Redu is a village in the municipality of Libin

Libin

Libin is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 139.72 km², had 4,655 inhabitants, giving a population density of 33.3 inhabitants per km²....

, in Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Belgium)

Luxembourg is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, France, and the Belgian provinces of Namur and Liège. Its capital is Arlon, in the south-east of the province.It has an area of 4,443 km², making it the largest Belgian province...

 province, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

. The village is twinned with Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye

Hay-on-Wye , often described as "the town of books", is a small market town and community in Powys, Wales.-Location:The town lies on the east bank of the River Wye and is within the Brecon Beacons National Park, just north of the Black Mountains...

 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and it is one of the very first book town

Book town

A book town is a town or village with a large number of second-hand or antiquarian book shops. These shops, and sometimes also literary festivals, attract bibliophile tourists to them...

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The ESTRACK

ESTRACK

The European Space Operations Centre operates a number of ground-based space-tracking stations for the European Space Agency known as the European Space Tracking network. The stations support various ESA spacecraft and facilitate communications between ground operators and scientific probes such...

 Redu Station

Redu Station

Redu Station is an ESTRACK radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft. The station is located about one kilometre away from the village of Redu, Belgium. The ground terminals provide tracking capabilities in C-band, L-band, S-band, Ku band, and Ka band as well as provide in-orbit tests...

 for the European Space Agency

European Space Agency

The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 18 member states...

 is located about a kilometre away.

It has also a theme park in the nearby village of Transinne, one of the few in Europe devoted to space and astronautics, Euro Space Center

Euro Space Center

Euro Space Center is an educational tourist attraction located in Transinne, Belgium, near Redu, devoted to space and astronautics. The centre includes simulators of space flight and micro-gravity...

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External links

• Redu village website (French only)
• Euro Space Center