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Press Release N° 68–2024

Science & Exploration

ESA and Poland reveal 'Ignis' as name of Polish mission to International Space Station

ESA, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, and Polish Space Agency (POLSA) have announced the official name of the Polish technological and scientific mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will be ‘Ignis’.

02/12/2024 473 views

Press Release N° 67–2024

Media invitation: Sentinel-1C launch event in Darmstadt, Germany

Journalists are kindly invited to follow the launch of the new Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite live from Europe's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, on Wednesday, 4 December 2024.

02/12/2024 226 views

Press Release N° 66–2024

Enabling & Support

Media invitation: Follow the Proba-3 launch at the Royal Observatory in Belgium

Journalists are invited to an event at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) on 4 December to follow the launch of Proba-3, the world’s first precision formation flying mission.

28/11/2024 341 views

Press Release N° 65–2024

Enabling & Support

Media invitation: Proba-3 pre-launch media briefings

ESA’s Proba-3 mission will launch on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) on 4 December.

22/11/2024 842 views

Press Release N° 64–2024

Media invitation: Sentinel-1C pre-launch media briefings 

The third satellite of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1C, is set for launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, on 3 December 2024 at 18:20 local time (22:20 CET).

22/11/2024 1066 views

Press Release N° 63–2024

ESA to work with Japan to explore asteroids, the Moon, Mars and beyond

*Note that this press release was updated on 21 November, 2024 at 19:00 CET.The European Space Agency has deepened its relationship with its Japanese counterpart JAXA under a joint statement signed on 20 November.

21/11/2024 260 views

Press Release N° 62–2024

Media invitation: information session following the 329th ESA Council

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun will brief journalists on decisions taken at the ESA Council meeting held in Paris on 23 and 24 October 2024.

21/10/2024 558 views

Press Release N° 61–2024

Call for interest: Copernicus Sentinel-1C launch media event at Europe’s Spaceport

Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the Copernicus Sentinel-1C launch media event at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

17/10/2024 1441 views

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