Austria in Space

News

14.07.2021 ESA and NASA agree to collaborate on climate change : The U.S. space agency NASA and the European Space Agency ESA are joining forces in the fight against climate change. A strategic partnership has been agreed to ensure that data from Earth observation satellites is "used to advance science and ultimately for the greatest benefit of humankind," ESA announced Tuesday.
13.07.2021 Watch the grass grow with "SatGrass : Only from space can you see all 1.34 million hectares of grassland in Austria. How the data from ESA's Copernicus mission can be used for agriculture and agricultural policy is being investigated in the "SatGrass" project.
12.07.2021 Geoinformation for efficient relief operations : Geoinformatics experts in Salzburg are extracting indispensable knowledge for humanitarian aid activities from earth observation data. Thanks to BMK/FFG funding, this information can be tailored to the requirements of a wide range of aid and rescue missions in the future.

Portraits

Erste Ergebnisse der Meeresspiegelhöhe von Copernicus Sentinel-6

First sea-level height results from Copernicus Sentinel-6

The Copernicus satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich has not only delivered its first data, but the results also show that it works far better than expected. The ocean map created by EUMETSAT from Copernicus data is therefore our image of the week.

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13.07.2021 Watch the grass grow with "SatGrass : Only from space can you see all 1.34 million hectares of grassland in Austria. How the data from ESA's Copernicus mission can be used for agriculture and agricultural policy is being investigated in the "SatGrass" project.

Portraits

#Successstory - How Ensinger-Sintimid GmbH helps Deep Space Exploration : Special high-performance plastics ensures that planetary orbiters operate properly even when exposed to extreme temperature differences.

Face to Face with: Dr. Ludovic Ferrière/NHM : Frenchman Dr. Ludovic Ferrière is the curator of the meteorite collection and the impactite collection at the Natural History Museum in Vienna and best proof that a career in space does not necessarily require looking at or travelling to the stars.

First sea-level height results from Copernicus Sentinel-6

Space History

Happy Birthday, Pegasus! : The Earth observation satellite PEGASUS will celebrate its 4th birthday this June 2021.

Milestones in Austrias Space History : The appointment of Dr. Josef Aschbacher as General Director of the European Space Agency is truly a milestone in Austrian space history. But it's not the only one!

A look back to Austromir on the International Day of Human Spaceflight : The 12th of April, the date the first human Yuri Gagarin went into space is celebrated as International Day of Human Spaceflight.

10 years CryoSat: Why it's so important to measure ice : On this day 10 years ago, Europe's first ever mission to measure polar sea ice thickness launched.

Happy Birthday, UniBRITE and TUGSAT-1! : The first two Austrian satellites where launched 7 years ago.