Europe’s security starts in space 🛡️ From Galileo’s secure navigation signals to Italy’s dual-use IRIDE constellation, from independent access to space to new cyber defence capabilities in Belgium — we’re already proving that Europe can safeguard its critical space assets. Now we’re proposing to go further by building a long-term, resilient ‘system of systems’ — Earth observation, secure navigation, and communications — to support Europe’s security and defence from space. At our Council at mini

2.3K views · 135 reactions | Catherine speaking on the Motion in relation to European Defence Agency Projects. Catherine ag labhairt ar an Tairiscint maidir le Tionscadail na Gníomhaireachta Eorpach um Chosaint. | Catherine Connolly TD | Facebook

12K views · 373 reactions |  The #HeraMission, ESA's first planetary defence spacecraft, is nearing launch.  Hera will probe the lingering mysteries of a unique asteroid - the only body in our Solar System to have had its orbit shifted by human action... https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/09/Hera_planetary_defence_mission_solving_asteroid_mysteries | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

Hera is GO! This week at #Space19plus in Seville, Spain, our #Hera asteroid mission was approved for construction and launch, as part of the our broader planetary defence initiatives that aim to protect European and world citizens. Hera will be humankind's first spacecraft to visit a double asteroid, the Didymos binary system. | ESA - European Space Agency

Today, EU Ministers assessed the #EUDefence landscape based on the European Defence Agency Coordinated Annual Review of Defence (CARD). The Review calls for greater European cooperation to match Defence spending increases and prepare a capable & coherent European defence for the future ➡ shorturl.at/cGNRU | European External Action Service - EEAS | Facebook