Aurora Jungle Adventure

Relocation to Noordwijk near ESTEC
6th February 2018
Wins Q1 2018
18th April 2018
Relocation to Noordwijk near ESTEC
6th February 2018
Wins Q1 2018
18th April 2018

Aurora appreciates that the employees and their families should be happy.   Therefore in the cold month of January we searched for a location with a nice swimming pool for the kids and also team building activities.   We were pleased to identify Heijderbos by CenterParcs and in particular were sold when we could exclusively stay in the Jungle Dome on the Saturday evening and night.   The Jungle Dome is a part of tropical Indonesia relocated to the Netherlands together with birds, river fish and turtles.   The Jungle Dome is also a kids play paradise with jungle climbing and zip line not to mention all of the animals.

We travelled by VIP bus and private car to arrive at Heijderbos for lunch on Saturday.  With 45 people we had a buffet lunch in a dedicated restaurant, and again on Sunday.   We then had time to relax and enjoy the many activities before our first team building event.  Many went to the pool center and enjoyed the water slides and wild water rapids while some relaxed in a sauna.

Our first team building exercise was in the two Escape Rooms which we performed in parallel to the 10 pin bowling.  The two Escape rooms had themes of the Faroes discovering the Egyptian Tomb plus the Great Museum Robbery.  These were great fun for the young and not so young alike and it was great to complete the challenges ahead of the clock.

On Saturday evening we had the jungle dome to ourselves and commenced with BBQing our own dinner at our own pace in the jungle restaurant area and of course a few drinks were also consummed in a very friendly tropical evening.

After a good nights sleep we took breakfast and had time to relax before returning to the action factory for our laser gaming and paintballing activities which ran in parallel.  Since the paintballing required a minimum age of 8 the laser gaming was for the younger kids and parents whereas the big kids really enoyed the paint balling.

Everyone remarked that it was an excellent weekend team building activity and all of the familes and singles too had a great time and got to know everyone better.   This was especially important with all of the new employees in the last year.

Aurora at a glance

Aurora Technology is a space consultancy and services provider combining experience and innovation.

Aurora's core business activity is the provision of support for engineering and scientific services to the Space industry. We provide top-notch profiles to bring in your team the needed experience to successfully help and support your projects.

Our Areas of Activity are Earth observation, telecommunications, navigation constellations, interplanetary and astronomical missions, manned space missions, facility management, education & communication. We have been supporting a large array of missions since 1995.

Aurora is part of the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) Group, who is a leading full-service supplier of state-of-the-art space engineering, satellite and launch services to commercial and institutional customers worldwide. Some of our Group’s customers: Eumetsat, DLR, Airbus, NASA, ASI, Cnes, JAXA, and more…
As part of the Engineering Services Division of SSC, Aurora's main customer is the European Space Agency, with a focus on supporting the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands and the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Spain.

Delivery Models

We know how hard is to find specialists in engineering and scientific domains. That’s why our consultancy services are capable to deliver to your organization the right skill set with 3 different types of Delivery Models: 1) Onsite Support @Client's premises; 2) Onsite Service with Deliverables and KPI; 3) Offsite Service @Aurora Offices.

We can offer a wide range of skillsets, which covers the entire space product development life cycle.
The expertise we can provide in our Service & Support Portfolio spans from Preliminary Phase 0/A (conceptual mission design) to Phase F (mission operations, maintenance, and disposal).

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Aurora is a company based on people as our key of success to be an excellence in the market. We encourage all Aurora employees to reach their full professional potential to enable our customers achieve their best results.

Joining out team, you will work with talented experts, contributing to top-level projects, challenging missions, and innovative technologies in the space industry. We offer exciting work, responsibility, a pleasant environment, and excellent remuneration + benefits.

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