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News, Satellites 15 September 2023

Galileo becomes faster for every user

ESA satnav receiver vans – driving between the busy heart of Rotterdam, quiet countryside, and the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre – have confirmed that Galileo signals now provide a first…

SAUDI ARABIA OFFICIALLY OPENS DOMESTIC AVIATION MARKET TO INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FLIGHT OPERATORS AS AGLOBAL AVIATION HUB

News, Space 30 July 2023

Researchers successfully train a machine learning model in outer space for the first time

Researchers used an innovative machine learning approach to develop a tiny model capable of running on a satellite’s limited processing power;The trained model successfully detected cloud cover in satellite images…

Challenges, News 15 June 2023

ESA proposes Marcus Wandt from Sweden to fly on a future Axiom space mission

ESA proposes Marcus Wandt from Sweden to fly on a future Axiom space mission Thursday, 15 June 2023 Media representatives are invited to a press event on Friday 16 June…

News, Training 4 April 2023

ESA’s astronaut candidates start training

ESA welcomed its latest group of astronaut candidates yesterday at its European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, at the start of their one-year basic training to prepare for future space…

News, Space 30 March 2023

Gaia discovers a new family of black holes

In brief ESA’s Gaia mission has helped discover a new kind of black hole. The new family already has two members, and both are closer to Earth than any other…

News, Satellites 29 March 2023

First Eurostar Neo satellite reaches operational orbit

First Eurostar Neo satellite reaches operational orbit The first Eurostar Neo satellite built under ESA’s Neosat Partnership Project has completed its electric orbit raising to reach its geostationary position some…

News 23 March 2023

Firefly – Lunar Pathfinder

Firefly to take Lunar Pathfinder to the Moon ESA’s ambitious Moonlight vision of a network of communications and data relay satellites around the Moon is closer to launch with the…

Challenges, News 16 February 2023

Great sucess for the finals of the 5th edition of ActlnSpace

Great success for the finals of the 5th edition of ActInSpace®, the international competition dedicated to space applications The awards ceremonies for ActInSpace 2022®, the major international hackathon aimed at…

News, Satellites 16 February 2023

Satellite data used for road infrastructure safety in Italy

Satellite data now used for road infrastructure safety in Italy A new ground motion service utilising Copernicus satellite data is being used by the Italian road agency to detect and…

News, Space 15 February 2023

Boosting market traction for agri-monitoring service

Support from ESA’s Earth observation InCubed commercialisation programme has enabled two companies, GeoVille and EOX, to secure a major contract to provide an Austrian Area Monitoring Service. The consortium’s EO-WIDGET…

News, Satellites 13 February 2023

Satellites support impact assessment after earthquake

Satellites support impact assessment after Türkiye–Syria earthquakes Türkiye and Syria are reeling from one of the worst earthquakes to strike the region in almost a century. Tens of thousands of…

News, Space 13 February 2023

Euclid in a Nutshell

ESA’s Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a great map of the large-scale structure of the Universe…

News, Space 7 February 2023

Europe’s next radar satellite tip-top for flight

Following its arrival at Thales Alenia Space’s cleanroom facilities in the south of France last October, Europe’s next radar satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-1C, has been put through its paces in a…

News, Space 6 February 2023

WEBB DETECTS MAIN-BELT ASTEROID

Webb detects extremely small main-belt asteroid A previously unknown 100–200-metre asteroid — roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using…

Who's Who 15 December 2022

ESA appoints two new Directors

As of today, ESA has appointed two new Directors – the Director of Science and the Director for Technology, Engineering and Quality. ESA Council approved the Director General’s proposal to…