ESA Bulletin, No.123, August 2005

Articles in this issue include: The Road to the Next-Generation European Launcher - An overview of the FLPP 2005; The Ariane-5 ECA Heavy-Lift Launcher; Global Monitoring for Environment and Security - Europe’s next space initiative takes shape; Meteosat Third Generation - The future European geostationary meteorological satellite; Precision Vineyard Management from Space - From Bacchus to Eneide; Clever Imaging with SmartScan; ARTES: The Future of Satellite Telecommunications; The European Astronaut Centre - A look back at 15 years of astronautical expertise; Rosetta: ESA's Comet Chaser Already Making its Mark; IInformation Services to the Scientific Community on the Web;