European Space Research and Technology Centre

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ESA facility research centre space research and technology centre

The European Space Research and Technology Centre is the European Space Agency’s main technical hub, where spacecraft, instruments, and space technologies are developed and tested.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
ESTEC 1
ESTEC Test Centre 1
European Space Research Institute 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ESA facility ⓘ
research centre ⓘ
space research and technology centre ⓘ
abbreviation European Space Research and Technology Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ESTEC
affiliation European Union member state facility network ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
employs engineers ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
technicians ⓘ
focusesOn mission design ⓘ
planetary mission support ⓘ
satellite testing ⓘ
space systems verification ⓘ
space technology development ⓘ
spacecraft engineering ⓘ
hasFacility European Space Research and Technology Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ESTEC Test Centre

Large Space Simulator ⓘ
acoustic test facilities ⓘ
antenna test facilities ⓘ
clean rooms ⓘ
electromagnetic compatibility laboratories ⓘ
materials laboratories ⓘ
propulsion laboratories ⓘ
vibration test facilities ⓘ
hosts ESA technical directorate ⓘ
ESA test facilities ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Noordwijk NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Holland ⓘ
locatedOn North Sea coast ⓘ
operator European Space Agency ⓘ
ownedBy European Space Agency ⓘ
partOf European Space Agency ⓘ
predecessor European Space Research Organisation ⓘ
surface form: European Space Research Centre
primaryFunction development of space instruments ⓘ
development of space technologies ⓘ
development of spacecraft ⓘ
testing of space instruments ⓘ
testing of space technologies ⓘ
testing of spacecraft ⓘ
role main technical centre of ESA ⓘ
mission support centre ⓘ
space technology test centre ⓘ
spacecraft development centre ⓘ
website https://www.esa.int/estec ⓘ

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European Space Research and Technology Centre → abbreviation → European Space Research and Technology Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESTEC
European Space Agency → hasFacility → European Space Research and Technology Centre ⓘ
European Space Agency → hasFacility → European Space Research and Technology Centre ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Space Research Institute
European Space Research and Technology Centre → hasFacility → European Space Research and Technology Centre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESTEC Test Centre