2006 January
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Ships make clouds brighter and higher close to European harbors
- January 25, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsIn the year 2001, ships consumed 280 million metric tonnes [310 million
short tons] of fuel, compared to only 64.5 million tonnes [71.1 million
short tons] in 1950. (Credits at eurekalert) -
Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
- January 24, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
ALOS, Japan’s latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully
launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental
data and imagery from ALOS will be provided to European and African
users through a cooperative agreement between ESA and the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). (Credits ESA) -
Budget delay hits European space
- January 21, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The joint European Union/European Space Agency space programme will not
be agreed until 2007 ?± more than a year later than planned. (Credits Flight International) -
Call for Proposals within FP6- IST, Tsunami Early Warning Systems
- January 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The EU has published a Call for Proposals within the IST Priority of
FP6, related to Tsunami Early Warning Systems (TEWS). (Credits Cordis) -
Interview Winter 2005/2006
- January 15, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Interview with Mr. Marco Malacarne- Head of Unit for Space research and applications at European Commission
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British Technology Firm to Go Public
- January 13, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
PARIS ?? British defense and space technology company QinetiQ Group plc
expects to raise 150 million British pounds ($265 million) in gross
proceeds following a planned February introduction of shares on the
London Stock Exchange, the company announced Jan. 12. (P. de Selding, Space News) -
EURISY: Integration of the New EU Member Countries into the GMES Programme
- January 9, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The Warsaw Conference on ?¨Integration of the new EU Member Countries
into the GMES Programme?Æ was attended by around 160 experts from space
and user institutions, infrastructure and service industry, research
centers and academia. More than 40% of the audience was from outside
the space sector, and about half of the participants came from new
Member Countries.(Credits EURISY)