Satellites in orbit produce so much data that the main challenge is getting it all down to Earth! #ESADiscovery is working with IBM & KP Labs on space-based data centres to process key insights on the spot for downlinking https://lnkd.in/ehwDQBUc
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When the majority of new missions at the European Space Agency (ESA) are envisioned, the technology that will make them possible does not even exist – yet. It is the job of ESA’s Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality (TEC) to identify the required enabling innovations, make them real and bring them up to the needed level of performance and reliability so that the right technology is ready at just the right time.
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As European Space Agency - ESA’s Hera spacecraft completes pre-launch testing, its target asteroids have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own, with new studies based on NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's DART mission images in this week's Nature Communications https://lnkd.in/gAcBwbe2
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Working in the space industry? Join us at #ESATech centre #ESTEC for European Space Agency - ESA's Industry Space Days 2024 on 18–19 September - programme now available! #ISD2024ESA https://lnkd.in/ejcFa8dV
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We're thrilled to share YPSAT's latest success with a video of #ISTSAT-1 and #3CAT-4 deployment from the Exolaunch deployer! 🚀 Watch the video capturing the precise deployment sequence: 1️⃣ The shadow of Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH's Curium One CubeSat crosses over the Exolaunch deployer 🌌 2️⃣ Next, ESA Academy's 3CAT-4 and ISTSAT-1 are deployed, followed by Spacemanic's GRBBeta 🛰️ 3️⃣ Finally, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's CURIE satellite completes the deployment sequence ⭐ The video has been enhanced to highlight these events, that were part of the key mission objectives for YPSat 📸 Discover more about the innovative missions that are part of the Ariane 6 launch 🌌✨ #3Cat-4: https://lnkd.in/eK4PGJy7 #ISTSat: https://lnkd.in/eh_nEC6p #CURIE, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment: The study of the mysteries in the origin of solar radio waves ESA: https://lnkd.in/eAN5qRrB #GRBBEeta from Spacemanic, an 2U CubeSat type nanosatellite mission to demonstrate the detector technology and electronics for the future “Cubesats Applied for MEasuring and LOcalising Transients” (CAMELOT) mission: https://lnkd.in/dWRDDQu8 And not to forget the Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH's #CuriumOne mission, aiming to make space accessible for all: https://lnkd.in/dJ6bEJEi Stay tuned for the full results of the #YPSAT mission coming in the next weeks 👨🚀
It's been two weeks since the historical inaugural flight of the Ariane 6, and this just in - we just got the video from our friends at YPSAT of our CubeSats being deployed! 🚀 Take a look as the Exolaunch deployer first releases 3Cat-4, then ISTSat-1 into orbit. Both of these CubeSats are built by European university students as a part of ESA Education's Fly Your Satellite! programme. 🛰️ Built by students at the Instituto Superior Técnico, ISTSat-1 will test new technology for tracking aircraft, using key subsystems developed by the team. 🛰️ 3Cat-4 was developed by students at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Spain. It carries three experiments to measure important climate variables. Both CubeSats have since received beacons and the teams are working to assess how to proceed. We hope to provide an update on mission statuses soon! Are we the only ones who get a little Star Trek feeling of seeing these being deployed into orbit? 🌌🛰️ Thanks YPSAT for capturing this amazing footage! We can't wait to see more of your results in the next weeks. 👨🚀 #ISTSat1 #3Cat4 #FlyYourSatellite #ESAEducation #Ariane6
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Our Hera mission for planetary defence is not one spacecraft but three! As Hera's pair of shoebox-sized CubeSats fly around the Dimorphos asteroid they'll stay linked to their mothership using a radio system developed by a terrestrial drone company, TEKEVER https://lnkd.in/gipmG6Cp
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It's been two weeks since the historic inaugural flight of the Ariane 6, and this just in - we received the video from our friends at YPSAT of our CubeSats being deployed! 🚀 Take a look as the Exolaunch deployer first releases ³Cat-4, then ISTSat-1 into orbit. Both of these CubeSats are built by European university students as a part of ESA Education's Fly Your Satellite! programme. 🛰️ Built by students from Portugal’s Instituto Superior Técnico, ISTSat-1 will test new technology for tracking aircraft, using key subsystems developed by the team. 🛰️ ³Cat-4 was developed by students at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Spain. It carries three experiments to measure important climate variables. Both CubeSats have since received beacons and the teams are working to assess how to proceed. We hope to provide an update on mission statuses soon! Are we the only ones who get a little Star Trek feeling of seeing these being deployed into orbit? 🌌🛰️ Thanks YPSAT for capturing this amazing footage! We can't wait to see more of your results in the next weeks. 👨🚀 Note: The first object seen is ³Cat-4, ISTSat-1 and GRBBeta, ejected together and which later separated. The second object is CURIE. The video has been enhanced to highlight these events, that were part of the key mission objectives for YPSat 📸 IST NanosatLab UPC NanoSat Lab #ISTSat1 #3Cat4 #FlyYourSatellite #ESAEducation #Ariane6
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As the number of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) increases exponentially, so does the debris, with potentially catastrophic consequences! #ESADiscovery invites researchers to join our briefing on a new project using passive multistatic radar techniques for debris surveillance https://lnkd.in/eiSnwS8E
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Two CubeSats from Fly Your Satellite! Programme, 3cat4 and ISITat-1 flew recently onboard Ariane 6 Historic Flight! 🚀 Both successfully got deployed, and the two CubeSats have shown signs of life! 📡 Congratulations to everyone involved in the making of those two CubeSats, I wish you successful missions.
🚀 One week has passed, but we're still in amazed by the spectacular launch of Ariane6! 🚀 🛰️🛰️ On this historic inaugural flight, two CubeSats developed by university students through ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! Programme, 3Cat4 and ISTSat-1, hitched a ride to space. Ahead of the launch, the student teams travelled to the Exolaunch facilities in Berlin to integrate their satellites—a crucial milestone in their journey. 📹 Watch this video to see the full story behind the integration process of these amazing student CubeSats. Their hard work and dedication are truly inspiring! 👇 https://lnkd.in/eXryJ29E #ESAEducation #FlyYourSatellite #Ariane6 UPC NanoSat Lab IST NanosatLab
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Steel plates lining the cavernous heart of the newest addition to European Space Agency - ESA's ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands - Hertz 2.0. These plates will screen out radio signals to enable the testing of the biggest & most powerful spacecraft antennas https://lnkd.in/eEGnquF6
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Sometimes visitors to #ESTEC ask to see our "Zero-G room". Sadly the laws of physics mean we don't have one... 😢 BUT we do have the next best thing... Our 45 sq. m ORBIT facility is the flattest floor in Europe, on which glide air-bearing platforms, like an air hockey table in reverse, producing friction free (but quite loud!) movement that reproduces weightless free-floating effects in 2D instead of 3D. ORBIT was recently used by the COCO Project student team from the University of Southampton to test their innovative satellite control system, a test campaign organised through the ESA Academy Experiments programme (with photos taken by Sarah Muirhead): https://lnkd.in/ej3FX5Xc
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