News tagged with star mapper
Gaia star mapper to lift off from Europe's Spaceport on a Soyuz launcher
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gaia, ESA's next-generation star mapper, will be carried into space by a Soyuz-STB/Fregat launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. David Southwood, ESA's Director of Science ...
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Dec 16, 2009 |
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NASA considers sending a telescope to outer solar system
Light pollution in our inner solar system, from both the nearby glow of the Sun and the hazy zodiacal glow from dust ground up in the asteroid belt, has long stymied cosmologists looking for a clearer take ...
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Dec 20, 2011 |
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Gaia spreads its wings
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Gaia star-mapper has passed a critical test ahead of its launch in 2013: the spacecraft’s sunshield has been deployed for the first time.
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Dec 08, 2011 |
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ESA's CryoSat-2 and NASA's DC-8 star in Arctic cooperation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking advantage of NASA's 'Operation Ice Bridge' campaign, measurements of Arctic sea ice have been acquired from an aircraft flying under CryoSat-2's orbital path. These measurements offer ...
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Apr 23, 2010 |
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Herschel and Planck space telescopes lift off
(PhysOrg.com) -- At 15:12:02 CEST, at the beginning of a 55-minute launch window, the Herschel and Planck satellite pair lifted off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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May 14, 2009 |
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