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SPACEBEL Season’s Greetings
December 24, 2020
Let’s embrace the New Year with a fresh wave of optimism…... Continue reading
Once again, SPACEBEL is supporting the solidarity action « MAGICAL Christmas » in favour of children who are hospitalized at Christmas time. You can help and spread a little happiness as well: you simply have to vote here to let the … Continue reading
On December 19th 2013, the Gaia (Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics) satellite will be launched from the Kourou Space Centre. The objectives of this new ESA astronomy mission are ambitious: chart a 3D map of about a billion objects in … Continue reading
Unravel the mystery of spectacular flashes occurring above thunderstorms will be the mission of the Taranis (Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites) satellite, the name of which recalls the Celtic god of the sky, lightning and … Continue reading
Reaching into Space Together It is on September 29th 1988 that SPACEBEL was established to promote and develop the skills of Belgium and of the Walloon Region in particular, in terms of information technologies for the space industry. Final goal … Continue reading
VTS, the Visualization Tool for Space Data of CNES developed by SPACEBEL, is being used on the screens of the ATV control centre at CNES in Toulouse. The satellite simulation toolkit, the main function of which is to animate satellites … Continue reading
SPACEBEL will once again be exhibiting at the Paris Air Show running from June 17th-23rd 2013 at the Bourget aerodrome. Don’t miss this prestigious event and come and visit us at our booth in Hall 2B, F64. We hope to … Continue reading
It is in the night from May 6th – 7th, that the small PROBA-V satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) will fly off into Space aboard the European VEGA launcher from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. A lift-off that … Continue reading
SPACEBEL has started the year 2013 in style. We have been awarded several contracts in the frame of the CSO “Composante Spatiale Optique (Optical Space Component)” programme under French leadership, which will take over from the Helios observation satellites for … Continue reading
While the number of yearly controlled flights has been increasing constantly, Europe’s air traffic management has not evolved as quickly. Aircraft – ground control communications are still mainly based on technologies developed in the 1950s and 1980s. ESA’s Iris initiative … Continue reading