Agence spatiale européenne
The European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to space exploration, with 22 member states. Founded in 1975, ESA shapes Europe's space capabilities, ensuring investments in space deliver benefits to European citizens, working across the entire space sector. ESA develops and operates Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications, and astronomy satellites and sends probes to explore the solar system, partnering with agencies like NASA, JAXA and commercial partners like Airbus. Key programs include the development of launch vehicles like Ariane and Vega, the Galileo satellite navigation system, and missions like Rosetta and BepiColombo.
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The European Space Agency has used artificial eclipses for years through missions including SOHO, Solar Orbiter, and Proba-3.
Australia is continuing negotiations toward a treaty-level cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency.
Australia is negotiating a treaty-level cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency.
ESA selected deltaVision to supply more than 50 components for the Argonaut lunar lander.
MDA Space Ltd.’s United Kingdom division secured a Pre-Authorization to Proceed contract from OHB System AG to supply lunar landing sensors for the European Space Agency’s Argonaut spacecraft.
MDA Space UK will deliver two flight units of its LEIA sensor for the inaugural Argonaut mission to the Moon under the anticipated full contract.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for Argonaut’s lunar descent element.
MTG-I2 was developed through a long-standing partnership between ESA and EUMETSAT.
ESA has transported the FLEX satellite and the Sentinel-3C spacecraft to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
ESA plans to launch FLEX and Sentinel-3C on Vega-C in September 2026.
The International Space University plans to revise its financing model to reduce dependence on ESA, CNES, and NASA.
The new ESA center in Warsaw will focus on civil security and resilience.
The Warsaw ESA center will be the first ESA facility located outside the ten countries that signed the agency’s 1975 founding convention.
One of CIRA’s Farnborough International Airshow 2026 exhibits is the Body Flap, one of the two control surfaces of ESA’s reusable Space Rider spacecraft.
At the CM25 ministerial council in Bremen in November 2025, Poland committed to contribute 731 million euros to ESA mission execution.
Space Rider is an ESA reusable spaceplane with Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor.
Poland joined the ESA in 2012.
Poland and the European Space Agency will open a new ESA center in Warsaw.
The first pre-operational activities at the Warsaw ESA center are planned to begin in 2027.
The Warsaw ESA center will work in a complementary way with the European Space Security and Education Centre in Belgium.