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Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival

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Jun 05, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of ...

Launch of European gravity probe delayed

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Mar 16, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 0

The launch of a pioneering European satellite designed to map Earth's gravity field was delayed due to technical problems and will take place Tuesday, Russia's Khrunichev Space Centre said.

Unique three-way partnership for ATV ground control

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Feb 26, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

Shortly after its planned 8 March launch to the ISS, ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle will make the first-ever laser-guided docking in space. The vehicle's fully automated docking provides unique challenges to the multi-agency ...

Follow live Jules Verne ATV's first attempt to dock with the International Space Station

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Mar 28, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (9) | 0

After several days spent in a parking orbit 2000 km ahead of the ISS, Jules Verne ATV is now ready to join up with the International Space Station. This first docking attempt can be followed live on 3 April ...

European-built Node 3 starts its journey to the ISS

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May 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 17 May.

Rosetta's final Earth boost

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Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

ESA's comet chaser Rosetta will swing by Earth for the last time on 13 November to pick up energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA's European Space Operations ...

The International Space Station, a test-bed for future space exploration

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Jul 18, 2008 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 1

The Heads of the International Space Station (ISS) Agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, to review ISS cooperation.

GOCE successfully completes early orbit phase

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Mar 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

ESA's GOCE satellite was formally declared ready for work at 01:00 CET on 20 March. During the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase beginning with separation from its booster on 17 March, GOCE was checked ...

Second Galileo spacecraft prepares for launch

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Mar 06, 2008 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Yesterday, members of the media visited ESA-ESTEC, the agency's European Research and Technology Centre, to see and learn about GIOVE-B, the second Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, before it is packed ...

Columbus camera captures first views of Earth

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Mar 11, 2008 | 3.6 / 5 (10) | 1

One of the experiments housed on the European Columbus laboratory’s external platform is an automated eye in the sky known as the Earth Viewing Camera (EVC). Now, after several weeks of troubleshooting by ...

Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins

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Aug 04, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading toward its first target-asteroid, (2867) Steins, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has started using its cameras to visually track the asteroid and eventually determine its orbit with more ...

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