On 22 June the Council of the European Space Agency ESA reappointed Jean-Jacques Dordain as Director-General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain took the post of ESA Director-General in July 2003. He joined ESA in May ... On 22 June the...
The EU27 plus Switzerland and Norway, both of which are also part of the European Space Agency ESA, agreed on 23 May on a resolution on European space policy. In the resolution, they say that "the uses made by any military users of Galileo or ...
Germany is continuing to demand mixed financing of Galileo, the European satellite-based navigation programme, from both the Community budget and the budget of the European Space Agency. Berlin reiterated its position at the Ecofin Council in Brussel Germany is continuing to demand mixed financing of Galileo,...
European Space Agency ESA is pleased to announce the release of an Announcement of Opportunity AO which aims exclusively at the Calibration and Validation activities in support of the CryoSat-2 mission. This worldwide, open announcement of opport European Space Agency ESA is pleased to announce the...
A world map of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution, clearly demonstrating the impact of human activities on air quality, has just been drawn on the basis of 18 months of observations by the European satellite Envisat, the European Space Agency ESA ann A world map of nitrogen...
ROME, Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following was released today by the European Space Agency: ROME, Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following was released today by the European Space Agency:
This paper addresses the problem of orbit prediction and its impact on flight dynamics operations. In general, certain knowledge of the satellite's orbit is necessary to design and implement a ground-in-the-loop orbit control system. The operational constraints imposed by Low Earth Orbit LEO satellites and the stringent orbit control requirements...
NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ: NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, announced that it has been granted temporary authorization by the European Space Agency ESA to sell Galileo/Giove-A receivers to a limited number of specified companies, making NovAtel one of the first GNSS manufacturers to sell Galileo receivers. NovAtel has had a...
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY is investigating the use of large solar sails to propel spacecraft on its future missions to the outer planets. THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY is investigating the use of large solar sails to propel spacecraft on its future missions to the...
The Council of the European Space Agency announced the renewal of the mandate of Jean-Jacques Dordain as Director General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain was appointed ESA Director General in December 2002 and took up his post i The Council...
GAF AG (Munich, Germany) has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency ESA to set up a water management project entitled AQUIFER. AQUIFER is a project within ESA's Data User Element and one of its goals is to act as one of the demonstrat ...
Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said in Paris on 20 June that the European Space Agency ESA has accepted Moscow's proposal for launching Russian satellites from a pad in French Guyana, Prime-TASS reported. The ESA ... Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov said in Paris on 20...
Presens AS (Oslo, Norway, www.presens.com) has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency to develop and qualify a combined pressure and temperature sensor for spacecraft propulsion systems. The contract is strategically important to both t Presens AS (Oslo, Norway, www.presens.com) has signed an...
Representing a milestone for both the aerospace and embedded industries, LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in embedded software, today announced it has been selected to provide the real-time operating system RTOS for the European Space Agency's Galileo project, a civilian-controlled global navigation system. This validates LynuxWorks' unique approach to safety-critical...