El satélite Gaia despega con éxito a bordo de la nave Soyuz (TVE, 19 Dec 2013)
TV: Televisión Española (TVE) Title: “El satélite Gaia despega con éxito a bordo de la nave Soyuz” Webpage: http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telediario/satelite-gaia-despega-exito-bordo-nave-soyuz/2251128/ Publication date: 20 of December 2013 El satélite Gaia despega con éxito a bordo de la nave Soyuz El satélite Gaia despega con éxito a bordo de la nave SoyuzVer vídeoEl satélite Gaia despega con éxito a bordo de la nave...
read moreGaia ephemeris
The GBOT team has developed a web page with the Gaia ephemeris. The first days after the launch, Gaia should be visible with small/medium telescope. The web page is http://gaiainthesky.obspm.fr/
read moreGaia: La nueva joya espacial europea (La Vanguardia, 16 Dec 2013)
Newspaper: La Vanguardia Tittle: “Gaia: La nueva joya espacial Webpage: https://gaia.am.ub.es/Twiki/pub/RecGaia/PrensaGaia/GAIA1_-_La_Vanguardia_-_16_dic.pdf Publication date: 16 December 2013 Será lo nunca visto. La nueva visión del universo que ofrecerá el telescopio espacial Gaia, la última joya de la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA), superará en estrellas, galaxias, planetas y asteroides a la de cualquier telescopio anterior. Sus observaciones permitirán comprender por fin la historia de la Vía Láctea, nuestra galaxia, una de las grandes asignaturas pendientes de la...
read moreGaia launched!
Gaia launch was successful. The event at room 105 went as planned GaiaUB enjoyed it and celebrated the launch with cava Here you can see the short video (thank to ESA) about the launch: You can also see a more complete video at the ESA blog entry http://blogs.esa.int/gaia/2013/12/19/gaia-liftoff/ General aspects Organization European Space Agency Major contractors EADS Astrium, e2v Technologies Launch date 19 December 2013. 09:12:18 GMT (10:12:18am EST) Launched from Kourou, French Guiana Launch vehicle Soyuz ST-B Mission length 5+1 years Mass 2030 kg Type of orbit...
read moreSoyuz launcher and Gaia at the launch pad
Soyuz launcher and Gaia are already at the launch pad! The Soyuz launcher that will propel Gaia into space was moved to its launch pad at the spaceport in Kourou. The sixth Soyuz to be launched from this space center in South America was leaving the processing building (called MIK) on a special transport vehicle on rails for this trip to the launch pad in about 700 m distance. It passed through the mobile gantry before reaching its final destination (before being launched). At the launch pad the rocket was erected by a hydraulical system located on the mobile transporter. This is an...
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