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ESA miscellaneous
« on: 11/08/2023 02:17 pm »
Here's an Ars Technica article titled "The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem":
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/contractors-accuse-european-space-agency-of-a-culture-of-harassment/ .

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Re: ESA miscellaneous
« Reply #1 on: 11/28/2023 02:40 pm »
https://twitter.com/esa_transport/status/1729517406576402928

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Europe's first carbon-fibre rocket fuel tank, Phoebus, developed by @esa, @ArianeGroup  and MT Aerospace, has finished its first round of tests in Augsburg, Germany 🇩🇪.
 
The tank withstood 13 bar of supercooled -196°C liquid nitrogen… no leaks!

The tank is now on its way to Unterlüß 🇩🇪, where it will go through liquid oxygen pressure testing at a Rheinmetall site.
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Re: ESA miscellaneous
« Reply #2 on: 10/02/2024 08:54 am »
https://twitter.com/esaoperations/status/1841400713202532512

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Uplifting news! 🏗️📡 The 122-tonne, 35-metre reflector dish has been placed atop our new deep space communication antenna in Australia. The antenna, our fourth, will ensure that we can continue to support our expanding fleet of deep space missions across the Solar System.

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/ESA_Ground_Stations/Uplifting_news!_ESA_crowns_new_deep_space_antenna_in_Australia

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