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SPICAV: PRODEX participation to Venus Express
There will be 7 instruments on board Venus Express, and PRODEX contribution in Belgium is SPICAV, instrument developed by the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy.
Published: 6 September 2005
Final presentation of the Large Deployable Sunshield contract
Published: 5 September 2005
Payload Definition Document V4.1
The Payload Definition Document (PDD) has been reissued as version 4.1.
Published: 26 August 2005
Annual Call for Support to Nationally Led Projects
The next issue of the SPC agreed annual calls for support to nationally led projects, including projects of non-Member States.
Published: 22 August 2005
Cos-B: 30 Years On
On 9 August 1975 ESA's first scientific satellite, Cos-B, was launched. Cos-B was ESA's first foray into producing a spacecraft with a single payload: a high-energy gamma-ray telescope. The mission was a remarkable success and returned the first detailed observations of gamma-ray emission from within our galaxy.
Published: 17 August 2005
Sixth Close Titan Flyby
Titan-6 is the sixth close flyby, and seventh targeted encounter of Saturn's largest moon. The flyby occurs on Monday 22 August at 08:54 UTC. The closest approach will be at an altitude of 3669 km above the surface at a speed of 5.9 kms-1. The latitude at closest approach is -59°.
Published: 16 August 2005
INTEGRAL in the Journals
A number of interesting papers have recently been published based on data gathered by INTEGRAL - ESA's gamma-ray observatory. They cover a range of observations covering all the capabilities of the spacecraft.
Published: 16 August 2005
From 'macro' to 'micro': turbulence seen by Cluster
Thanks to measurements by ESA's Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified 'micro' -vortices in Earth's magnetosphere. Such small-scale vortex turbulence, whose existence was predicted through mathematical models, has not been observed before in space. The results are not only relevant for space physics, but also for other applications like research on nuclear fusion.
Published: 11 August 2005
First direct measurements of the ring current
A publication in the Annales Geophysicae reports on the first ever measurement of the current density in the ring current region using data from the Cluster spacecraft.
Published: 28 July 2005
Five Years of Formation Flying with Cluster
The 16 July 2005 marks the 5th anniversary of the launch of the first two Cluster satellites from Baikonur. It also coincides with the end of two months of successful manoeuvres in space for the four spacecraft of the Cluster mission.
Published: 14 July 2005
INTEGRAL OMC Catches A GRB
The OMC onboard INTEGRAL was triggered via the INTEGRAL Burst Alert System last week in an attempt to view the optical counterpart to a Gamma-ray Burst. Unfortunately the star alpha Crucis got in the way.
Published: 8 July 2005
Industrial ITT Documentation Released
Published: 1 July 2005
Solar Orbiter Executive Report
The Science Payloads and Advanced Concepts Office recently published an assessment phase report on the Solar Orbiter mission.
Published: 29 June 2005
Establishment of a Data Analysis Coordination Committee
Published: 27 June 2005
Recent Results from Huygens Data
Five months after its successful descent onto Titan, scientists analyzing data from the various instruments have begun to publish a wide range of results.
Published: 17 June 2005
MARSIS 2nd Boom Deployed
The second 20-metre antenna boom of the MARSIS instrument on board Mars Express was successfully - and smoothly - deployed, confirmed the ground team at ESA's European Space Operations Centre, 16 June.
Published: 17 June 2005
Gaia CCD Contract Signed

The development of the Gaia 1.5 giga-pixel detector plane began last week with the signing of a contract between ESA and e2v Technologies.

Published: 13 June 2005
Discovery of Martian Aurora

Bertaux et al. report in the science journal Nature that SPICAM observations of the Martian nightside limb have found the first evidence of auroral activity in the Martian atmosphere

Published: 10 June 2005
Possible Cryovolcano on Titan
Titan possesses a dense atmosphere with a surface pressure of 1.5 bar and with N2 as its main constituent. Methane is the second most important component, but it is photodissociated on a timescale of 107 years. Because methane is still observed in Titan's atmosphere a replenishment process must be taking place through either surface, or subsurface, hydrocarbons.
Published: 9 June 2005
Detection of Calcium on the Moon
Already during the Lunar commissioning phase SMART-1's payload is gathering results, among which the first ever remote detection of calcium on the Moon.
Published: 8 June 2005
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