https://spacewatch.global/tag/instituto-nacional-de-tecnica-aeroespacial-inta/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 30 Mar 2020 05:00:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/instituto-nacional-de-tecnica-aeroespacial-inta/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/airbus-successfully-completes-in-orbit-commissioning-of-cheops/ Mon, 30 Mar 2020 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21025 Airbus announced on 26 March 2020 that it has received confirmation from ESA of a successful end to the In Orbit Commissioning (IOC) of CHEOPS after the IOC review on 25 March. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/cheops-space-telescope-produces-first-images/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19141 The cover on the CHEOPS space telescope was opened successfully on 29 January 2020. It is now being tested for precision and its first images are being produced. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/uk-other-european-space-agencies-test-mars-robot-technologies-in-morocco/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12348 As far as we know, Mars is the only planet populated entirely by robots! Due to the time taken for commands to travel to Mars (eight minutes each way), hand guided robots are limited to travelling only a few dozen metres a day.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/11/pld-spaces-miura-1-rocket-to-launch-from-spains-inta-el-arenosillo-experimentation-centre-in-2019/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11543 MIURA-1, the suborbital rocket developed by PLD Space, will be launched from "El Arenosillo" Experimentation Center (CEDEA), of the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Spain's national space agency, during the third quarter of 2019. This technological demonstrator, whose development began in 2011, is designed to provide scientific and commercial access to space from Spain.]]>