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As 2018 draws to a close and the festivities begin, our offices will close from 24th December 2018 until 7th January 2019. We take this opportunity to wish our network of customers, suppliers and partners a very happy and smooth entry into the new year 2019. We use this time also to reflect on our activities over the past year, demonstrating the wide range of services we offer across the many projects we have worked on.

German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst is scheduled to return to Earth tomorrow (20 December) with his crewmates, NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev. On the morning of Saturday 22 December 2018, media are invited to attend a press conference at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre in Cologne. Design & Data will be providing the livestream for ESA.

Asteroid Day is a UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign with thousands of independent events being organised all around the world on 30th June each year. Design & Data GmbH produced a number of video clips for ESA, which were shown as part of a two-hour live webcast.

On the occasion of the ESA Φ-week, Design & Data GmbH is organising a Bootcamp on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA) for aspiring entrepreneurs supporting the development of innovative business ideas using Earth Observation (EO) from space to address some of the information needs of the food and energy sectors.

ESA’s fifth planned satellite in its Living Planet Programme, Aeolus, launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 22 August 2018. Design & Data provided the livestream for ESA.

In a new video production for LSG Sky Chefs, we illustrate how it is taking its airline catering and in-flight services to a whole new level. Their Global Culinary Excellence team developed “bonus food” for German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst ahead of his “Horizons” mission.

Design & Data produced a number of informative videos to showcase the Copernicus services implemented by ECMWF at the European State of the Climate event in April. The aim was to inform the challenges of climate change and the vital role that Copernicus data play in mitigating and adapting to the effects of our warming planet. The event attracted a diverse audience ranging from MEPs to industry, policymakers, scientists and media.

Europe’s next four Galileo satellites launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on 25 July 2018. Design & Data provided the livestream for ESA.

From 11 to 13 November 2018, the European Space Agency (ESA) invites you to Frascati (Rome), Italy for the 1st Φ-Week Bootcamp. Organised by Design & Data for ESA, the aim is to generate new space startups using earth observation (EO) data linking to the food and energy sectors.

In a new video for TESAT-SpaceCom, we portray the pioneering and innovative ways they are providing a new data network in space, based on laser communication. With the aim of mesmerising audiences, we used the latest in visual illustration techniques to deliver a fast-paced and dynamic representation of TESAT’s capabilities.