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ESA Operations
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Doubling ESA’s deep space capabilities at New Norcia with deep space antenna 4
Published: April 7, 2026 07:15
ESA’s newest deep space antenna, DSA 4 (also called NNO-3), is now fully online – representing a powerful new addition that strengthens the Agency’s reach across the Solar System and boosts the capacity and resilience of its global Estrack network for…
A rare encounter: How Juice came to observe 3I/ATLAS
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/A_rare_encounter_How_Juice_came_to_observe_3I_ATLAS
Published: March 23, 2026 07:30
No matter how much planning goes into space missions, one must always expect the unexpected. But luck favours the prepared. In July 2025, an unexpected visitor entered our Solar System, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – Juice…
Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/Hera_on_course_for_asteroid_rendezvous
Published: March 17, 2026 12:00
A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA’s Hera spacecraft on course for its rendezvous with the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year.
"She flies satellites. One day, I can too."
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/She_flies_satellites._One_day_I_can_too.
Published: March 9, 2026 07:30
At ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), teams work around the clock to fly spacecraft across the Solar System and monitor Earth from orbit. Among them are women leading spacecraft operations, managing teams and helping shape the culture of ESA’s…
10 asteroids named to honour ESA’s role in Planetary Defence
Published: January 13, 2026 13:00
Flying through the biggest solar storm ever recorded
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_weather/Flying_through_the_biggest_solar_storm_ever_recorded
Published: October 15, 2025 12:00
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics and collision risk. At ESA’s mission control in Darmstadt, teams faced a scenario unlike any before: a solar storm of extreme magnitude. Fortunately, this nightmare unfolded not in reality, but as part of…
Gravity assists: trading energy with the planets
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/09/Gravity_assists_trading_energy_with_the_planets
Published: October 14, 2025 11:00
Video: 00:02:57 Is there life on Terran V? Join the adventure to the fictional planet and find out what it takes to reach the farthest frontiers of deep space.This video uses a fictional spacecraft and a fictional star system to illustrate a…
Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Rehearsing_for_Sentinel-6B_s_early_days_in_space
Published: October 8, 2025 08:00
Last month, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space. As the launch is approaching,…
Hera’s first year in space
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/10/Hera_s_first_year_in_space
Published: October 7, 2025 14:00
Video: 00:07:47 What a difference a year makes! Today Hera’s asteroid mission for planetary defence is cruising through deep space on the far side of the Sun, headed to its final destination: the Didymos binary asteroid system. But a year ago, on 7…
ESA inaugurates deep space antenna in Australia
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/ESA_inaugurates_deep_space_antenna_in_Australia
Published: October 4, 2025 09:45
The European Space Agency (ESA) has expanded its capability to communicate with scientific, exploration and space safety missions across our Solar System with the inauguration of a new 35-m diameter deep space antenna – the fourth for Estrack, ESA’s deep…
Pulse: ESA’s new approach to flying satellites
https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Pulse_ESA_s_new_approach_to_flying_satellites
Published: September 26, 2025 14:43