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New software ideas get a step closer to space10 May 2013 Project managers at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are preparing to welcome candidates from across Europe to develop the requirements for the OPS-SAT mission. Software developers responded to a public invitation to put forward ideas for t...
Against-the-clock rehearsal for Station immunology test25 April 2013 Simply getting anything into space is tough, but doing so against a strict deadline can be really stressful. Researchers in an ESA laboratory nervously checked the clock as they extracted immune cells – beginning a full dress rehearsal to prepare a ti...
ESA gives HumSat-D a hot and cold farewell before its launch18 April 2013 An important step towards readiness for launch was achieved by the HumSat-D CubeSat, developed by a students teams from the University of Vigo, Spain, when it passed its programme of thermal vacuum tests at ESA’s Space Technology and Research Ce...
90 million laser shots bring wind satellite back on track16 April 2013 Developing new ways of monitoring Earth is always demanding, but ESA’s Aeolus mission has faced some particularly difficult technical challenges. However, with the success of intense high-energy tests on its novel laser there is now light at the end o...
2013 CanSat campaign successfully concluded15 April 2013
2013 CanSat campaign successfully concluded15 April 2013 High school students from 8 different ESA Member States have completed the third European Cansat Launch Campaign, which was held in The Netherlands for the first time. 15 student teams from across Europe participated in the four-day event.
Far-out space navigation from sideways satnav signals12 April 2013 ESA’s retired GIOVE-A navigation mission has become the first civilian satellite to perform GPS position fixes from high orbit. Its results demonstrate that current satnav signals could guide missions much further away in space, up to geostationary or...
