The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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In this short video, Beniamino Abis answers the question “How do satellites get into space?” and explains how Earth Observation satellites work. Since 2019 Beniamino has been working at Progressive Systems in supporting ESA-ESRIN as an expert in Climate and Earth Observation. This video is part of the "Ask a scientist" webinar organised to support teachers and teams of students participating in ESA Climate Detectives 2020-2021.
To know more about this school project visit https://climatedetectives.esa.int/