Josef Aschbacher  Taking the pulse of our planet from space
                     Josef Aschbacher: Taking the Pulse of 
our Planet from Space
Josef Aschbacher is the ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes and 
Head of ESRIN, ESA’s centre for Earth Observation, located in Frascati (near 
Rome), Italy.
Born in Austria, he studied at the University of Innsbruck, graduating with a 
Masters and a Doctoral Degree in Natural Sciences.  He has an accomplished 
international career in space, with more than 35+ years combined work 
experience at the European Space Agency, European Commission, Austrian 
Space Agency, Asian Institute of Technology and University of Innsbruck.
Recent Space News
2021-2023 CEOS Strategic Implementation Team Chair Nomination: Josef Aschbacher
 as the ESA Representative
At the 34th CEOS Plenary meeting October 2020, ESA was chosen as the 2021-2023 
Committee’s Strategic Implementation Team (SIT) Chair.
Covid visualized from Space: International Cooperation ESA, NASA 
and JAXA
The coronavirus pandemic constitutes an unprecedented challenge with severe 
societal and socio-economic consequences. In order to shed new light on these 
changes taking place, ESA and the European Commission have worked closely 
together to create the ‘Rapid Action Coronavirus Earth observation’ dashboard.
The platform, which was unveiled today during an online event, uses Earth 
observation satellite data to measure the impact of the coronavirus lockdown and 
monitor post-lockdown recovery.
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ESA – European Space Agency
Director of Earth Observation Programmes
Head of ESRIN
Largo G. Galilei 1, 00044 Frascati (RM), Italy
[email protected] | T +39 06 94180 300 | www.esa.int |
 @AschbacherJosef
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