ESA


New Generation of Proposal Handling System (PHS)
for ESA Missions: Evolution of XMM-Newton Software

Last week we attended the Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems XXXIII in Tucson (Arizona), were Jose Antonio Quero from Quasar presented his work on the development of the new generation of Proposal Handling System (PHS) for ESA missions. In the latest years, the evolution of the ESA XMM-Newton PHS […]


Open scientist position to work for the User Support Group of ESA’s X-ray mission XMM-Newton

Quasar is looking for a scientist to work for the XMM-Newton Users Support Group (USG). The scientists working in the XMM-Newton Users Support Group (USG) support the scientific users of the mission from proposal submission until they analyse their data for scientific interpretation. In general terms, the candidate will be […]


Air and Sea Traffic Risk Avoidance Model

February 2023 – To lower the risk of human casualties and infrastructural damage on terrestrial assets, Share My Space was selected by ESA to conceptualize an end-to-end software able to model space operations failures’ impact on air and sea traffic. Terrestrial risks presented by explosive or destructive failures from spacecrafts, […]


Living Planet Symposium 2019

Our many projects in the works at Quasar offices aren’t keeping us from interacting at important expositions, shows, and symposiums; our attendance at the Living Planet Symposium in Milan, Italy in the middle of May proves just that! The European Space Agency’s 2019 Living Planet Symposium focused on two main […]


SIMBAD: a Scientific Platform to Protect Earth’s Ecosystems from Space

On April 2018 Quasar Science Resources was accepted into the ESA Business Incubation Centre (BIC) Madrid Region, managed by Fundación madri+d (Madrimasd Knowledge Foundation) and supported by the Regional Government of Madrid. Fundación madri+d is a reference centre for science and technology in the Region of Madrid with extensive experience […]


Robotic Telescopes for NEOs and Space Debris

Robotic telescopes are astronomical telescope and detector systems which do not require human intervention for their operation. On December 22nd ESA issued an Invitation to Tender (P3-SST-III for Robotic Telescopes Demonstration – AO9061) to support the deployment of interfaces to existing robotic telescopes and demonstrate the robustness of remote automated operations. Quasar Science […]


ESA: Virtual Reality. Astronomical Data Exploration Tool.

A Quasar has submitted a proposal to an ESA EXPRO with title, Virtual Reality Astronomical Data Exploration Tool. The work to be performed includes: Developing a Virtual and Mixed Reality software application. Setting up a hardware system capable to run Mixed Reality applications, including a computer with enough specifications to both […]


ESA: GNSS Signal Acquisition and Science Exploitation Platform

Quasar has submitted a proposal to an ESA Invitation To Tender with title, GNSS Big Data Processing for Monitoring, Assessment of Innovative Techniques and Science. The project deals with the recording, digitization and signal processing of GNSS data. The project objectives, as stated in the ESA Statement of Work, include; […]


ESA: Frame Contracts for Industrial Support to ESA

ESA Directorates rely upon the support of industrial manpower to complement as necessary their own internal ESA resources so as to ensure the satisfactory execution of tasks needed to adequately support ESA’s Programmes. Currently such support is contracted under the “Frame Contracts for Industrial Support to ESA Directorates represented at […]


Business with ESA

The following link gives information on How to do Business with ESA, the European Space Agency, through what is called the Invitations to Tender on the EMITS. The portal explains how to register your company as a tenderer. Once your business is assessed and accepted, you are ready to go. From that […]