ESA BR-311 Alphasat14 June 2013
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ESA BR-311 Alphasat14 June 2013 Alphasat is Europe’s largest telecommunications satellite, developed through a public–private partnership between ESA and Inmarsat. Built by a European industrial consortium under Astrium, Alphasat is the first satellite to use Alphabus, the new...
ESA BR-312 Mars Express29 May 2013
ESA BR-312 Mars Express29 May 2013 Mars Express is the first European mission to another planet. It was launched on 2 June 2003 for a nominal mission lifetime of 687 days (one martian year). Ten years later, it is still operating, and it will continue to return scientific data at least...
ESA Bulletin 154 (May 2013)24 May 2013
ESA Bulletin 154 (May 2013)24 May 2013 ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, wearing the full spacesuit he will use for working outside the International Space Station during three planned spacewalks. His half-year Volare space mission begins this month. Read online
ESA BR-309 ESA and Space Debris25 April 2013
ESA BR-309 ESA and Space Debris25 April 2013 The continuing growth in space debris poses an increasing threat to operating spacecraft, making safe operations in some orbital regions no longer possible in the long-term. To limit this growth, active debris removal will be necessary. Activities of...
ESA BR-310 Proba-V10 April 2013
ESA BR-310 Proba-V10 April 2013 Proba-V is a miniaturised satellite that maps land cover and vegetation growth across the entire Earth every two days. This data can be used to anticipate crop failures, map water resources or track deforestation. Proba-V is also providing some techno...
ESA Bulletin 153 (Feb 2013)06 March 2013
ESA Bulletin 153 (Feb 2013)06 March 2013 The power of the Soyuz ST-B launcher captured in close-up, lifting off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 12 October 2012 as it took the third and fourth satellites of Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system into orbit.Read online
