Asteroid Day - 24 hour broadcast

29 Juni 2017

The Asteroid Day is a UN official global day of education to help protect Earth from asteroids, observed on 30 June. For this occasion, there will be a live 24 hour broadcast with contributions from all over the world, among others from NASA, JAXA and ESA.

Within the ESA broadcast focussing on Space Situational Awareness, starting at 10:30am CET, Telespazio VEGA Deutschland will be presenting its contributions to the DLR/CNES mission MASCOT which is planned to land on an asteroid in 2018.

Where to watch: go to https://asteroidday.org and watch the 24 hour telethon, starting at 3:00am CET. Check the schedule and line-up here.

Learn more about MASCOT on the dedicated DLR site.

highlights

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MTG-S1: Our Role in a Game-changing Mission

Europe has reached a major milestone with the successful launch of Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1).

25.06.2025
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission turns 10: An interview with Pablo Rodriguez Llorca

Pablo has been a key member of the Sentinel-2 team at ESA, serving as Spacecraft Operations Engineer for Sentinel-2A, 2B, and 2C, with responsibility for the AOCS, orbit control, and collision avoidance manoeuvres. He led the System Validation Tests on Sentinel-2C, including GNSS testing, and has coordinated the Sentinel-2 Flight Control Team since 2021, while also supporting training on TCS and the Optical Communications Payload.

29.04.2025
The launch of Biomass and our team behind it.

ESA’ Biomass mission just launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carried in the Vega-C rocket.

07.04.2025
Von Telespazio geführtes Konsortium automatisiert Weltraumoperationen mit KI und steigert die Effizienz von Missionen.

Um eine möglichst breite Expertise in den Bereichen KI, Raumfahrtbetrieb und Missionssimulation zu nutzen, wird das von EUMETSAT unterstützte Projekt aus einem Konsortium von Solenix Engineering GmbH, CGI Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, OHB System AG bestehen.

02.07.2025
MTG-S1: Our Role in a Game-changing Mission

Europe has reached a major milestone with the successful launch of Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1).

25.06.2025
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission turns 10: An interview with Pablo Rodriguez Llorca

Pablo has been a key member of the Sentinel-2 team at ESA, serving as Spacecraft Operations Engineer for Sentinel-2A, 2B, and 2C, with responsibility for the AOCS, orbit control, and collision avoidance manoeuvres. He led the System Validation Tests on Sentinel-2C, including GNSS testing, and has coordinated the Sentinel-2 Flight Control Team since 2021, while also supporting training on TCS and the Optical Communications Payload.

29.04.2025
The launch of Biomass and our team behind it.

ESA’ Biomass mission just launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carried in the Vega-C rocket.

07.04.2025
Von Telespazio geführtes Konsortium automatisiert Weltraumoperationen mit KI und steigert die Effizienz von Missionen.

Um eine möglichst breite Expertise in den Bereichen KI, Raumfahrtbetrieb und Missionssimulation zu nutzen, wird das von EUMETSAT unterstützte Projekt aus einem Konsortium von Solenix Engineering GmbH, CGI Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG, OHB System AG bestehen.