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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ESA established communication with Sentinel-1C at 00:12 CET confirming the satellite was safely in orbit.
The European Space Agency launched the Proba-3 mission from India.
The Proba-3 mission has a total mass of 550 kg and is led by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Proba-3 involves more than 40 companies from 14 ESA member states and required more than a decade of development.
In January, the European Investment Bank partnered with the European Commission and the European Space Agency to improve access to financing for space companies in the region.
The European Space Agency is introducing a new structure called 'Fair Return' that will allow a business or consortium that wins an ESA contract to choose how the contract's value is spent.
The European Space Agency places around 1,600 contracts each year worth a reported $6,300,000,000.
SpaceX has conducted five Falcon 9 launches for the European Space Agency and the European Commission since July 2023.
ESA's Zero Debris Charter and the UK's Astra Carta aim to encourage sustainable practices in space.
Exolaunch integrated and deployed 83 satellites into orbit across Bandwagon-1, Transporter-10, and Transporter-11 rideshare missions with SpaceX in 2024 and two dedicated missions with Rocket Lab and ESA’s Ariane 6 maiden flight.
Open Cosmos is part of a consortium led by TESAT that was selected by ESA in October to develop a 16U cubesat to test 0.006 kg communications technologies in low Earth orbit.
ESA selected NanoMagSat alongside Tango as the latest missions in its Scout line within the Earth Explorer program earlier in 2023.
The UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency have provided around $35,000,000 in funds for the ELSA-M mission.
The contract for the NanoMagSat mission was formally signed during the ESA Earth Observation Commercialisation Forum on 2024-11-27.
A successful hot gas test of a 3D-printed aerospike engine was conducted under a project funded by the European Space Agency.
ESA and the European Commission used SpaceX to launch several science and navigation spacecraft since last year during a period described as a launcher crisis in Europe.
The European Space Agency changed EnVision’s launch vehicle from an Ariane 62 to an Ariane 64 to reduce the time the spacecraft spends in aerobraking at Venus.
The European Space Agency and JAXA will examine opportunities for cooperation and collaboration across a range of space projects, including lunar exploration.
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed a joint statement on 2024-11-20, in Tsukuba, Japan.
The RAMSES mission requires full approval at the next ESA ministerial meeting in late 2025, and preliminary work is already underway.