ESA BR-309 ESA and Space Debris25 April 2013
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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...
ESA BR-307 Technology Unlocking Tomorrow14 September 2012
ESA BR-307 Technology Unlocking Tomorrow14 September 2012 Europe’s leadership in space science and Earth observation is underpinned by years – sometimes decades – of technology research and development to perfect new instruments and techniques to perceive the cosmos or our own planet in unprecedented ways.R...
ESA BR-296 Gaia: ESA’s galactic census16 August 2012
ESA BR-296 Gaia: ESA’s galactic census16 August 2012 Gaia is a mission to catalogue the night sky, taking a census of millions of stars and recording their positions and other details many times over the expected lifetime of five years.Read online
