Artemis, the ESA’s 10 years in space

The Artemis held this past July 12, a decade in space, and is a breakthrough for European satellites. Artemis is the satellite transmission of data ESA presents the Advanced Mission Relay and Technology. Satellite is the first constituent of a breakthrough for European space engineering in terms of satellites is concerned, it has technology in laser link system, as well as ion thrusters.

It was launched by a Ariane 5 on July 12, 2001 from Kourou, French Guiana, at 18:58 local time, staying in an orbit lower than planned, which could cause a serious problem for the mission.

The satellite’s mission Artemis multifunction test new technologies and to play an important role in European development worldwide satellite navigation, new mobile communications services and data transmission between satellites.

Artemis locus of control:

The Artemis satellite is controlled from the facilities Telespazio in Fucino (Italy), while from the Centre Redu (ESA) which houses the installation Mission Control, scheduled services to users and perform maintenance of its various payloads.

Redu Center director and head of Artemis, Daniele Galardini, said: “Artemis has been able to provide an incredible level of service availability throughout its operational life, to the great satisfaction of its users. The large capacity and professionalism of teams and Redu Fucino are the basis of all the achievements of Artemis”.

Satisfactory results:

Thanks to this European satellite telecommunications pointer, other satellites have been able to improve its performance, since for example, Artemis has been able to send at high speed and near real time, images of Earth taken by satellite Envisat (ESA), which orbits at 35,000 km below yours.

Another satellite also has benefited from the existence of Artemis and made use of the services it provides, is the SPOT-4. This is a French observation satellite that used the shuttle laser and a second radio link.