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Innovation is triggered by many drivers. One of these is the constant need for ESA to develop innovative solutions,\u00a0such as\u00a0unique\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0technologies.<\/p>\n
In this first video, Nicolas recalls how he and his team had to think outside the box to find a solution for ESA to communicate with Ulysses. The\u00a0spacecraft was flying\u00a0around the north pole of the Sun,\u00a0which is\u00a0much farther\u00a0in deep space\u00a0than satellites had been\u00a0launched up to that point.<\/p>\n
The success of this solution motivated the decision to build ESA\u2019s\u00a0first deep-space communications antennas in New Norcia, in Australia, thus enabling many ESA scientific firsts\u00a0in deep-space exploration.<\/p>\n
The antennas would, some decades after, be critically important receivers for\u00a0the messages sent by the very distant Rosetta probe, on its quest to find and land on the comet 67P\/Churyumov\u2013Gerasimenko, and other ESA science and exploration missions such as Mars Express, Venus Express\u00a0and Cassini-Huygens.<\/p>\n
With 35 years\u00a0of experience at ESA, Nicolas Bobrinsky is the former Head of Ground Systems Engineering & Innovation Department. He initiated and further managed the Space Situational Awareness and later the ESA Space Safety Programme.<\/p>\n
In four episodes of this new series of ESA Masterclass, Nicolas takes us through major events in his career at ESA, covering cornerstone missions, first attempts, overcoming technical challenges, leading diverse teams\u00a0and solving the unexpected problems that are part of any space endeavour.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Access all episodes of\u00a0ESA Masterclass with Nicolas Brobinsky<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n