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Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system
Win funding for satnav business ideas
 
3 May 2012   If you have a great new idea for commercially using satellite navigation, it’s time to come forward. You may win funding and support to bring your idea to life, in this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition.
Galileo dispenser
The delicate art of building and testing spacecraft structures
 
29 March 2012   Specialists gathered recently at ESA’s technical heart to discuss the fundamental issue of how to build spacecraft: designing structures for space, selecting optimal building materials and then testing the results against the rigours of spaceflight.
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6 January 2012   Researchers sought by ESA’s Advanced Concept team
12 December 2011   ESA engineers explore nano-world with new X-ray instrument
2 December 2011   Music in the sky for André
25 November 2011   Space agencies leading way to sustainable future
28 October 2011   Apollo astronaut a hit at ESTEC and Space Expo
17 October 2011   ESA tour day inspires tweets and visitors


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ESA Lokale Informatie     1968 newsreel on ESTEC (in Dutch)
ESTEC brochure (pdf)Inspection of the Herschel telescope
Test Centre virtual tourtest centre virtual tour
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Relaunch of ESA's Business Incubation Centre
Business Incubation
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