ESA news releases, 1986

Documents from 02 January 1986 to 23 December 1986

Identity Statement

HAEU Reference Code
ESA-20376
Physical Medium

Paper

Reference Archivists

Bonini, Gherardo; Casar, Andreja

Content and Structure

Abstract

Releases (1-20) about first space observations of Halley's Comet, Giotto mission: childrens' competition, ESA/NASA remote sensing agreement, international Halley watch meets in Paris, status of Giotto mission, ESA and the loss of challenger, signature of European Communications Satellite (ECS-5) launch contract, Soho and Cluster, consequences of challenger accident for Ulysses mission, ESA/IRS database, Giotto mission, EXOSAT: 1000 days in orbit, Giotto four days before encounter, ESA to provide Eutelsat with a 4th communications satellite, 1st operational use of 2nd Ariane launch site (ELA-2), Giotto 4 days later, Ariane V17: launch delayed, Giotto back to Earth, Giotto and Halley's Comet, successful launch Ariane V17, ESA for aeronautical data communication trials, new milestone for ESA Columbus progarmme, EXOSAT mission ends.
Releases (21-35) about results of Giotto mission, 8th Symposium on ESA rocket and balloon programmes, Giotto towards Halley's Comet, business with ESA in electronic age, Giotto encounter with Halley's Comet amendment, schedule of next Ariane launch, Ariane V18, Hubble Space Telescope (HST), ESA and Space Commerce 86, ESA at the International Aerospace Show (ILA) at the Hanover Fair, ESA awards major Earth station contracts to a Spanish industry, Eumetsat, COSPAR awards medal to inter-agency consultative group, Hermes as ESA programme, appointmment of ESA Director of space transportation systems.
Releases (36-50) about Eiffel tower in space, report on Ariane V18 launch failure, ESRIN expands: inauguration of new building on site, ESA and NASA reach space station: phase B programme level agreement, Finland: a new associate of ESA, shortest period binary discovered by EXOSAT, ESA participates in the 37th International Astronautical Congress in Innsbruck, Symposium on the exploration of Halley's Comet, Hermes spaceplane to be a European venture, an Italian week for the 6th meeting of Inter-Agency Consultative Group for Space Science (IACG) on Comet Halley, Ariane V19 test programme results, ESA/Arianespace Press Conference on Ariane V19 - Test Programme Results, ESA at Technospace, Ariane: decision on the new ignition system for the 3rd stage, Hermes start-up of the preparatory programme, ESA Director General as Personality of the year, note to the press on Mr. Godehard Nowak joining ESA as Head of the Public Relations Division, inauguration of large space simulator.

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English, French, German

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Textual

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