Main Press and Communication activities for 2003
January--------------------------------------------------------------------,14-17/01 - Noordwijk, the Netherlands: GMES Forum at ESA/ESTEC, ,16/01-02/02 - Cape Canaveral, Florida: Launch of Space Shuttle mission STS 107, with ESA payload 20/01 - Paris, France - ESA Head Office: ESA Director General Antonio Rodotà meets the press 24-25/01 - ESA's Artemis satellite reaches final orbital position t.b.d. - Kourou, French Guiana - Europe's Spaceport: Ariane 5 launch. Payload: Rosetta satellite (ESA) ,February,---------------------------------------------------------------------------,26-28/02 - Washington, USA: Satellite 2003 conference t.b.d. - Frascati, Italy: "Envisat: a year after launch", Media Day at ESA/ESRIN t.b.d. - Noordwijk, the Netherlands: SMART-1 Media Day at ESA/ESTEC ,March --------------------------------------------------------------------,05/03 - Opening of ESA's Deep Space Ground Station in New Norcia, Australia t.b.d. - Bremen, Germany: International Space Station payload media day and announcement of the winners of the SUCCESS student competition mid - Kiruna, Sweden: stratospheric balloon campaign t.b.c. - Ariane 5 Plus: First test firing of the new Vinci cryogenic engine, ,25/03 - Kourou, French Guiana - Europe's Spaceport: Ariane 5 launch, Payload: SMART-1 (ESA) 26/03 - Brussels, Belgium: Event on the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters (venue t.b.d.) t.b.d. - Frascati, Italy: "Vega day" at ESA/ESRIN 24/03-03/04 - Bordeaux, France: 34th ESA parabolic flight campaign. 31/03 - Kiruna, Sweden: Launch of Maxus 5 sounding rocket from Esrange ,April ------------------------------------------------------------------- ,07-12/04 - Hanover, Germany: Hanover Fair, ESA Technology Transfer stand and joint ESA/BEOS (Astrium)/DLR stand on ISS commercialisation 22-25/04 - Graz, Austria: GNSS 2003, the European Navigation Conference t.b.d. - Signature of the ESA/Rosaviakosmos launcher agreement 26/04 (t.b.c.) - Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Soyuz flight to the International Space Station with ESA's Spanish astronaut Pedro Duque end - ESA Council at ministerial level at ESA Head Office, Paris ,May,-----------------------------------------------------------------------,t.b.d. - Kourou, French Guiana - Ceremony marking the start of building,the Soyuz Launch Complex 22-23/05 - Berlin, Germany: URBAN 2003, Remote Sensing and Data Fusion,over Urban Areas, conference 29/05 t.b.c. - Baikonur, Kazakhstan: launch of Soyuz with ESA's Mars,Express payload, June ---------------------------------------------------------------------,09/06-04/07 - Geneva, Switzerland: World Radio Communication Conference 15-22/06 - Paris, le Bourget: Paris Air Show, ESA Pavilion ,July ---------------------------------------------------------------------,10-12 - Guilford, United Kingdom: British Festival of Space at the,University of Surrey 31/07 (t.b.c.) - Cape Canaveral, Florida: Launch of Space Shuttle mission,STS 116, with ESA's Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang ,September ---------------------------------------------------------------,11-16/09 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Broadcasters,Conference 29/09-03/10 - Bremen, Germany: 54th IAF Congress and Exhibition t.b.d. - Noordwijk, the Netherlands: Technology Transfer Media Day at,ESA/ESTEC ,October -----------------------------------------------------------------,04-12/10 - Genoa, Italy: International Boat Show- Space Technologies for the maritime sector, ESA Technology Transfer Programme booth t.b.d. - Future Launcher Preparatory Programme 1st Industry day (venue and,date t.b.d.) t.b.d. - Bordeaux, France: 35th ESA parabolic flight campaign 12-18/10 - Geneva, Switzerland: Telecom 2003 t.b.d. - Envisat First Results Symposium (at ESA/ESTEC or ESA/ESRIN-,t.b.d.) t.b.d. - GMES Service Elements First Results Symposium (at ESA/ESTEC or ESA/ESRIN- t.b.d.) 24-28/10 - Milan, Italy: SMAU- International Exhibition of Information and Communication Technology. Theme: the International Space Station t.b.c. - Kazakhstan: Soyuz flight to the International Space Station with ESA's Dutch astronaut André Kuipers ,November ----------------------------------------------------------------,t.b.d. - Nice, France: NavSat 2003, the Satellite Navigation and Positioning World Show ,December ---------------------------------------------------------------,end - Mars Express arrives at Mars ,Dates of certain events, especially those of launches, depend on various factors such as readiness of the spacecraft and/or launcher, and thus remain t.b.c. (to be confirmed) for some time. All Space Shuttle, Soyuz and Ariane launch dates are provisional and will be confirmed by NASA, Rosaviakosmos and Arianespace respectively in due time. For further information please contact: ESA Media Relations Service:,Franco Bonacina, Brigitte Kolmsee, Anne-Marie Rémondin,Tel. + 33(0)1.53.69.7155,Fax. + 33(0)1.53.69.7690 ,