ESA Centre for Earth Observation

Coordinates: 41°49′37″N 12°40′27″E / 41.8269472°N 12.6741222°E / 41.8269472; 12.6741222
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ESA Centre for Earth Observation
AbbreviationESRIN
Location
Parent organization
European Space Agency
Websitewww.esa.int/About_Us/ESRIN

41°49′37″N 12°40′27″E / 41.8269472°N 12.6741222°E / 41.8269472; 12.6741222

The ESA Centre for Earth Observation (also known as the European Space Research Institute or ESRIN) is a research centre belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA), located in Frascati (Rome) Italy.[1] It is dedicated to research involving earth observation data taken from satellites, among other specialised activities. The establishment currently hosts the European Space Agency's development team for the Vega launcher.[2]

History

ESLAR, a laboratory for advanced research was created in 1966 mainly to break the political deadlock over the location of

ESRO
Convention 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 within Earthnet programme in the 1970s.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "European Space Research Institute (ESRIN)". Satellite Industry Links. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ESA
    . 1 September 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. ^
    ESA
    . 26 September 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ESA
    . Retrieved 10 August 2015.

External links

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