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The Scout rocket with the ESRO-1B spacecraft in launch position, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (pic: NASA)
#OTD: 1 October 1969, ESRO-1B was launched on a Scout rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (the fourth #ESRO satellite to be successfully launched). ESRO-1A and -1B were designed to study how the auroral zones responded to geomagnetic and solar activity.
www.esa.int/About_Us/50_...
Signature of the Spacelab Memorandum of Understanding between ESRO and NASA at the State Department, Washington DC, USA, on 24 September 1973. The Memorandum was signed by Alexander Hocker for ESRO and James Fletcher (NASA Administrator). Also present are Charles Hanin, chairman of ESC, Professor M. Levy, Chairman of ESRO Council and Roy Gibson
#OTD 24 September 1973, signature of the #Spacelab MoU between #ESRO and #NASA in Washington DC, by Alexander Hocker for ESRO and James Fletcher (NASA). Also present were Charles Hanin, chairman of ESC, Prof. M. Levy, Chair of ESRO Council and ESRO's Roy Gibson.
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
rtist impression of the original L3S design for the first European launcher project to be undertaken for the new ESA. Known in French as Lanceur à Trois Etages de Substitution (LIIIS) or L3S, it would eventually be renamed Ariane.
A technical sketch of the proposed L3S design for the first European launcher project to be undertaken by the new ESA, from May 1973. Known in French as Lanceur à Trois Etages de Substitution (LIIIS) or L3S, it would eventually be renamed Ariane.
#OTD: 21 September 1973, the Council of the European Space Research Organisation #ESRO approved the draft arrangement between ESRO and European governments for starting the #Ariane programme.
www.esa.int/About_Us/50_... @cnes.fr @transport.esa.int #SpaceHistory
White page from ESA Bulletin, with two pieces of notepaper, with roughly jotted notes and a list of potential rocket vehicle names.
What's in a name?
#OTD 1 August 1973, #ESRO Council meeting in Brussels discusses names for the new European launcher LIIIS to replace Europa.
(spoiler, they eventually chose #Ariane!)
@cnes.fr @transport.esa.int
Delegates arriving at the second European Space Conference on 11 July 1967, Michel Bignier of CNES is recognisable at front right.
#OTD 11 July 1967, the second European Space Conference in Rome establishes the Causse Committee to work out a coherent European space programme, and #ESRO is asked to design a TV relay satellite for the @ebu.ch.
#OTD: 14 June 1962, ten European nations (🇧🇪 🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇪🇸 🇸🇪 🇨🇭 and 🇬🇧) founded an international organisation with the intention of jointly pursuing scientific research in space. This was the European Space Research Organisation, #ESRO, the forerunner of @esa.int! #50YearsOfESA
14. Jun 1962: Gründung der European Space Research Organisation #ESRO, einem Vorläufer der #ESA, durch zehn europäische Staaten.
30. Mai 1975: Gründung der European Space Agency #ESA als Nachfolge von #ELDO, #ESRO und der Europäischen Fernmeldesatelliten-Konferenz.
Black and white photo of the US Scout launch vehicle that carried the first European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) satellite into orbit, ESRO-2B, from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA, on 17 May 1968. The launcher is seen here shortly before launch, with the satellite mounted on the top of the vehicle, clearly marked with an ESRO logo on the fairing.
![Integration of ESRO-2B with its Scout launcher at the Western Test Range. [Image Date: 1968/05] [68.05.368-002]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2mqjl26lmxu2gqlwl6f4ubw6/bafkreib44qzj7nttm7ocncah4pcozewtkvnivi5y5m3bdcyiovhryjtfeu)
Integration of ESRO-2B with its Scout launcher at the Western Test Range. [Image Date: 1968/05] [68.05.368-002]
Also in the news this week in 1968, ESRO-2B was launched on 17 May on a #Scout rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the first #ESRO satellite in orbit and the first mission controlled by @operations.esa.int from #ESOC Darmstadt 🛰️
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA... @science.esa.int #OTD
#OTD: 20 March 1964, the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) Convention was ratified - this date is now recognised as the birth of #ESRO, the forerunner of @esa.int. On 14 June 1962, 10 European nations had signed the Convention.
www.esa.int/About_Us/50_... #50YearsOfESA
Preparation of the thermal model of TD-1 satellite for vacuum chamber test
TD-1 satellite with the solar panels attached
Mock-up of LAS satellite
Space agencies rarely operate alone – a vital part of their work is in collaboration with industry. Travel back in time to 1963 with #ESAarchives to see the first contracts that ESA’s predecessor #ESRO made with industrial partners in our March #ObjectOfTheMonth!
historicalarchives.esa.int#oom
Photograph showing the foundation piles for the construction works at ESTEC, the technical centre for ESRO, at Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
Photograph showing the foundation piles for the construction works at ESTEC, the technical centre for ESRO, at Noordwijk in the Netherlands.
#OTD 6⃣0⃣ years ago, 1 March 1965, the first foundation piles were laid for #ESTEC, the technical centre for #ESRO (now ESA ESTEC), in Noordwijk in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC @esa.int @nl.esa.int
Green, white and orange flag of Ireland on blue sky
#OTD 31 December 1975, the Republic of #Ireland 🇮🇪 signed the #ESA Convention, becoming ESA's 11th Member State (the 10 original #ESRO and #ELDO members had signed the Convention a few months earlier on 30 May 1975).
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
Delegates of the Intergovernmental Conference of Space Research at Meyrin, Geneva, from 28 November to 1 December 1960. The meeting was chaired by Sir Harrie Massey of the UK. The Secretary of the conference, Pierre Auger, is not in the picture.
#OTD 28 November 1960, the Intergovernmental Conference of Space Research at #Meyrin, Geneva, begins, taking the first steps to establish two European space organisations: #ESRO and #ELDO.
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14. Jun 1962: Gründung der European Space Research Organisation #ESRO, einem Vorläufer der #ESA, durch zehn europäische Staaten.
1973 Video - EROS Data Center Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) [became Landsat 1]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #history #remotesensing #earthobservation #ESRO #ERTS #landsat #global #imagery #video #education
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