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23 September 2020

ESA Seeking Ideas for Space-Based Solar Power

Solar energy generation has grown far cheaper and more efficient in recent years, but no matter how much technology advances, fundamental limitations will always remain: solar panels can only generate power during the daytime, and...

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18 September 2020

ESA Industry Space Days 2020 – Presentations Available

Europe’s space community came together through two days of virtual presentations and business-to-business meetings during ESA’s online Industry Space Days on 16–17 September. A record 1900 participants registered for the event. The presentations are now...

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03 September 2020

Vega SSMS PoC Launch on 3/9/2020

The Vega PoC (Proof-of-Concept) mission has been successfully launched and completed on 3rd September 2020. This mission is notable for two reasons: It is the first mission of the SSMS (Small Spacecraft Mission Service) modular...

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01 September 2020

Space in the Green Deal Call

Space research and innovation have a big role to play in the upcoming Green Deal Call. The overview below points out which topics of the Green Deal Call may be particularly interesting for Space R&I....

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26 August 2020

ESA EMITS Tender for Aggregation of 13 IOD/IOV Experiments on Spacecraft(s) – Deadline Extended

The ESA EMITS Tender for Aggregation of 13 IOD/IOV Experiments on Spacecraft(s), already posted on COSMOS website on the 21st July 2020, has now a new, extended, deadline. The new deadline is now the 14th...

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29 July 2020

myGalileoDrone Competition

The contest is targeting the design and development of drone-based apps and services using a Galileo enabled receiver. Galileo can be used on the drone, smartphone app, payload, or in any other device supporting the...

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29 July 2020

ESA and the Sustainable Development Goals

The European Space Agency has launched a new interactive tool to explore many of the projects ESA is involved in to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs have been set out by the...

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21 July 2020

ESA EMITS Tender for Aggregation of 13 IOD/IOV Experiments on Spacecraft(s)

This activity is being procured and managed by ESA as a part of a Contribution Agreement between ESA and the European Commission on Space Technology Activities under the Commissions Horizon 2020 Programme. It entails the...

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