www.cabling.datwyler.com 1 CASE STUDY The European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) in Italy is one of the European Space Organisation’s (ESA) eight worldwide institutes. It was established in 1966 and is based in Frascati, where ESRIN employs over 400 staff. Since 2004 ESRIN has been operating as ESA European head office for earth observation missions. The Institute’s main task is to gather, store and distribute to the ESA partners satellite data on climatic and environmental change. ESRIN also oversees the “Vega” launcher program and deals with the IT applications and associated infrastructures of the space organisation. Dependable data traffic The building complex in Frascati houses not only the ESA IT department but also two data centres: one for earth

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