N° 1–2005: Overview of ESA communication activities in 2005 relevant to the media
5 January 2005
In 2005, ESA will be involved in a series of events in Europe and elsewhere. The main ones are listed below and can already be pencilled into your diaries.
January 2005
14
Huygens descent on Titan: press event at ESA/ESOC and other ESA centres
21
ESA Director General meets the press in Paris
26
Heads of Agency meeting in Montreal, Canada
End
Huygens results: press conference at ESA HQ, Paris.
February
t.b.c.
Launch of Ariane-5 10t (ECA) from Kourou, French Guiana
12-20
'Earth and Space Week' and 3rd GEO Summit in Brussels. Exhibition and events with the EU
t.b.c.
Smart-1 results: press conference at ESA HQ, Paris
25 t.b.c.
Mars Express science conference/symposium and press event at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
End
Start of female long-duration bedrest study at Medes (Toulouse, France).
March
t.b.c.
ESA's 30th anniversary: 'Open Days' at ESA/ESRIN
t.b.c.
ATV Media Day at ESA/ESTEC
25 t.b.c.
Launch of Cryosat from Plesetsk, Russia
t.b.c.
39th ESA parabolic flight campaign, Bordeaux, France
t.b.c.
Launch of Maser 10 from Kiruna, Sweden
End
Noordwijk Space Expo re-opens to public after refurbishment (activities at ESA/ESTEC).
April
15-25
Launch of Soyuz to the ISS with ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori onboard
18-20
4th European Conference on Space Debris at ESA/ESOC
18 t.b.c.
2nd Space Council (joint ESA/EU Council meeting at ministerial level) in Luxembourg
t.b.c.
'EGNOS operational' event, Brussels.
May Mid
Launch of ESA student satellites by Cosmos from Plesetsk, Russia
t.b.c.
40th ESA parabolic flight campaign, Bordeaux
27-30
(t.b.c.) ESA's 30th anniversary: Open Days at ESA/ESTEC
31
Foton-M2 launch on Soyuz from Baikonur
t.b.c.
14/05 at the earliest: Space Shuttle return to flight, mission to the ISS (May/June window) – Media event at ESA/ESTEC (Erasmus User Centre)
June
3 (t.b.c.)
Female long-duration bedrest study ends – Press conference at Medes, Toulouse
3-5
ESA takes part in the Salon de l’Innovation et de la Recherche, Paris
12-19
Paris Air Show/Le Bourget, France (ESA not taking part).
(t.b.c.)
2nd Ariane-5 ECA launch (Meteosat Second Generation - MSG-2 - onboard).
July
Mid
European Space Programmes at Magna Science Adventure Centre, Rotherham (UK) – until end-September.
August
16-21
Moscow Air Show, ESA exhibit.
September
Mid
'The long night of the stars / Lange Nacht der Sterne' – ESA's 30th anniversary: Open Day at ESA/ESOC.
October
t.b.c.
Vega launcher firing test in Sardinia, Italy
t.b.c.
Soyuz flight from Baikonur for long-duration mission on the ISS
17-21
IAF 2005, Fukuoka, Japan
t.b.c.
41st ESA parabolic flight campaign, Bordeaux
t.b.c.
Launch of 'Jules Verne' ATV on Ariane-5 from Kourou.
November
t.b.c.
First Galileo launch from Baikonur
t.b.c.
Launch of Venus Express on Soyuz/Fregat from Baikonur.
December
t.b.c.
Launch of new version of Soyuz, qualification flight from Baikonur
t.b.c.
ESA Council meeting at ministerial level in Berlin.
Dates of certain events, especially of launches, depend on various factors, such as readiness of the spacecraft and/or launcher, and thus remain t.b.c. (to be confirmed) for some time. All Ariane launch dates are provisional, with definite dates being confirmed by Arianespace. Soyuz launch dates are confirmed by Starsem, and Space Shuttle launches by Nasa.
For further information:
ESA Media Relations Division
Tel: +33(0)1.53.69.7155
Fax: +33(0)1.53.69.7690