ESA PRE-LAUNCH BRIEFINGS FOR CELESTE LEO-PNT MISSION, Mar 12, 2026, virtual, 9:00 am EDT (in English)

ESA will hold briefings in several languages on March 12, 2026 to discuss the upcoming launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration constellation. The launch will be from New Zealand on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket no earlier than March 24.

The briefings will take place on March 12 from ESA’s offices in Paris, which will be on Central European Time (CET), while the United States changes to Daylight Saving Time on March 8, hence the time zone difference is 5 hours instead of 6.

The English language briefing is at 14:00 CET, or 9:00 am EDT. Briefings in French, Dutch, Italian, German, and Spanish are earlier. Check the ESA press release for details.

The English briefing will be webcast on ESA TV.

Participants are:

Javier Benedicto Ruiz, Director of Navigation, ESA
Michel Monnerat, Director of Bids & Advanced Projects in Navigation at Thales Alenia Space
Miguel M. Romay, Satellite Navigation Systems General Manager, GMV
Roberto Prieto Cerdeira, Head of the Celeste Programme, ESA