The IAC and ESA sign an agreement to widen the programmes of connection and transmission of optical data at the Teide Observatory

Franco Ongaro, Rafael Rebolo and Rolf Densing.
In the photo, signing on both sides, Franco Ongaro, Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality, y Rolf Densing, Director of Operations, both of ESA; and in the middle, Rafael Rebolo, Director of the IAC. Credit: IAC/ESA.
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By virtue of this agreement, signed today at ESA’s European Centre of Space Research and Technology (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, (The Netherlands), Tenerife will become the main European Centre of Space Communications by laser.

More info.: https://webpro-cms.ll.iac.es/en/outreach/news/iac-and-esa-sign-agreemen…

Agreements
Telescopes
Singular projects
  • Franco Ongaro, Rafael Rebolo and Rolf Densing.
    Franco Ongaro, Rafael Rebolo and Rolf Densing.
  • Members of the CCI and ESA personnel, in Noordwijk (Netherlands)
    Members of the CCI and ESA personnel, in Noordwijk (Netherlands)
  • Optical Ground Station laser at the Teide Observatory.
    Optical Ground Station laser at the Teide Observatory.
  • Rafael Rebolo signing together with Franco Ongaro and Rolf Densing
    Rafael Rebolo signing together with Franco Ongaro and Rolf Densing

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