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One hour of satellites over the northern Atacama Desert in Chile (October 2025)
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Keeping the sky dark and quiet

08/10/2026 1285 views 31 likes
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Investing in Europe’s future in orbit
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Unlocking the commercial potential of in-orbit servicing

23/09/2026 563 views 4 likes
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RISE: Extending missions in geostationary orbit
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Europe commits to sustainable practices in space

16/09/2026 904 views 17 likes
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Draco’s capsule survives reentry-like conditions
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Recording its own demise: Draco’s design challenge

25/08/2026 1814 views 12 likes
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Boosting European leadership in in-space operations and ser…

10/06/2026 2084 views 15 likes
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Draco: atmospheric reentry from the inside

12/12/2025 4596 views 45 likes
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RISE: ESA’s mission extender in geostationary orbit

15/09/2025 3836 views 59 likes
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How to build a circular economy in space

16/04/2025 2119 views 28 likes
Infographic: How to build a circular economy in space
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Space Safety for the Moon

31/10/2024 5305 views 62 likes
Space Safety for the Moon
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ESA satellite returns to Earth – ERS-2 reentry

23/02/2024 4768 views 22 likes
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ERS-2 reentry – how and why is it happening?

15/02/2024 19559 views 147 likes
ERS-2 reentry – how and why is it happening?
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Simulating Aeolus’s demise: a bird’s eye view

03/08/2023 9215 views 144 likes
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Historic Aeolus reentry – how it happened

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The Zero Debris Charter

22/06/2023 6392 views 61 likes
The Zero Debris Charter
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Deploying a drag sail

28/04/2021 8530 views 93 likes
Animated depiction of a spacecraft deploying a drag sail in orbit
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