Blog
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MetOp to be launched on 17 October
- October 5, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsEUMETSAT confirms Tuesday 17 October as the new launch date for MetOp, Europe’s first polar-orbiting satellite. MetOp will lift off at 18:28 CEST (16:28 UTC; 22:28 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on a Soyuz/ST launcher.
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Alcatel Alenia Space to Build SIRAL-2 Radar Altimeter for CryoSat-2
- October 2, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a contract with EADS Space, the satellite prime contractor, to manufacture the SIRAL-2 radar altimeter to be used on the ice sheet monitoring satellite CryoSat-2. (Source Alcatel Alenia Space)
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DEIMOS: New European Earth Observation Satellite
- October 2, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Members News
The Spanish aerospace engineering company DEIMOS Space and the Remote Sensing Laboratory of the University of Valladolid (LATUV) have founded the new company DEIMOS Imaging for the design, implementation, operation, and commercial exploitation of a complete Earth Observation space system in Valladolid (Spain). (Source Deimos)
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Global Study Reflects Benefits of Location Intelligence to Improve Business
- September 27, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
According to a survey conducted by MapInfo Corporation (NASDAQ: MAPS), the leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, and BusinessWeek Research Services, 64 percent of business executives believe that location intelligence can improve business processes, and 21 percent are planning to investigate it in the next year. (Source Spatialnews)
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DLR And Astrium Sign Contract For German Satellite TanDEM-X
- September 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and one of Europe’s leading satellite manufacturers, Astrium GmbH, signed a cooperation agreement and contract today at the German Space Agency in Bonn for building the satellite TanDEM-X. (Source DLR)
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Nigeria to launch second earth observation satellite in 2008
- September 20, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: Archive, Internationalization
Nigeria has started work on the design and construction of its second earth observation satellite billed for launch in 2008, Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency Robert Boroffice said here on Thursday. (Source: Xinhua)
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INTERGEO 2006
- September 19, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
CYBERCITY AG is looking forward to welcome you at the INTERGEO 2006 in Munich (10-12 October 2006) at the booth C2.2261 in hall 2.
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The future of Europe's geo-information market
- September 19, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
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Experts praise students?? studies at Alpbach Summer School
- September 18, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
This year??s Summer School in Alpbach, Austria, was one of the most successful ever undertaken, according to both the students and the experts who took part. (Credits ESA)
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Space, defence and European security discussed at Europe??s spaceport
- September 18, 2006
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
ESA PR 35-2006. The WEU Assembly and the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC) are jointly holding a conference on space, defence and European security in Kourou, French Guiana from 19-22 September 2006, at the invitation of the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency (CNES) and Arianespace. (Source: ESA)