HOLLAND: SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE REACHES OPERATIONAL STAGE AT NOORDWIJK.

Record ID: 496423

  • Title: HOLLAND: SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE REACHES OPERATIONAL STAGE AT NOORDWIJK.
  • Date: 1st April 1968
  • Summary: 1. LV SPACE CENTRE 0.03 2. CU SIGN "ESRO ESTEC" 0.08 3. GV TECHNICIANS 0.11 4. SV TECHNICIANS TALKING 0.14 5. GV TECHNICIANS SUPERVISE SATELLITE TEST 0.16 6. SV SATELLITE REVOLVES 0.26 7. SCU ROCKET TURNING -- ARTIFICIAL SUN IN B/G. 0.32 8. TV & GV SATELLITE SPINS PAN TO ROCKETS 0.38 9. SV SATELLITE TESTED 0.43 10. LONG ANGLE DITTO 0.46 11. GV SATELLITE HALL--PAN TO TECHNICIAN 0.54 12. CU COUNTING METER 0.57 13. CU ZOOM FUTURE SATELLITES 1.04 14. SV HALL WITH TECHNICIANS 1.07 15. GV SUBWAY 1.15 Initials IF/VS/CT/BB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th April 1968 13:00
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  • Location: NOORDWIJK, HOLLAND
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Reuters ID: LVA6XSR21Y7K46UTSOCHU287M8U6
  • Story Text: THANKS TO EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS, MEETING AT NICE IN THE SPRING OF 1960, THE INITIATIVE WAS BORN FOR THE CONCEPTION OF A EUROPEAN ORGANISATION CONTRIBUTING TO SCIENTIFIC SPACE RESEARCH WORK AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. ESRO--THE EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION--WAS THE OUTCOME, AND THIS APRIL THEIR SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE IN NOORDWICK, HOLLAND, ENTERS A FULLY-OPERATIONAL STAGE.

    THE ESTEC COMPLEX IS DUE TO BE INAUGURATED ON APRIL 3 (WEDNESDAY). WORK BEGAN ON IT IN MARCH, 1965, AND A NETWORK OF LABORATORIES NOW RISES TO 25 METRES (YARDS) ABOVE THE NOORDWIJK SANDS. ITS BUILDINGS INCLUDED WORKSHOPS, STORES, ADMINISTRATIVE ZONES, AND, MOST EXCITING, COMPLEX LABORATORIES FOR THE TESTING OF ROCKETS, SATELLITES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. SEEN ON FILM IS THE TESTING OF A HEAS-A SATELLITE, AND THE ORIENTATION OF A ROCKET SYSTEM TO AN ARTIFICIAL SUN.

    ESRO WAS FOUNDED TO PROVIDED FACILITIES IN EUROPE FOR SPACE RESEARCH COMPARABLE TO THOSE ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR SPACE RESEARCHERS IN THE U.S.A. AND U.S.S.R. IN GENERAL. THE PRINCIPAL GOAL OF THE ORGANISATION IS TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR THE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO CARRY OUT THIS RESEARCH. THE ORGANISATION ALSO HAS A PARIS HEADQUARTERS, A DATA CENTRE FOR COMPUTATION AND PROCESSING IN DARMSTADT, GERMANY, AND A TRACKING NETWORK ALSO BASED ON DARMSTADT.
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