I am thrilled to share our latest publication (open access), developed in collaboration with the Energy team of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) and the Nutrition Division (ESN) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO). The instrument will play a key role in developing a 3D map of the Universe, enabling the telescope to calculate its orientation in space every two seconds and to detect the glow of stars, even the very faintest.Įuclid, the satellite that will explore the Dark Universe, is ready for launch To enable such distant galaxies to be observed, the company's plants in Nerviano (Milan) and Campi Bisenzio (Florence) have produced cold gas thrusters and a Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS), that can calculate where the Euclid telescope needs to be pointed with an accuracy never before reached by a European satellite. #Leonardo has made an important technological contribution to the mission, together with Thales Alenia Space, with funding and coordination from the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Based on the data sent back, astronomers will be able to deduce the properties of dark energy and dark matter, which together make up 95% of the Universe, and of gravity, further clarifying their precise nature. It will stay in orbit for about six years, at an average distance of 1.5 million km beyond the Earth’s orbit.Įuclid will study the expansion and evolution of the Universe, to understand how its structure was formed over the course of cosmic history. The #Euclid satellite will explore the dark universe and will be launched next July on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, United States. Taking its name from Euclide of Alexandria, the Greek mathematician who founded the subject of geometry, the scientific mission to study the cosmos planned for launch by the European Space Agency - ESA will receive a major contribution from the Italian Space Agency ( Agenzia Spaziale Italiana).
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