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17.12.2010 - Aviation stakeholders are scrutinising system design options
The work of close to 90 engineers from 23 companies is under the microscope as the official System Requirement Review (SRR) of the Iris ANTARES study is being conducted. ANTARES is the phase B study designing one of the options for a new satellite communication system for air traffic management (ATM), within the ESA Iris programme. Iris contributes to the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme.
The Review Board is scrutinising whether the designs proposed by the ANTARES team are technically sound, and whether ANTARES is sufficiently mature to start detailed design of, on one side, the communication protocols and the associated verification testbed and, on the other side, the satellite system infrastructure including the ground and space segments and user terminals to be used on-board aircraft. The board consists of ESA personnel under the authority of ESA's Inspector General and external reviewers representing the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), Eurocontrol, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Airbus and the ATM Satcom Safety Board.
The industrial team, has been working on the ANTARES design throughout 2010, performing the technical trade-off analyses on all elements of the system design. As SESAR is currently in the process of refining its requirements, the ANTARES team has had to deal with several unknowns such as the number of aircraft that will use the operational system, the maximum acceptable transit delay for the most urgent data exchanges, or whether specific data security mechanisms should be incorporated in the link.
e.s.c has achieved the 2nd runner-up in the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC), T-Systems Prize: GMES Masters.
08.11.2010 - Eurockot to launch ESA Earth observation mission SWARM
ESA has awarded a contract to Eurockot for the launch of the next Earth Explorer: Swarm, a constellation of three satellites to study Earth's magnetic field. The launch will take place from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia using a Rockot launcher.
Swarm will be the fourth Earth Explorer satellite in orbit, following the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE), launched by Eurockot in March 2009, the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite, also launched by Eurockot, in November 2009, and CryoSat, launched by Kosmotras in April 2010.
The series of Earth Explorer satellites provides a unique approach to observing Earth from space. Developed in direct response to issues raised by the scientific community, they improve our understanding of how the 'Earth system' works and the effect that human activity is having on natural processes.
The Swarm mission comprises three satellites, launched together, to provide high-precision and high-resolution measurements of the strength and direction of Earth's magnetic field. This will provide new insights into Earth's interior, further our understanding of atmospheric processes connected with climate and weather, and offer practical applications in areas such as space weather and radiation hazards.
e.s.c is the exclusive supplier of all needed software packages for Microaccelerometer (ACC) for ESA magnetic mission SWARM, incl. Flight Startup SW (finished), Flight Application SW (finished) and GSE Test Equipment SW (Version 3 in progress).
05.-07.10.2010 - ACT / NC3A Industry Days held in Prague
NATO's Allied Command Transformation and the NATO C3 Agency has held their respective Industry Days in Prague with the support of the Czech Ministry of Defence.
The event has provided industry with in-depth information on NATO's capability development process and current and upcoming business opportunities and major procurements.
ACT / NATO C3 Agency Industry Days
27.09.-01.10.2010 - The 61th International Astronautical Congress at Prague
The International Astronautical Congress comes back into the geographical region of Central Europe after a quarter of century.
The focal theme of the Congress in Prague is "Space for Human benefit and exploration"
e.s.c is pleased to invite you to join us on the Ministry of Transport stand at IAC, where e.s.c represents Czech Space Alliance and ITS&S Czech and Slovak Republic.
e.s.c attends also:
27th September 2010 - Czech Japan space seminar co-organised by MDCR, CSA and JAXA
29th September 2010 - Czech space industry networking seminar
30th September 2010 - Czech - Netherlands Bilateral Space Industry Roundtable
11.09.2010 - Solar Orbiter payload preparatory activities in progress
X-ray Imager (STIX) provides imaging spectroscopy of solar thermal and non-thermal X-ray emission. STIX will provide quantitative information on the timing, location, intensity, and spectra of accelerated electrons as well as of high temperature thermal plasmas, mostly associated with flares and/or microflares.
The flying solar observatory
07.09.2010 - Automatic verification with Control systems based on Siemens Simatic STEP-7 in safety-related applications
Chiller systems are used in all industries. The chillers employ Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to perform the supervisory control of the chiller systems, and employ some sub-systems that also have embedded programmable controllers.
Start of supply of safety-related chiller systems to nuclear power plants. The control system for chillers for use in the nuclear industry is compliant with nuclear standards and is based upon Siemens S7 Distributed Safety (DS) product.
26.08.2010 - The AMS-02 experiment moves to the Kennedy Space Centre. Next stop: the ISS
The US Air Force C-5 Galaxy carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment takes off from the Geneva International Airport on 26 August
After an 11 hour-long flight, the US Air Force C-5 Galaxy carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) experiment has landed at the Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida, US. Yesterday, at the Geneva International Airport, the 7.5-ton experiment had been loaded into the aircraft, which is one of the largest in the world.
At the KSC, AMS-02 will undergo a few additional tests in the Space Station Processing Facility of NASA before being launched on board the Space Shuttle Discovery on its final mission to space. Once docked on the International Space Station, the experiment will collect data for more than a decade.
e.s.c has visited superconducting magnet test benches in CERN
28.06.2010 - Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) ARTES 20 Workshop
ESA together with Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic in cooperation with Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and Czech Space Office has invited to the workshop dedicated to themes "Transport" and "Health" within the IAP programme. The Czech Republic is aware of the benefits that the integrated applications can bring in various economic sectors. Awareness about opportunities in space business with focus on IAP activities must be raised together with support from relevant institutions in order to create a favourable environment. This workshop has introduced the potential of ARTES 20 inpromoting integrated solutions to all relevant stakeholders.
The Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP) programme, which is ARTES 20 (user-driven applications), and the ARTES 3-4 Telecommunications Applications element (product-driven applications), are dedicated to development, implementation and pilot operations, utilising not only Telecommunications satellites, but also combining the use of different types of space assets, including Earth Observation and Navigation, as well as Human Spaceflight technologies.
13.06.2010 - Hayabusa capsule re-entry detected by the Nullarbor network
On June 13th 2010 the Hayabusa spacecraft returned from it's long 7-year journey to Itokawa asteroid. Re-entry of the capsule to the Earth atmosphere is an event comparable with bright meteor (bolide). This "artificial" meteor was detected by all the four autonomous fireball observatories forming the Nullarbor network in South-West of Australia. The closest station of the network is approx. 500 km far from the re-entry point, the most distant station is 800 km far.
31.05.2010 - Mimosa still responding on telecommands
On Monday May 31th 2010 was performed an attempt to communicate with the Czech mini satellite Mimosa from ground station in Panska Ves. Mimosa is still transmitting housekeeping telemetry and is able to receive telecommands. The satellite on-board computer is able to operate, also CRC check of EEPROM, where is the on-board SW stored, is correct. Mimosa was launched in June 2003 and it was expected to disintegrate in the Earth atmosphere already a year ago. But the low solar activity in past years allowed longer lifetime on the orbit. ESC engineers, who earlier developed the Mimosa on-board SW, Ground station SW and some of the ground-segment communication hardware, volunteered during the preparation and control of the communication session.
Ground station of Mimosa satellite was located in Panska Ves
11.-12.05.2010 - Workshop on New Capabilities for Unmanned Aerial Systems, ESTEC
e.s.c led a presentation on the Workshop "New capabilities for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) / Focus on services for civil security, environmental monitoring and asset inspection", which has been held in the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC).
UAV Demonstrator of new UAS services
Demonstrations of new UAS enabled services, such as surveillance, monitoring and inspection services, are under preparation. It is the right time to get involved. The workshop has been organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Defence Agency (EDA).
European Defence Agency (EDA) and European Space Agency (ESA)
07.05.2010 - SWARM software progress
e.s.c is the exclusive supplier of all needed software packages for Microaccelerometer (ACC) for ESA magnetic mission SWARM, incl. Flight Startup SW (finished), Flight Application SW (finished) and GSE Test Equipment SW (Version 3 in progress).
SWARM mission: 3 satellites
GSE. Ground Support Equipment for SWARM instrument ACC. The figure shows the ACC status window and a science data graph.
SWARM system elements
SWARM instruments
28.-29.04.2010 - ESA Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP) - Proposal for a meeting, Praha
ESA has given an oral presentation of the Programme FLPP. e.s.c has rised questions in order to better understand the objectives and structure of the Programme FLPP. There was also a bilateral discussion between ESA and e.s.c, focusing on our interest in the FLPP activities.
ESA Future Launchers
17.-18.03.2010 - CUAS - The 2nd Conference for Unmanned Aerial Systems - Future Vision, Praha
2nd Conference for Unmanned aerial systems devoted to unmanned systems and their implementation into civil airspace was held in Prague (http://www.cuas.eu/En/).
26.02.2010 - Office of Naval Research Global to Open Office in Prague
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) reached an agreement to establish an ONR Global liaison office in Prague, Czech Republic, on Feb. 26. "The Czech Republic is rich with academic and research institutions, and a very capable pool of innovative, highly educated scientists," said Capt. David Maynard, ONR Global commanding officer. "ONR Global has had a relationship with the Czech Republic since 1999 with some promising outcomes. We began exploring the possibility of a regional S&T engagement office located in Prague about three years ago. Now that all parties are in agreement, we look forward to growing this partnership with a couple of our scientists in country as a conduit to the region."
Office of Naval Research
The office will consist of two scientists and two support staff members located within the U.S. Embassy. Over the past 10 years, Czech researchers have produced quality independent and university research. Prague also offers the optimal geographic location for a more consistent liaison with researchers in the Czech Republic and the central and eastern European region. ONR Global currently has offices in Washington, London, Tokyo, Singapore and Santiago, Chile. The Prague office will promote collaboration at an open source, unclassified level with scientists in the Czech Republic and Central-Eastern Europe to identify defense-related needs and implement technology solutions. It will be the second Navy international technology office to open in Europe in 64 years. As part of its mission, ONR Global pursues international collaborative partnerships and builds partnership capacity with organizations conducting basic and early applied research. These partnerships enhance ONR's ability to identify and provide the science and technology necessary to maintain the technological edge for Navy and Marine Corps, as well as U.S. allies and partners.
27.02.2010 - Galileo User Forum GNSS for in-vehicle and co-operative systems and for enhancing the road safety, Skoda Auto University, Mlada Boleslav
The GUF Workshop, focused on the use of the EGNOS system and subsequently on the Galileo system in the fields of road transport and particularly passenger cars, has been held in the premises of Skoda Auto University, the city of Mladá Boleslav. e.s.c has taken part in the GUF Workshop "GNSS for in-vehicle and co-operative systems and for enhancing the road safety".
The MIDCAS project has now started. It is a major European initiative to progress towards integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in non segregated airspace. Its mission is to demonstrate the baseline of solutions for the UAS Mid-air Collision Avoidance Function, acceptable by the manned aviation community and being compatible with UAS operations in non-segregated airspace by 2015. The project addresses this in an iterative approach where requirements and standards can progress in parallel with demonstration of solutions. For this purpose, the MIDCAS project will provide the EUROCAE WG73 European standardization body dedicated to UAS integration with technical analysis and outputs to help the standardization effort in the field of midair collision avoidance. Six open workshops are planned in the frame of the four years duration of the project in order to inform all relevant aviation community stakeholders about the objectives, outputs and progress of the project. e.s.c has participated on the Workshop #1.
MID-air Collision Avoidance System (MIDCAS) participants
Agenda items has included a general presentation of MIDCAS objectives, methodology, timeframe and expected outputs together with a synthetic focus on initial activities, including the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for UAS separation and mid air collision avoidance. This workshop has been hosted by EUROCONTROL in its Brussels headquarters EUROPA conference room.
Eurocontrol in 1963
04.02.2010 - New solutions for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, American Center, Praha
The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) cooperates with researchers at the Czech Technical University to develop a higher-capacity and more environmentally sustainable Air Transportation System. Through an extensive research program including collaboration with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's Joint Planning and Development Office, NASA is developing solutions to significantly increase the capacity of the Air Transportation System. Through U.S. Department of Defense-sponsored research, the Czech Technical University has recently made advances in developing autonomous agents for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), which has direct applications to cutting-edge NASA research. e.s.c is interested in ATM research overseas.
Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)
28.01.2010 - Order P3ITS, Workshop in ERTICO, Brussels
FP7 ICT4 project P3ITS Pre-commercial Public Procurement for ITS innovation and deployment: http://www.ertico.com/en/activities/infomobility/p3its.htm P3ITS will establish a European network of expertise among principal stakeholders including public authority procurement agencies and industry.
Pre-commercial Public Procurement for ITS (P3ITS)
Pre-commercial procurement is an approach for procuring R&D services. The public sector in the EU, as elsewhere in the world, is faced with important societal challenges, in particular in the transport sector. Addressing such challenges requires new and innovative solutions, such as the development as cooperative mobility systems. Some of the required improvements are so technologically demanding that either no commercially stable solution yet exists on the market, or existing solutions exhibit shortcomings which require new R&D.
ERTICO is an International public/private partnership for Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) in Europe
By developing forward looking procurement strategies that include R&D procurement to develop new solutions that address these challenges, the public sector can have a significant impact on the mid- to long-term efficiency and effectiveness of public services as well as on the innovation performance and the competitiveness of European industry. Thus, by acting as technologically demanding first buyers of new R&D, public procurers can drive innovation from the demand side. Developing a strong European home market for innovative products and services is key for Europe to create growth and jobs in quickly evolving from R&D to markets in fields like ITS.
19.01.2010 - Sun Sets on Power-Challenged Russian Solar Observatory
The future doesn't look sunny for Russia's Coronas-Photon spacecraft, a solar observatory that has been having power system problems since last summer, culminating in a loss of contact in early December. Communications with it were reestablished late last month and controllers in Russia have been trying to recover systems on the craft, but it was reported yesterday that their efforts have so far failed.
Coronas-Photon logo
Researchers agree that the loss of Coronas-Photon will leave a hole in solar research. "There is nothing yet planned by NASA or ESA [the European Space Agency] that will reproduce all of the Coronas measurements, at least not within the next decade or so," says Lyndsay Fletcher of the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom.
The probe was launched on 30 January 2009 for what was meant to be a 3-year mission. But in July, as the craft's orbit went into a phase that took it increasingly into the shadow of the earth, power supply problems began to emerge. Two onboard batteries were not providing enough power to keep systems working while in the earth's shadow, so the onboard computer was automatically shutting down systems. On 1 December 2009, the computer abandoned one of the batteries completely and the following day communication ceased. Later in the month, however, the amount of time Coronas-Photon spent in the sun increased; on 29 December the craft made contact again. Despite efforts to revive the craft's systems, it remained dormant and on 18 January, when its sunlight time peaked at 72.5 minutes in every 95 minute orbit, Russian media reported that it was almost certainly dead.
Coronas-Photon
Coronas-Photon, the third in a series of Russian solar missions, was designed to investigate several enduring mysteries of the sun, such as how its corona is heated, the mechanics of solar bursts, and the nature of solar cycles. It was also part of a worldwide effort to study the sun, known as the International Living with a Star (ILWS) program, and researchers will regret its passing. "It returned some very promising early results and it looks like there are some unique instruments on it, particularly in the hard x-ray and gamma-ray regimes," says Fletcher.
Coronas-Photon's mission is to study corona, flares and similar solar atmospheric phenomena
02.01.2010 - Solar observer still kicking
The Russian scientific satellite Coronas-Photon has started transmitting signal after staying silent for several weeks. The satellite, which was feared to have gone dead, sprung to life on Tuesday after its solar panels received enough light to power its control systems, head of Russian space agency, Anatoly Perminov, told journalists.
Coronas-Photon
He added it will take at least a week before engineers will be able to turn on its instruments, which have gone off due to power shortage. Earlier, scientists reported that Photon's battery has likely degraded and can no longer store power to run the sat when it goes through Earth's shadow. Hopes of reestablishing contact with the Russian scientific satellite Coronas-Photon are diminishing. Engineers believe the sun-observing satellite's battery has degraded and is failing to power its systems.
The SWARM satellite development phase is in progress with EM2 testing with OBC breadboard in Astrium clean room. e.s.c delivers flight software for one of the SWARM instruments, the Microaccelerometer MAC-04.
New UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) production lines have been introduced in cooperation with Hacker Model Production a.s.
There are 4 now:
HAES 90
HAES 400
HAES 700
HAES Scanner
The most advanced HAES UAS type Scanner 1
11.12.2009 - First flight of Airbus A400M military transport plane
Airbus Military's new A400M military transport aircraft with new avionics systems will makes its maiden flight today from Seville, Spain. The multi-role air transport has been developed to replace ageing fleets of C-130 Hercules and C-160 Transalls in service around the world.
The A400M is able to fly higher, faster and further, while retaining high maneuverability, low speed, and short, soft and rough airfield capabilities. It will fly both tactical and strategic/logistic missions. Its cargo hold is specifically designed to carry the outsize equipment needed today for both military and humanitarian disaster relief missions, Airbus officials say.
Approximately 3,700 hours of flight tests over the next three years are planned from Seville and Toulouse, France as well as specialized locations all around the world.
08.12.2009 - The second Czech-Israeli Technology Days
CzechInvest Agency in cooperation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Czech Embassy in TelAviv and MATIMOP - the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour organizes in the days of 8-9 December 2009 second meeting of Czech and Israeli companies, researchers and policy makers, this time in Prague.
Basic branches of the seminary, where e.s.c has participated, were:
Aerospace
Energy (Climate and Water Research)
ICT (Telecommunication, etc.)
Machinery (New Materials, Nanotechnology, New Aplications, Cybernetics and Robotics)
Biotechnology (Pharmacy and Medicine)
18.11.2009 - Seminar on ESA technology Programmes by the Task Force Secretary
The Czech Space Alliance was able to secure a very important speaker, the Head of ESA Office for Support for New Member Countries and the secretary of the Czech-ESA Task Force, Mr. Pedro Baptista. Mr. Baptista, who spoke to an audience of 22 people, gave us a complete overview of the ESA budget structures and explained many details of all the thirteen technology programmes to which the Czech Republic subscribed. We are now much better equipped to deal with ITTs (Invitations to Tender) that attract our attention on EMITS and are aware of some of the conditions that we have to fulfill if we intend to participate. We also learnt about the global nature of space business and the need to look for partners and markets beyond the European borders.
The ARCA (Adaptive Routing and Conflict Management for Unmanned Aricraft Vehicles) project has continued with the meeting of all partners in Rome, Italy. ARCA is funded under the SME dedicated EU Programme Eurostars.
05.11.2009 - Take off of IRIS, a new Air-Ground Communication system for Air Traffic Management
A project 'take off' event hosted by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space Italy on 5 November marks the beginning of Phase 2.1 system design activities of ESA's Iris Programme. Named ANTARES, this study includes development of the communication protocols as well as design of the satellite communication system.
An IRIS group photo in TAS-I, Rome; e.s.c representative Martin Cupak is on board too
Thales Alenia Space Italy was awarded contract prime following an Open Invitation To Tender (ITT) issued by ESA in March, 2009. It will lead a team consisting of top representatives from the aviation world as well as the space industry.
05.11.2009 - Members of the Czech Space Alliance invited for talks with key personnel of Thales in Cannes
CSA members incl. e.s.c representatives, Mathias Krüger and Richard Sysala, in TAS-F in Cannes
12.10.2009 - SWARM environmental test completed
The SWARM satellite development phase is in progress with environmental test completed on the structural model of the satellite at IABG. e.s.c deliveres the Flight software for one of the SWARM instruments, the Microaccelerometer MAC-04.
The MAC04TS instrument has been launched by Soyuz-Fregat on board the Russian satellite Universat a few weeks ago. The microaccelerometer MAC04TS was developed and integrated into the spacecraft in the frame of the project TEASER (Technological Experiment And Space Environment Resistance) by VZLU.
The Hacker Model Prod. and Evolving Systems' Competence Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems Laboratories has been open for a public audience.
HAES 400 UAS
09.-10.09.2009 - Energomatika 2009
The second professional & scientific conference Energomatika presented extended possibilities of applying ICT in the energy industry.
e.s.c Prague has led a lecture about its products EDL and EA, developed for RWE Rhein-Ruhr. Discussions were focused on innovations in the control, regulation and electronic communication in power engineering.
03.07.2009 - e.s.c GmbH and a global Telecom Group enter into a partnership
e.s.c supports a global Telecom Group in First Level Support (optical fibres networks, DWDM). Last preparations have been concluded in London.
25.06.2009 - Czech contribution to the ESA science programme
e.s.c has participated on a workshop led by ESA's Director of Science and Robotic Exploration Dr. D. Southwood. Industry engagement in an implementation of new scientific instruments has been discussed.
Solar Orbiter should be launched in 2017
03.-04.06.2009 - ESA Telecom and Integrated Applications Information Days
The ESA Telecom and Integrated Applications Information Days have been held in Noordwijk the Netherlands from 3 June to 4 June 2009. The first day of this two-day event has begun with an explanation of the outcome of the ESA Ministerial Conference November 2008 and has given an overview of opportunities in the Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES).
The entire second day was dedicated to face-to-face meetings between industry and ESA, making this two-day event a unique opportunity to network and exchange ideas and information with ESA experts. e.s.c has joined the meetings for the whole day.
27.-28.05.2009 - ESA/EDA Workshop on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Satellite Services
EDA (European Defence Agency) and ESA (European Space Agency) are co-organizing a Workshop on the use of Satellites for the Integration of UAS in the European Airspace.
e.s.c has actively participated on EDA/ESA workshop on UAS
The purpose of the Workshop is to inform the UAS stakeholder community on:
the outcome of ESA-initiated studies in the area of Satellite-UAS cooperative missions;
the outcome of the EDA-initiated AIR4ALL initiative, and associated activities supporting the AIR4ALL roadmap;
state-of-the art satellite communications in support of UAS
the benefits of satellite infrastructure to operators of UAS requiring BLOS (Beyond Line of Sight) operations, safety and air traffic authorities with respect to safety, security, performance and cost.
13.-14.05.2009 - Raumfahrtindustrietage 2009, Immenstaad am Bodensee
Die DLR Raumfahrt-Agentur veranstaltet am 13. und 14. Mai 2009 in Immenstaad am Bodensee die Raumfahrtindustrietage. Ziel ist die Zusammenarbeit zwischen großen sowie kleinen und mittleren Raumfahrtunternehmen weiter auszubauen.
Die Flugsteuerungs-Software für den SWARM Akzelerometer wurde in e.s.c hergestellt
Durch ein Vorstellen von Kompetenzen, Potentialen und Bedarfen werden Informationslücken über mögliche Partner geschlossen. Das Kennenlernen von Ansprechpartnern und Entscheidungsträgern ermöglicht das direkte Gespräch ohne Umwege.
e.s.c hat folgende Themen diskutiert:
Swarm
Sentinel 1 Instrument, Sentinel 2
Tandem
EarthCare
MTG
Mikrowellen / SAR Technologie
Dienstleistungen in der Erdbeobachtung
Lisa LTP
Bepi Colombo
Kohlefaserstrukturen
Elektronik
Mechanismen
Lebenserhaltungssysteme
Mikrogravitation
05.-07.05.2009 - HAES 400 on IDET, Brno
HAES 400 on International Exhibition of Defence and Security Technologies IDET 2009 (http://www.bvv.cz/idet-gb) in Brno, Exhibition Centre.
HAES 400 UAV System w/ Richard Sysala and Karel Hacker
20.04.2009 - Ministry of Defence endorsed the purchase of CASA C-295M transport aircraft
(Source: Czech Ministry of Defence; issued April 20, 2009)
A decision-making body of the Ministry of Defence approved a plan to buy three Spanish EADS CASA-295M tactical transport aircraft and exchange another one for five L-159 combat aircraft. The acquisition project includes logistic support and training of both flying and ground personnel within the Czech military.
e.s.c has visited the EADS factory in Spain in 2008, where the EADS CASA-295M tactical transport aircrafts are built
The new aircraft will replace Russian-made An-26 transport aircraft, which are close to the end of their lifetime.
25.-27.03.2009 - GMES event of the TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT conference, Prague
The European conference TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT 2009 is dedicated to information exchange among scientists, public administrations, environmental agencies and institutions involved in environmental information processing as well as environmental informatics end-users.
e.s.c has participated on GMES event of the TOWARDS eENVIRONMENT conference
The conference programme consists of four sessions. GMES event - session 4 (S4) has brought together representatives of institutions with end users especially from new member states.
There has been discussed current state of art of the GMES programme, actual development and future potential. Concentrated effort has been put on presentation of practical examples of services for the benefit of users from the region especially in atmosphere and land GMES services.
20.03.2009 - MTG / GMES Information Day, Prague
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Ministry of Transport and ESA organize an Information day focused on opportunities in ESA Meteosat Third Generation and GMES Space Component programmes.
The overall MTG Programme is undertaken in the frame of a cooperation agreement with EUMETSAT (Darmstadt). The ESA MTG Programme relates to the development and procurement of the MTG Space segment (plus associated support equipments).
ESA Meteosat Third Generation programme is included in priorities of e.s.c
The EUMETSAT MTG Programme includes:
The definition of the overall mission requirements and allocation to the space segment as appropriate
The design and development of the Ground Infrastructure required for:
- Space segment monitoring, command and control - Meteorological data reception, data processing and dissemination to users - Routine operations of the MTG system for 20 years - Procurement of MTG launch vehicles - Funding of recurrent satellites and fixed contribution (30%) to protoflight satellites for MTG-I and MTG-S
06.02.2009 - Iris Phase 1 Final Presentation Meeting, ESTEC
e.s.c has attended the Iris Phase 1 Final Presentation Meeting at ESTEC, Conference Room Newton 1 & 2 - Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
IRIS - a new Air-Ground communication system for Air Traffic Management
The future European Air Traffic Management (ATM) is currently being defined by the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme. Iris, Element 10 of the ARTES Programme, is the ESA programme to develop a new Air-Ground communication system for Air Traffic Management as the satellite-based communication solution for the SESAR programme.
03.02.2009 - ITS&S Space Co-operation
Topical questions, business, industry and research opportunities based on a brand new Czech Republic's membership in ESA (European Space Agency). Informal meetings of a ITS&S subset of the membership base under a management of Mr. Richard Sysala from e.s.c
30.01.2009 - Scientific observatory Coronas-Photon has been launched successfully
e.s.c is awaiting the first data for our SphinX ground segment data processing system in two weeks.
Launch vehicle Tsyklon-3
28.01.2009 - GMES is growing
More than 40 European and non-European Earth Observation satellites have united to provide data to GMES Services over the next years. ESA will coordinate the data acquisitions seeking to optimise resources from the variety of European and non-European EO satellite missions.
Satellites join to monitor the Earth for GMES
Considered missions include ESA Member States' missions, such as France's Spot and Pleiades satellites, Germany's TerraSAR-X, Italy's CosmoSkyMed, the UK-led DMC constellation (including the soon-to-be launched DMC-UK2 and Spain's Deimos-1), as well as Canada's Radarsat, Israel's Eros and other non-European missions distributed through European companies. In addition, ESA will act as data provider for its own EO missions, such as Envisat and ERS-2, as well as its Third Party Missions. (c) esa
01.01.2009 - PF 2009
27.10.2008 - e.s.c Support in ICT
13.-14.10.2008 - X. European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC), Praha
e.s.c attends on X European Interpaliamentary Space Conference, which was held in Prague at 13.-14.10.2008.
09.09.2008 - International Information Day & Brokerage Event for the 2nd Call Space in FP7, Praha (9.-10.9.2008)
With lectures in themes:
How to write a competitive proposal - from the evaluator's view
Cosmos - gateway to the european space community
ESA GMES (Kopernikus) downstream projects
Core service marine: MyOcean
Core service emergency: Safer
Core service land: Geoland 2
Pilot service atmosphere: Macc
Pilot service security: G-Mosaic
SatNav and SatCom interfaces with GMES
GMES for Africa
ESA activities complementary to space exploration
ESA activities complementary to space technology
Stave - supporting new MS in the field of space transportations
was the International Information Day & Brokerage Event for the 2nd Call Space in FP7 in Prague found as very worthwhile.
29.07.2008 - Space Industry Day, Ministry of transport of the Czech Republic, Praha
A professional conference about the possibilities of European cooperation in the fields of space industry, satellite navigation and telecommunications was held on Ministry of transport of the Czech Republic, Congress Hall.
EADS Astrium has delivered a lecture about the ESA (European Space Agency) Mandatory Program, the ESA Optional Program and Procurement and Prospects of involvement of the Czech industry in the European space cooperation.
e.s.c director asks the Board, if e.s.c can bid for new ITTs in a transition time (30.6.08 - end of PECS .. 1.1.09 ESA membership). Astrium CEO Mr. T. Müller has answered: yes, go for it. So e.s.c went for it.
07.07.2008 - Integrated Architecture Review, ESTEC, The Netherlands (7.-8.7.2008)
NASA/ESA Comparative Architecture Assessment, Human Operations in LEO, Automated Lunar and Mars Exploration, Moon and Mars Exploration Supporting Services.
e.s.c has reviewed the Space Strategy and Architecture directly in ESTEC.
02.07.2008 - Member of SDT/ITS&S Czech Republic (Association for Transport Telematics of the Czech Republic)
Held for the second time in Bratislava, IDEB 2008 has lived up to its expectations, confirming Bratislava's advantages in terms of its location and infrastructure, as well as those of the exhibition premises of Incheba, a.s. The new polygon area has fully supported the demonstrations of the Slovak Armed Forces' equipment as well as the exhibitors' individual presentations. Similar to those of other Central European defence exhibitions, the results of IDEB 2008 rank this defence exhibition to the leading ones. IDEB 2008 has surpassed all 2006 statistics. The satisfaction levels of the participating exhibitors have reached a record high (90%). This was evidenced by visits and negotiations that continued well after the official end of the fair.
e.s.c has visited the IDEB, International Defense Exhibition, which took place in Bratislava, Slovakia, during April 28 - 30 2008. This fair focuses mainly on Central and Eastern Europe and e.s.c met there a number of its potential customers.
21.04.2008 - SWARM Microaccelerometer MAC-04 Flight software for ISVV delivered
e.s.c has delivered the Flight software for SWARM Microaccelerometer MAC-04 to VZLU and Astrium for Independent SW Verification and Validation (ISVV).
e.s.c SWARM team & MAC-04
07.03.2008 - Main Contract between Czech Integrator of the ACC Instrument VZLÚ and the SWARM prime EADS has been signed
Aeronautical Research and Test Institute (VZLÚ) has contracted with EADS Astrium a production of one test and three flight pieces of Microaccelerometer for ESA magnetic mission SWARM. Aside from VZLÚ there are 14 another Czech institutions and companies involved in this project.
e.s.c is the exclusive supplier of all needed software packages, incl. Flight Startup SW, Flight Application SW and GSE Test Equipment SW. Our job is to support SW development cycle in all phases - Requirements and architecture design, Detailed design and implementation & Delivery and acceptance.
The scheduled Launch of the SWARM fleet is 2010.
19.02.2008 - e.s.c attends on Munich Satellite Navigation Summit (19.-21.2.2008)
Program of the Summit:
GNSS Program Updates
GPS Activities in North America - View on Galileo from over the Atlantic
Directions for the Galileo Evolution
Boom in Personal Navigation and GNSS Handheld Devices
New GNSS Product and Service Announcements
What Characteristices, Quality of Data & Service Can We Expect from Next Generation of GNSS Satellites?
15.11.2007 - Czech SME industry was presented in ESTEC
A group of Czech SMEs (www.czechspace.eu, Czech Space Alliance), set out on a journey to the technological and research center of ESA - ESTEC - in Holland, became acquainted with a background of the organization and approached the local experts.
It was discussed also a possibility of cooperation with influential local company Dutch Space, an EADS Astrium company.
18.10.2007 - e.s.c and Krusche & Company GmbH protect our climate
Reduction of energy consumption and CO2 production is a strategic goal of energy supplier RWE.
K&C plays a role in the Business Process Optimization. e.s.c together with K&C implement a Web Application for data automatic acquisition, statistical evaluation and integration of trading partners.
5.10.2007 - e.s.c harboured the Autonomous fireball observatories
New features of software of the Autonomous fireball observatories were programmed in e.s.c house by a software expert for "Fireball network".
At present, there are two networks for observing of fireballs and bolids.
The Czech fireball network has 11 autonomous observatories and is operated by scientists from Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the CR, v. v. i.
The Desert Fireball Network in Nullarbor in Western Australia has 4 autonomous observatories and is operated by scientists from Imperial College (London, UK) and WA Museum (Perth, Australia) with support of Czech scientists.
The hardware of Autonomous fireball observatories is developed and assembled by Space Devices, Ltd.
Properties: Multi-thread application, moving parts control, CCD camera, video image processing, signal processing, remote access & configuration, autonomous data transfers, autonomous failure detection and recovery, e-mail alerts.
Technology: C++, Linux.
4.10.2007 - 50 years of Sputnik (World Space Week)
A sort of a holiday for all companies in space industry.
2.10.2007 - EDL_WS JaBe acceptance performed
The RWE Rhein-Ruhr WebServer Application has all modules ready and deployed.
1.10.2007 - Opportunities of Cooperation with The Boeing Company
e.s.c was invited to face2face meetings with Boeing representatives and with other companies, settled in the aerospace segment of industry, in Krakow, Poland.
(c) Boeing A160T Hummingbird
24.9.2007 - International Astronautical Congress in India
5.9.2007 - ESA Quality Assurance For Space Projects (QA)
Course Quality Assurance (QA) For Space Projects 5-7 September 2007
The Challenges: The course is designed to provide the participant with an understanding of basic principles of Quality Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, as they are usually applied to space projects.
15.8.2007 - MAC-04 (VZLÚ, EADS, ESA) order
e.s.c was ordered to make the Flight software (Startup SW & Application SW) for ESA's SWARM Microaccelerometer MAC-04.
We are working on the Flight software (Startup SW & Application SW) and GSE software (Test Equipment SW) for an Microaccelerometer Instrument MAC-04 for the Earth's Magnetic fi eld and environment Explorer SWARM. We deliver the complete software packet in all phases (Requirements and architecture design phase, Detailed design and implementation phase, Delivery and acceptance phase).
The ESA mission will provide the best ever survey of the geomagnetic field and its temporal evolution, in order to gain new insights into the Earth System by improving our understanding of the Earth's interior and physical climate and the launch is mentioned for 2010.
We are working also on GSE (Ground Segment Equipment) software programming: Ground Segment Equipment (Test Equipment) software for the MAC-04. The Swarm concept consists of a constellation of three satellites in three different polar orbits between 400 and 550 km altitude.
High-precision and high-resolution measurements of the strength and direction of the magnetic fi eld will be provided by each satellite. Each Swarm satellite will be eight metres long.
Properties: Startup SW & Application SW for Microaccelerometer. GSE.
Technology: C, ASM, C++.
23.07.2007 - e.s.c GmbH - migration of Credit securities successful
e.s.c has supported successfully the migration of Credit securities and Investment activities in Sparkassen Informatik.
7.7.2007 - ASMM launch of digital YAM!TV
The digital TV was successfully launched. Interactive Video-Application for Axel Springer Mediahouse München goes live.
The Web 2.0 Application Yam!TV plays back modern music and enables to control the counting rate of clips through interactive voting.
Properties & Technology:
- Macromedia Flash Media Server 2.0.3
- FFmpeg r7541 (Flash Video Codec Sorenson H.263); On2 Flix Engine SDK (Codec VP6); Macromedia Flash 8 Video Encoder 1.0
- Adobe Flash Media Encoder 1.0.0.397, Apache HTTP Server 2.2.3, PHP 5.2.1, mySql 5.0.27
20.6.2007 - EuroTeleServ GNSS Call
Agenda of the 2nd EuroTeleServ Workshop Event, where e.s.c was present:
- "Preparation for 1st GNSS Call in FP-7",
- "Mobile Satellite-Based Navigation and Communication Services S-Band Utilisation",
- "Interoperability Location Based Services in Aeronautics".
8.6.2007 - European Southern Observatory (ESO) Industry day in Praha
General director of ESO Catherine Cesarsky has convened the ESO Information day for industrial firms in Czech republic.
It was spoken about VLT/VLTI, ALMA, E-ELT and the Virtual Observatory and the Czech contribution to ESO.
9.5.2007 - SphinX order
e.s.c develops Data Processing Ground Segment software for SphinX - a fast Soft X-ray Spectrophotometer for the Russian CORONAS Solar Mission in cooperation with Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the CR, v. v. i. The end customer is Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The purpose of software is to analyze and process incoming data dumps, downloaded from the Spacecraft operational center. The inputs for the processing are SphinX spectrometer science (X-ray) data and auxiliary data - housekeeping/ technological data and S/C position/orientation data. Processed data will be accessible locally using the interactive visualization tool and remotely using web server (data catalogue and visualization). The launch is planned for mid-2008.
CORONAS (Complex ORbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun) - Russian program for study of the Sun and solar-terrestrial connections physics by series of spacecrafts, which provides launching of three solar-oriented satellites onto the near-Earth orbit.
"CORONAS-PHOTON" is the third satellite in this series. Two previous missions of the project are "CORONAS-I" (launched on March 2, 1994) and "CORONAS-F" (launched on July 31, 2001).
Launching date of "CORONAS-PHOTON" spacecraft is 2008.
Properties: Two synchronized Linux Servers, Creating of FITS files from telemetry dumps, Measurements stored in a Firebird database, IDL ThickClient for interactive data visualisation, WebServer with a catalogue, PDF generator.
17.4.2007 - e.s.c GmbH - optimization of documentation and quality control of SAP HR in Sparkassen Informatik
e.s.c processes a line of procedures, how the SAP HR application PARIS can be automated, documented and quality controlled.
16.4.2007 - ESA Telecom Info Days, ESTEC
e.s.c has attended the Telecom days in ESTEC, Agenda:
- ARTES 1 Start-Up Opportunities in ARTES 1
- ARTES 3 User Segment (User Terminals and Integrated Applications), Applications Solution Projects in the areas: Interactive Broadcasting via Satellite, Emerging SCADA and Tele-Surveillance; Services for Enterprises and Consumers, Services and Applications to Trains
- ARTES 4
- ARTES-5 ESA initiative
- ARTES 11 Small GEO Satellite Initiative
2.4.2007 - launch of the AW Application for GEMA-Controlling
e.s.c hat developed tools Archivescanner, Realtimescanner, Realtimescannercheck, Importer, Evaluator and Exporter for GEMA Controlling.
28.3.2007 - SineQuaNet in Frascati, ESRIN
e.s.c was in ESRIN, ESA Centre for Earth Observation, to gather the information on Findings from an industry Survey: "SME Support Requirements and availability of Experts and enabling facilities" by N. Bougharouat and other presentations.
23.3.2007 - GMES TC
Technology Centre AS CR (TC AV ČR) and Czech Space Office (CSO) have arranged the seminary about GMES in 7th Framework Programme. e.s.c was present.
8.2.2007 - e.s.c attends the Sinequanet workshop in ESOC (Darmstadt)
In November 2005, ESA and the European Commission launched Sinequanet. The objective is to build a network able to organise, structure & deliver access to technical facilities, expert support; and training services specifically aimed at the needs of high-technology SMEs who are currently supply, or are looking to enter, the European space industry. Ultimately, the aim is to reinforce the profitable flow of innovation into and out of the European space technology business.
21.12.2006 - ASMM order
e.s.c implements the commercial order for Munich publishing house Axel Springer.
14.12.2006 - e.s.c takes part in the seminary "Manipulation and distribution of remote sensing data - esa projects"
Czech Space Office has arranged in cooperation with esa the seminary about active participation of Czech companies in the esa Programme Earth Observation / GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security).
20.11.2006 - Production application of the Graphic Editor of Energy Flows
With the aid of the Measuring Device Diagram Graphic Editor (Zählerschemata), the majority of energy distribution diagrams for existing customers of RWE Rhein-Ruhr AG Koblenz has been designed, mathematically converted and entered into the database.
(c) RWE EDL_ZS V0.5.0
4.10.2006 - World Space Week
e.s.c organised a seminar in its headquarters on the theme Development of a Nano-satellite (CubeSat) in the Czech Republic and the Utilisation Potential of the Proposed Meteosoft.
Meteoradar UTC = CET - 1 hr., CEST - 2 hr. (c) CHMI
15.8.2006 - Commencement of production application of SMS Stage II
Success in IZB SOFT in applying SMS Stage II in production on schedule.
24.04.2006 - e.s.c takes part in the conference Galileo Services: Chances for Business
The objective of the conference is to describe, using specific examples, the technological potential of the Galileo satellite system for applications and services and the orientation of the industry towards applications for this system.
e.s.c implements the Sicherheiten-Management Webdruck component (online security printing), by means of which investment asset data and the securities of individual entities are interpreted, and integrates them in IZB SOFT in the SMS system.
02.01.2006 - IZB SOFT order
e.s.c acquired an order for continuing integration and expansion of the SMS (Security Management System in the framework of Basel II) for our strategic partner IZB SOFT (Systemhaus der Bayerischen Sparkassen). Included cooperation partners: Savings Bank (Bausparkasse), Fund Company (Fondsgesellschaft), Retail Banking Insurance Company (Versicherung an Retailbanking). Message-Broker implementation as a common platform for trade transactions from Legacy Systems (consultation system in CICS/COBOL) to cooperation partners over the Internet (B2B). Properties: Single-Signon, generation of Java/COBOL common interfaces with the aid of XML/XSLT. Technology: MQ-Series, XSLT, Java, SSL, SOAP.
