airbus, working in partnership with the Netherlands organization for applied scientific research ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Telecom
ESA technology for safer, smarter European roads
An agreement signed yesterday looks to extend the use of ESA space technology along European roads. The Agency's Navigation Directorate has finalized a Memorandum of Intent with ERTICO, the organization for the European Road ...
Aug 24, 2022
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Engineering
Last-mile delivery via drone
A warm meal was quickly delivered by a drone from an ESA business incubator start-up to the last inhabitant in a remote village in Portugal.
Jul 31, 2017
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Robotics
ESA drone carries satellite navigation receivers to collect data
ESA's Navigation Laboratory has a new recruit: this drone can carry different types of satellite navigation receivers to collect data for follow-on analysis.
Feb 10, 2022
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Engineering
MELT 3-D printer designed for use in microgravity
Europe's first 3D printer designed for use in weightlessness, printing aerospace-quality plastics, has won the prestigious Aerospace Applications Award from design-to-manufacturing specialist TCT Magazine.
Oct 18, 2018
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