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PR 3 2012 - Vega, ESA’s new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ]]> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMJ8LYXHYG_UnitedKingdom_0.html SEMJ8LYXHYGMon, 13 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle. ]]> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMZM4TXXXG_UnitedKingdom_0.html SEMZM4TXXXGFri, 03 Feb 2012 06:28:00 GMT ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time. ]]> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM825TXXXG_UnitedKingdom_0.html SEM825TXXXGThu, 02 Feb 2012 10:07:00 GMT The first Galileo satellites are already in orbit, with more on the way. Yesterday ESA’s Director General and the UK’s Universities and Science Minister attended the grand opening of the facility where navigation payloads for the next batch of Galileo satellites are being built. ]]> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMH42I8RXG_UnitedKingdom_0.html SEMH42I8RXGThu, 26 Jan 2012 06:04:00 GMT A large solar flare, at 03:59 GMT on Monday, triggered a coronal mass ejection (CME) travelling at 1400 km/s that reached the Earth in the afternoon of 24 January. The impact of the CME caused a minor geomagnetic storm, but no effects on ground infrastructure such as power grids or phone networks were detected. The main impact of this storm was to trigger spectacular auroral displays at high latitudes. ]]> http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMV3ZH8RXG_UnitedKingdom_0.html SEMV3ZH8RXGWed, 25 Jan 2012 09:11:00 GMT