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 Inside the ESA Centre for Earth Observation, with a Vega rocket model | |
| Abbreviation | ESRIN |
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Parent organization | European Space Agency |
| Website | www |
TheESA Centre for Earth Observation(also known as theEuropean Space Research InstituteorESRIN) is a research centre belonging to theEuropean Space Agency(ESA), located inFrascati(Rome) Italy.[1]It is dedicated to research involvingearth observationdata taken from satellites, among other specialised activities. The establishment currently hosts the European Space Agency's development team for theVega launcher.[2]
History
editESLAR, a laboratory for advanced research was created in 1966 mainly to break the political deadlock over the location ofESLAB.Later renamed ESRIN, an acronym for European Space Research Institute, ESLAR was based in Frascati (Italy).[3]TheESROConvention describes ESRINs' role in the following manner:
...to undertake laboratory and theoretical research in the basic physics and chemistry necessary to the understanding of past and the planning of future experiments in space.
— ESRO Convention[3]
The facility began acquiring data from environmental satellites withinEarthnet programmein the 1970s.[4]
See also
edit- European Astronaut Centre(EAC)
- European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications(ECSAT)
- European Space Agency(ESA)
- European Space Astronomy Centre(ESAC)
- European Space Operations Centre(ESOC)
- European Space Research and Technology Centre(ESTEC)
- European Space Tracking Network(ESTRACK)
- Guiana Space Centre(CSG)
References
edit- ^"European Space Research Institute (ESRIN)".Satellite Industry Links. Archived fromthe originalon 24 September 2015.Retrieved10 August2015.
- ^"Vega Launcher".ESA.1 September 2005.Retrieved10 August2015.
- ^ab"ESRIN foundation 46 years ago".ESA.26 September 2014.Retrieved10 August2015.
- ^Franciosi, Roberto (September 1999)."ESRIN – Its Development and Role"(PDF).ESA.Retrieved10 August2015.
External links
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