The European Space Agency’s Smile mission has passed its qualification and flight acceptance review, meaning that it meets all requirements for launch. The launch window has been set for April […]
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ESA selects Kongsberg NanoAvionics to build spacecraft for the ESA-EC “IOD/IOV” program
ESA, through its European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics) to build a large CubeSat platform for its in-orbit demonstration/in-orbit validation (IOD/IOV) program. Under the […]
ESA’S Gaia spacecraft encounters micrometeoroid + a solar storm and is hit
Launched in December of 2013, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft is on a mission to map the locations and motions of more than a billion stars in the Milky Way with extreme precision. […]