Europe’s security starts in space 🛡️ From Galileo’s secure navigation signals to Italy’s dual-use IRIDE constellation, from independent access to space to new cyber defence capabilities in Belgium — we’re already proving that Europe can safeguard its critical space assets. Now we’re proposing to go further by building a long-term, resilient ‘system of systems’ — Earth observation, secure navigation, and communications — to support Europe’s security and defence from space. At our Council at mini

2.3K views · 135 reactions | Catherine speaking on the Motion in relation to European Defence Agency Projects. Catherine ag labhairt ar an Tairiscint maidir le Tionscadail na Gníomhaireachta Eorpach um Chosaint. | Catherine Connolly TD | Facebook

12K views · 373 reactions |  The #HeraMission, ESA's first planetary defence spacecraft, is nearing launch.  Hera will probe the lingering mysteries of a unique asteroid - the only body in our Solar System to have had its orbit shifted by human action... https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/09/Hera_planetary_defence_mission_solving_asteroid_mysteries | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

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24K views · 499 reactions | Today, teams at ESOC in Darmstadt, BUSOC - Belgium's ISS science hub - Airbus Defence & Space and the UK Space Agency are conducting simulation training with the rover at the 'Mars Yard' in Stevenage. Later this month British ESA astronaut Tim Peake is scheduled to conduct a live experiment, controlling the rover from the ISS using the Meteron fault-tolerant network - a test for a future human-controlled rover on Mars. | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook