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 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 BR-302 Swarm: ESA's Magnetic Field Mission14 November 2012
ESA BR-302 Swarm: ESA's Magnetic Field Mission14 November 2012 Swarm is a constellation of three satellites to measure precisely the magnetic signals from Earth's core, mantle, crust and oceans, as well as the ionosphere and magnetosphere. The resulting models will give insight into Earth's interior and space we...
ESA BR-308 Integral: A Decade Revealing the High-Energy Sky03 October 2012
ESA BR-308 Integral: A Decade Revealing the High-Energy Sky03 October 2012 Integral is the most sensitive gamma-ray observatory ever launched. Gamma rays are a million times more energetic than visible light and are produced in cataclysmic astronomical events like exploding stars, colliding neutron stars and matter being sw...
