ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Centre) is the European Space Agency's (ESA) primary technology development and test center for spacecraft and space technology, located in Noordwijk, Netherlands. It serves as the technical heart of ESA, where most projects are initiated and guided through development phases. ESTEC provides extensive facilities for testing spacecraft, supporting European space industry, and collaborating with international partners like universities and other space agencies.
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Hera will be transported to the ESTEC Test Centre in the Netherlands for a full-scale environmental test campaign.
ESA previously used the main corridor of its ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands to test the Proba-3 system in a wide space.
Wu Shufan worked at the European Space Agency’s European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC) prior to joining MinoSpace.