Wind satellite heads for final testing

The road to realising ESA’s Aeolus mission may have been long and bumpy, but developing novel…

Aeolus ready for next step

Now that Aeolus is equipped with its Aladin instrument, it is ready to be moved from…

Andrew Barnes: From Blu-ray players to Earth-observing missions

ESA component engineer Andrew Barnes explains the Agency’s work with gallium nitride (GaN), described as the…

Andrew Barnes: From Blu-ray players to Earth-observing missions

ESA component engineer Andrew Barnes explains the Agency’s work with gallium nitride (GaN), described as the…

Solar cell test

Space Science Image of the Week: Testing the solar cells of ESA’s exoplanet mission

Cheops solar cells

ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite mission – Cheops – underwent important testing last year to be ready…

Solar cell test

Space Science Image of the Week: Testing the solar cells of ESA’s exoplanet mission

Launch of SmallGEO

ESA’s new small telecom platform was launched on 28 January 2017. The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite, based…

Launch of SmallGEO

ESA’s new small telecom platform was launched on 28 January 2017. The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite, based…

Launch of SmallGEO

ESA’s new small telecom platform was launched on 28 January 2017. The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite, based…