Preparations for Arianespace Flight 158 entered their final phase today following completion of the launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The readiness review, which is held before […]
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Arianespace: ready to meet the challenge 2003 – The year in review
Number 1 in launch services Arianespace maintained its world leadership in the commercial launch services market in 2003 despite fierce competition and a depressed market. The company won eight contracts […]
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Close Encounter of a Cometary Kind — STARDUST flies through Comet Wild 2
At 19:44 hours GMT on 2nd January NASA’s space probe, STARDUST, successfully flew through Comet Wild 2, collecting interstellar particles and dust on its way. One of the instruments on […]
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UK scientists all set for New Year encounter with a comet
On January 2nd 2004 the NASA space mission, STARDUST, will fly through comet Wild 2, capturing interstellar particles and dust and returning them to Earth in 2006. Space scientists from […]
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Let gravity assist you…
‘Fly-bys’, or ‘gravity assist’ manoeuvres, are now a standard part of spaceflight and are used by almost all ESA interplanetary missions. Imagine if every time you drove by a city, […]
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Let gravity assist you…
‘Fly-bys’, or ‘gravity assist’ manoeuvres, are now a standard part of spaceflight and are used by almost all ESA interplanetary missions. Imagine if every time you drove by a city, […]
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Arianespace Flight 162: Three Satellites in orbit for Europe and India
Kourou, French Guiana, September 27, 2003- Arianespace today orbited two geostationary communications satellites: INSAT-3E for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and e-BIRDTM for European operator Eutelsat. The mission’s third […]
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SMART-1 leaves Earth on a long journey to the Moon
SMART-1, Europe’s first science spacecraft designed to orbit the Moon, has completed the first part of its journey by achieving its initial Earth orbit after a flawless launch during the […]
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Shooting-star spectacle next week
A fantastic, free light show is coming your way, in the morning of Wednesday, 13 August 2003, in the form of the Perseid meteor shower – provided the sky is […]
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ESA To Build A Deep Space Ground Station In Cebreros, Spain
ESA to build a deep space ground station in Cebreros (Spain) Communicating with ESA’s spacecraft such as Mars Express, or SMART-1, Rosetta and Venus Express – yet to be launched […]
