Friday, June 4th, 2010
Under the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) programme, three grants were recently signed between the African Union Commission and the three Regional Implementation Centres (RICs) to implement services in support of the management of water, agricultural and environmental resources as well as land degradation and desertification mitigation, and natural habitat conservation.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
ESA’s SMOS satellite completed its six-month commissioning this week and formally began operational life. This milestone means the mission is now set to provide much-needed global images of soil moisture and ocean salinity to improve our understanding of the water cycle. Read More
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Entrepreneurs have the chance to win prizes totalling a million euros in this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition. ESA will award a special prize of €10 000 for the best idea and support the business start up at one of its four incubation centres. Now in its seventh year, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
ESA – The Engineering Model of the Galileo In-Orbit Verification satellites has completed several phases of testing in cooperation with the ground segment and is now being prepared for electromagnetic compatibility testing. The second in a series of System Validation Tests (SVT-0B1) has been executed from the Galileo Launch and Early Orbit Phase Operations Control
Monday, May 10th, 2010
The European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite has been orbiting the Earth for more than a year and surveying its gravitational field more accurately than any instrument previously. The goal of the researchers is to determine the gravitational force in precise detail even in pathless places like the Himalayas. Evaluations of the first data from the
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Using radiation measurements obtained by the MetOp satellite, scientists have produced the first complete map of global ammonia emissions – a pollutant of key environmental concern. The map, based on observations throughout 2008, shows inaccuracies in current ammonia inventories and identifies new hotspots. Read More
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Space and robotics technology have been combined to develop an advanced Precision Forestry Positioning System, which allows more efficient forest planning and harvesting. Read More
