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The technological center of the ESA

Week number: 79-30

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

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Impression of the work of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Noordwijk. SHOTS: ext. ESA in the dunes near Noordwijk; research on satellites in large vacuum rooms where the conditions of outer space can be imitated; solar cells on the outside of the satellite; employees of the laboratory; a large number of cables inside the satellite; construction of the satellite 'Ariane'; fire comes out of the jet engines of a rocket ready for take off; construction of weather satellite Meteosat 2, with different parts; satellite dishes in Germany; machine prints satellite photo's of earth. ARCHIVE MATERIAL: launch of a satellite at launch base Cape Canaveral in Florida; communication satellite explodes shortly after launch.

Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Publication date:
1 January 1979
Length:
03:00

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Type:
video
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User:
Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
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