Astronomy Archives - Starion, System engineering for space, defence & critical infrastructures https://www.stariongroup.eu/category/astronomy/ System engineering for space, defence & critical infrastructures Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:53:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Meet the unsung heroes of space missions – Part 2: Supporting scientific payloads https://www.stariongroup.eu/meet-the-unsung-heroes-of-space-missions-part-2-supporting-scientific-payloads/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:01:01 +0000 https://www.stariongroup.eu/?p=15326 How Starion's experts at ESA's ESAC in Spain help prepare and deliver commands to science instruments on board spacecraft

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]]> Starion supports ARRAKIHS dark matter mission https://www.stariongroup.eu/starion-supports-arrakihs-dark-matter-mission/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:00:53 +0000 https://www.stariongroup.eu/?p=15079 Starion is supporting Satlantis in the design of a novel instrument for ARRAKIHS, which will observe the halos of galaxies to help study dark matter and galaxy formation.

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]]> How CDP4-COMET serves as the mission parameter database for ESA’s Ariel https://www.stariongroup.eu/how-cdp4-comet-serves-as-the-mission-parameter-database-for-esas-ariel/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:17 +0000 https://www.stariongroup.eu/?p=14650 ESA’s Ludovic Puig describes how Starion’s CDP4-COMET platform is contributing to Ariel’s development by serving as the mission parameter database

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]]> Starion supports Mars flyby of the Hera asteroid mission https://www.stariongroup.eu/starion-supports-mars-flyby-of-the-hera-asteroid-mission/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:00:33 +0000 https://www.stariongroup.eu/?p=14038 Starion is supporting Hera’s flyby of Mars and Deimos as it travels to the Didymos binary asteroid system

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]]> Starion supports tonight’s Solar Orbiter Venus flyby https://www.stariongroup.eu/starion-supports-tonights-solar-orbiter-venus-flyby/ Tue, 18 Feb 2025 01:00:18 +0000 https://www.stariongroup.eu/?p=13948 Starion's space engineers are contributing to today's Solar Orbiter spacecraft close flyby of Venus.

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]]> James Webb Space Telescope – Sharing Data from the Ultimate Space-Time Machine https://www.stariongroup.eu/james-webb-space-telescope-sharing-data-from-the-ultimate-space-time-machine/ https://www.stariongroup.eu/james-webb-space-telescope-sharing-data-from-the-ultimate-space-time-machine/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:00:31 +0000 https://www.stariongroup.eu/james-webb-space-telescope-sharing-data-from-the-ultimate-space-time-machine/ In this post, Mark McCaughrean from ESA discusses how data from the James Webb Space Telescope will be disseminated to scientists.

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