A test center for wind turbines in northwestern Jutland
The national test centre for wind turbines at Řsterild is vitally important for consolidating and expanding Denmark's leading position within the wind energy sector.
The national test centre for wind turbines at Řsterild is vitally important for consolidating and expanding Denmark's leading position within the wind energy sector.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 17, 2010
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Europe's Galileo satellite navigation constellation is set to grow. Later this year the first two out of 12 "Batch 3" Galileo satellites will be launched by Soyuz from French Guiana. Their last step on the way to launch is ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2021
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Key technology for ESA's exoplanet-hunting Plato spacecraft has passed a trial by vacuum to prove the mission will work as planned. This test replica of an 80-cm high, 12-cm aperture camera spent 17 days inside a thermal ...
Astronomy
Mar 5, 2021
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The 10-m high fairing of Europe's inaugural Vega-C launcher atop a structural model of its upper stage, being prepared for acoustic testing within ESA's Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) – which is able to simulate ...
Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2019
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The giant 121-segment mirror array used to reflect simulated sunlight into the largest vacuum chamber in Europe seen being hoisted into position within ESA's technical heart back in 1986.
Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2019
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Typically ESA's shaker tables are used to replicate the take-off vibrations of a satellite-lifting rocket. The large object seen here is not a satellite at all but an 8-tonne cooling system being subjected to a simulated ...
Space Exploration
May 9, 2018
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The solar arrays that will provide electricity to the Orion spacecraft were put through launch-day paces at ESA's Test Centre in the Netherlands to verify that they can handle the rigours of the trip around the Moon.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2018
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The smooth running of the mechanism that will align the solar wings powering Europe's latest weather satellite has been demonstrated using ESA's new microvibration unit.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2017
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A perfect satellite test set-up inside ESA's vast Large Space Simulator chamber – the only thing missing is a satellite.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2016
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BepiColombo is Europe's first mission to Mercury. It will set off in 2017 on a journey to the smallest and least explored terrestrial planet in our Solar System, following in the footsteps of Mariner 10 and Messenger.
Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2015
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