{{Short description|Research centre of the European Space Agency in Frascati, Italy}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox organization | name = ESA Centre for Earth Observation | image = ESA ESRIN Vega.jpg | image_border = | image_size = 250px | caption = Inside the ESA Centre for Earth Observation, with a Vega rocket model | abbreviation = ESRIN | formation = | extinction = | type = | status = | purpose = | headquarters = | location = Frascati, Italy | region_served = | membership = | language = | leader_title = | leader_name = | main_organ = | parent_organization = European Space Agency | affiliations = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = {{url|http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESRIN}} | remarks = }}
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The '''ESA Centre for Earth Observation''' (also known as the '''European Space Research Institute''' or '''ESRIN''') is a research centre belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA), located in Frascati (Rome) Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satellite-links.co.uk/directory/european-space-research-institute-esrin.html|title=European Space Research Institute (ESRIN)|publisher=Satellite Industry Links|access-date=10 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094411/http://www.satellite-links.co.uk/directory/european-space-research-institute-esrin.html|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> It is dedicated to research involving earth observation data taken from satellites, among other specialised activities. The establishment currently hosts the European Space Agency's development team for the Vega launcher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESRIN/Vega_launcher|title=Vega Launcher|publisher=ESA|date=1 September 2005|access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref>
==History== ESLAR, a laboratory for advanced research was created in 1966 mainly to break the political deadlock over the location of ESLAB. Later renamed ESRIN, an acronym for European Space Research Institute, ESLAR was based in Frascati (Italy).<ref name="46yearsESRIN">{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_history/ESRIN_foundation_46_years_ago|title=ESRIN foundation 46 years ago|publisher=ESA|date=26 September 2014|access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref> The ESRO Convention describes ESRINs' role in the following manner: {{Blockquote |...to undertake laboratory and theoretical research in the basic physics and chemistry necessary to the understanding of past and the planning of future experiments in space.|ESRO Convention<ref name="46yearsESRIN"/>}} The facility began acquiring data from environmental satellites within Earthnet programme in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet99/franc99.pdf|title=ESRIN – Its Development and Role|publisher=ESA|first1=Roberto|last1=Franciosi|date=September 1999|access-date=10 August 2015}}</ref>
==See also== * European Astronaut Centre (EAC) * European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) * European Space Agency (ESA) * European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) * European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) * European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) * European Space Tracking Network (ESTRACK) * Guiana Space Centre (CSG)
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{Official website|http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESRIN}}
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