BR-058 ESRIN
1989 brochure about ESA’s ESRIN establishment in Italy. Read online in English, French and Italian.
ESOC European Space Operations Centre (2001)
Satellites are designed to perform specific functions in space, in telecommunications, meteorology, observation of the Earth, microgravity, solar system science or space astronomy. It is the responsibility of ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, to ensure that the objectives of each of the different missions are attained. This 2001 brochure describes the process of preparation and execution of satellite mission operations as exercised at ESOC, to provide insight into how such things are done.
ESAC The European Space Astronomy Centre - ESA’s Window on the Universe
Space telescopes are humankind’s eyes in the heavens: from their superior observing positions high above the Earth’s atmosphere, they provide us with astounding views of the Universe. ESAC, the European Space Astronomy Centre, is where some of those views are first studied – signals from black holes and distant galaxies, from neighbouring planets and even from planets far beyond the Solar System are beamed back to the Madrid countryside. ESAC is thereby the ‘home’ of ESA’s space-telescope and planetary missions, the place from where science operations are conducted, and where all of the scientific data produced are archived and made accessible to the world.
ESA BR-306 The ESA Effect
Presenting an overall impression of Agency achievements, this book charts the ripples of The ESA Effect on a variety of scales, from surveying the verges of space and time to probing our own Solar System, satellite systems for communications, meteorology, navigation and Earth observation to humanity’s own orbital bridgehead, the launchers and ground stations that link Europe to space, and the steady stream of new technologies that bring space closer, and offer spin-off opportunities in everyday life.