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 by Staff Writers Paris (ESA) Dec 22, 2022
ESA Young Graduate Trainee Vedant Paul inspecting the Young Professionals Satellite on a shaker table for vibration testing at the Agency's Mechanical Systems Laboratory. The two cameras seen at the top of this 50-cm tall payload will capture imagery of Europe's inaugural Ariane 6 flight from the inside. When ESA announced the opportunity to propose payloads for the first Ariane 6 flight, ESA Young Professionals came together to design a mission mounted to the payload platform that would image the fairing separation and deployment of satellites from the launcher, as well as return views from orbit. A core team of about 30 Young Professionals from across the Agency's Establishments, Directorates and disciplines has been working in its spare time to design, build and test the Young Professionals Satellite, YPSat for short, with advice coming from experts in ESA's Directorates of Technology Engineering and Quality, Operations and Space Transportation Systems. "Along with returning unique imagery from a historic flight, YPSat will also gather magnetic data along Ariane 6's trajectory." comments Young Graduate Trainee Julien Krompholtz, leading the YPSat effort. "Combining mission development with our everyday work is not easy, but it is an opportunity to build additional skills alongside our projects. Creating and developing a spacecraft that we ourselves have directly initiated all the way into space is an amazing opportunity." Find out more on the new ESA Young Professionals Satellites website.
Europe's access to space in jeopardy after Vega-C rocket failure Kourou (AFP) Dec 21, 2022 Flights of the new European Vega-C rocket have been suspended pending an investigation into an overnight launch failure, French firm Arianespace said Wednesday, leaving Europe with few avenues into space. Just minutes after the Vega-C rocket lifted off from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana at 10:47 pm local time on Tuesday (0147 GMT Wednesday), its trajectory deviated from its programmed route and communications were lost, Arianespace said. The order to destroy the launcher, which was ... read more
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