European Space Astronomy Centre
The European Space Astronomy Centre near Madrid in Spain is a research centre of the European Space Agency. ESAC is the lead institution for space science using ESA missions.
- Research
- …is operated by the European Space Agency
- Description: ESA center specialized in space astronomy
- Also known as“ESA Tracking Station Villafranca”“ESAC”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Romanillos and Villanueva de la Cañada.
Villanueva de la Cañada
Town
Villanueva de la Cañada is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Villanueva de la Cañada is situated 4½ km west of European Space Astronomy Centre.
European Space Astronomy Centre
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Latitude
40.44344° or 40° 26′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.95244° or 3° 57′ 9″ west
Open location code
8CGRC2VX+92
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OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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office=research
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“European Space Astronomy Centre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز علم الفلك الفضائي الأوروبي”
- Armenian: “Եվրոպական տիեզերական աստղագիտության կենտրոն”
- Catalan: “Centre d’Astronomia Espacial Europea”
- Catalan: “Centre Europeu d’Astronomia Espacial”
- Catalan: “ESAC”
- Catalan: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
- Finnish: “ESAC”
- Finnish: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
- French: “Agence Spatiale Européenne”
- French: “centre d’astronomie spatiale européen”
- French: “Centre d’astronomie spatiale européen”
- French: “Centre européen d’astronomie spatiale”
- French: “Centre européen d’Astronomie spatiale”
- French: “ESAC”
- French: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
- Galician: “Centro Europeo de Astronomía Espacial”
- German: “ESAC”
- German: “Europäisches Weltraumastronomiezentrum”
- German: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
- Indonesian: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
- Italian: “Centro europeo per l’astronomia spaziale”
- Italian: “VILSPA”
- Japanese: “ESAC”
- Japanese: “欧州宇宙天文学センター”
- Luxembourgish: “Europäesche Weltraumastronomiezentrum”
- Portuguese: “Centro Europeu de Astronomia Espacial”
- Portuguese: “Vilspa”
- Portuguese: “VILSPA”
- Russian: “Европейский центр космической астрономии”
- Slovenian: “ESAC”
- Slovenian: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
- Slovenian: “Evropski center za vesoljsko astronomijo”
- Spanish: “Centro de Astronomia Espacial”
- Spanish: “Centro Europeo de Astronomia Espacial”
- Spanish: “Centro Europeo de Astronomía Espacial”
- Spanish: “ESAC”
- Spanish: “European Space Astronomy Center”
- Spanish: “VILSPA”
- Turkish: “Avrupa Uzay Astronomi Merkezi”
- Turkish: “ESAC”
- Turkish: “European Space Astronomy Centre”
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Highlights include Castillo de Aulencia and Ruinas del Palacio de Romanillos.
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