In 2003 ESA will be involved in a series of international events. The major ones are listed below and can already be pencilled into your diaries.
January
14-17/01
Noordwijk, the Netherlands: GMES Forum at ESA/ESTEC
16/01-02/02
Cape Canaveral, Florida: Launch of Space Shuttle mission STS 107, with ESA payload
20/01
Paris, France – ESA Head Office: ESA Director General Antonio Rodot‡ meets the press
24-25/01
ESAís Artemis satellite reaches final orbital position
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Kourou, French Guiana – Europeís Spaceport: Ariane 5 launch. Payload: Rosetta satellite (ESA)
February
26-28/02
Washington, USA: Satellite 2003 conference
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Frascati, Italy: ìEnvisat: a year after launchî, Media Day at ESA/ESRIN
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Noordwijk, the Netherlands: SMART-1 Media Day at ESA/ESTEC
March
05/03
Opening of ESAís Deep Space Ground Station in New Norcia, Australia
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Bremen, Germany: International Space Station payload media day and announcement of the winners of the SUCCESS student competition
mid
Kiruna, Sweden: stratospheric balloon campaign
t.b.c.
Ariane 5 Plus: First test firing of the new Vinci cryogenic engine
25/03
Kourou, French Guiana – Europeís Spaceport: Ariane 5 launch, Payload: SMART-1 (ESA)
26/03
Brussels, Belgium: Event on the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters (venue t.b.d.)
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Frascati, Italy: ìVega dayî at ESA/ESRIN
24/03-03/04
Bordeaux, France: 34th ESA parabolic flight campaign
31/03
Kiruna, Sweden: Launch of Maxus 5 sounding rocket from Esrange
April
07-12/04
Hanover, Germany: Hanover Fair, ESA Technology Transfer stand and joint ESA/BEOS (Astrium)/DLR stand on ISS commercialisation
22-25/04
Graz, Austria: GNSS 2003, the European Navigation Conference
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Signature of the ESA/Rosaviakosmos launcher agreement
26/04 (t.b.c.)
Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Soyuz flight to the International Space Station with ESAís Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque
End
ESA Council at ministerial level at ESA Head Office, Paris
May
t.b.d.
Kourou, French Guiana – Ceremony marking the start of building the Soyuz Launch Complex
22-23/05
Berlin, Germany: URBAN 2003, Remote Sensing and Data Fusion over Urban Areas, conference
Pressekonferenz zum Stand der Rosetta-Mission
23/05
Baikonur, Kazakhstan: launch of Soyuz with ESAís Mars Express payload (launch window opens 23 May and closes on 30 June)
June
09/06-04/07
Geneva, Switzerland: World Radio Communication Conference
15-22/06
Paris, le Bourget: Paris Air Show, ESA Pavilion
July
10-12
Guilford, United Kingdom: British Festival of Space at the University of Surrey
31/07 (t.b.c.)
Cape Canaveral, Florida: Launch of Space Shuttle mission STS 116, with ESAís Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang
September
11-16/09
Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Broadcasters Conference
29/09-03/10
Bremen, Germany: 54th IAF Congress and Exhibition
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Noordwijk, the Netherlands: Technology Transfer Media Day at ESA/ESTEC
October
04-12/10
Genoa, Italy: International Boat Show- Space Technologies for the maritime sector, ESA Technology Transfer Programme booth
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Future Launcher Preparatory Programme 1st Industry day (venue and date t.b.d.)
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Bordeaux, France: 35th ESA parabolic flight campaign
12-18/10
Geneva, Switzerland: Telecom 2003
t.b.d.
Envisat First Results Symposium (at ESA/ESTEC or ESA/ESRIN- t.b.d.)
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GMES Service Elements First Results Symposium (at ESA/ESTEC or ESA/ESRIN- t.b.d.)
24-28/10
Milan, Italy: SMAU- International Exhibition of Information and Communication Technology. Theme: the International Space Station
t.b.c.
Kazakhstan: Soyuz flight to the International Space Station with ESAís Dutch astronaut AndrÈ Kuipers
November
t.b.d.
Nice, France: NavSat 2003, the Satellite Navigation and Positioning World Show
December
End
Mars Express arrives at Mars
Dates of certain events, especially those of launches, depend on various factors such as readiness of the spacecraft and/or launcher, and thus remain t.b.c. (to be confirmed) for some time. All Space Shuttle, Soyuz and Ariane launch dates are provisional and will be confirmed by NASA, Rosaviakosmos and Arianespace respectively in due time.
For further information please contact:
ESA Media Relations Service:
Franco Bonacina, Brigitte Kolmsee, Anne-Marie RÈmondin
Tel. + 33(0)1.53.69.7155
Fax. + 33(0)1.53.69.7690
