AQUILO Rocket Team Launch: a Failure to success

AQUILO Rocket Team of Inholland launched their AQUILO VIII project about 1 month ago. Unfortunately, the launch did not go as planned. But in their words: “This was our most complicated rocket yet, and the first truly new AQUILO rocket that was designed, manufactured, and gotten to a launch site in years. This event shall […]

Drone workshop takes flight at the European Navigation Conference

On Tuesday 30 May, the participants of the European Navigation Conference (ENC) 2023 were welcomed at the EUSPA Galileo Reference Centre where they could join a drone workshop hosted by Unmanned Valley and offered by NL Space Campus. The European Navigation Conference is organised annually by a member of the European Group of Institutes of […]

Dutch Delegation visits the 38th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs

A delegation of companies, brought together by a PIB partnership and organised by SpaceNed, consisting of knowledge institutions, NSO, the Innovation Network and members of the Dutch Defence Ministry. Together they were present at the 38th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs in the United States. From 17 till 20 April 2023, under the joint NL Space […]

Join the European Association for Remote Sensing Companies Awards 2023 – deadline April 30

Every year, the European Association for Remote Sensing Companies EARSC recognises companies’ performance, and outstanding products for their exemplary contribution to the European Earth Observation ecosystem through the EARSC Awards campaign. The awards are drawn from various categories and are judged by renowned international experts. The first and longest-running award is the Company Award recognising the company considered in that […]

High School CanSat test day at Unmanned Valley big success

Article by ESERO. Pictures from DigiDaan Fotografie. Two hundred schoolchildren from all over the country gathered in Katwijk at the Unmanned Valley site on Wednesday 15 February for the test day of the CanSat competition. In the competition organised by ESERO NL and Netherlands Space Office, pupils are challenged to build and programme a satellite […]

Looking back Network & Drinks February 2023

With over 120 people attending, this was the best visited Network & Drinks up till now, a fantastic start of the new year! To warm up the crowd and to get answers from you, we started off with some questions. One of the burning questions was: “Why did you join the Network & Drinks?” Maybe […]

ESA YGT applications now open!

The 2023 Young Graduate Trainee positions are now open for applications! Opportunities are available in engineering, science, IT and business services. Find out how to apply ESA’s Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) Programme offers young graduates the opportunity to gain valuable on-the-job experience in the development and operation of space missions in an international and multicultural […]

European Navigation Conference – Call for Abstracts deadline 15 Febr

This year’s European Navigation Conference will take place at ESTEC. It will be held on 31 May till 2 June 2023. The main theme of the conference is Resilient Navigation. The program will consist of both plenary and parallel sessions with multiple time intervals, allowing direct interactions between participants. In addition to the technical program […]

Da Vinci Satellite looking for support to launch in Florida this year

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the (Aero)space Study Association ‘Leonardo da Vinci’, the ‘Da Vinci Satellite’ project has the mission to design, build and launch a satellite with corresponding educational programme. This satellite will provide a direct connection to space for primary and high school students. Their launch, with ISISpace at the […]