Author: ESA Technology

Minisatellite tracking global vegetation growth: new video highlights Proba-V for Vegetation

Long-term ESA contractor Newtec has won an award for its latest satellite TV modulator and broken…

Track your skiing, speed, altitude, slopes and lift kilometres with a nifty phone app from an…

Technology image of the week: the weirdly hushed interior of ESA's Compact Payload Test Range for…

Satellite engineers learn to get used to the weirdly hushed interior of the Compact Payload Test…

A new Earth from Space video looks back at Vega's launch of Proba-V in May

Test engineer Laurence Levan is bathed in an intense green glow from powerful ultraviolet lamps simulating…

Like astronauts, heavy-equipment operators in remote mines can benefit from long-distance monitoring using space technology. An…

Space tethers hold intriguing potential for satellite manoeuvring, attitude control and even power generation. But about…

Along with its main task of mapping our planet’s vegetation, ESA’s Proba-V satellite will also serve…