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ESA launches Solar Orbiter mission

Air February 14, 2020

The ESA has launched its Solar Orbiter mission which will take images of previously unseen regions of the Sun. The ESA (European Space Agency), in collaboration with NASA, launched the Solar Orbiter spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on 10 February. It will also investigate how intense radiation and energetic particles being blasted ...

UK and Australia join forces on deep space situational awareness

Air February 5, 2020

Dstl is teaming up with British and Australian astronomers to study deep space situational awareness by tracking satellites. For the Argus 2 exercise, satellites orbiting more than 36,000km above the Earth will be tracked to study deep space situational awareness in the latest ‘citizen science’ project. The experiment is designed to ...

Report examines the benefits of investment into space science

Air February 5, 2020

A new report from the UK Space Agency looks at the economic benefits of spending in space science. The report has found that £523million in UK Space Agency funding into the ESA’s Space Science programme has generated £1.4billion for UK industry. The UK industry regularly secures major ESA contracts to provide ...

ESA teams up with Airbus to study plasma density aboard ISS

Air January 28, 2020

The European Space Agency (ESA) has booked a payload slot on the Airbus Bartolomeo platform aboard the ISS to study plasma density in Earth’s atmosphere. The ESA has booked a payload slot aboard the ISS (International Space Station) to allow a Norwegian instrument to monitor plasma density in Earth’s atmosphere on ...