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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NASA and ESA signed the cooperation agreement on 2024-05-16 at ESA’s Paris headquarters.
NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Nicky Fox and ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander signed the agreement on the Rosalind Franklin mission at ESA headquarters in Paris, France on 2024-05-16.
NASA and the European Space Agency signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.
The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover is an ESA-led mission scheduled to launch in 2028.
AcubeSAT is a team participating in the Fly Your Satellite! program, an initiative by ESA that supports university students in satellite projects.
Neither ArianeGroup nor the European Space Agency have announced a specific launch date for Ariane 6's inaugural flight.
SWISSto12 manufactures the HummingSat geostationary telecommunications satellite developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency through its public–private partnership program.
HummingSat is a geostationary telecommunications satellite developed by SWISSto12 in collaboration with the European Space Agency through a public-private-partnership program.
ESA signed a launch contract on 2024-04-30 with Arianespace for Vega C to launch the SMILE mission into a highly elliptical orbit in late 2025.
ESRIC collaborated with ESA to launch the first Space Resources Challenge to encourage innovative technology solutions for prospecting resources on the Moon.
Thirty-eight Galileo satellites have been developed and tested by ESA and European industry for the EU’s Galileo programme since its conception.
ESTEC is the European Space Agency’s technical centre and is ESA’s largest centre where around 2,500 technicians, engineers, and researchers work on space technology development and spacecraft design.
Former QinetiQ Space is working with Thales Alenia Space on SkimSat, a VLEO platform for Earth-observation applications funded by the European Space Agency.
ESA, as Galileo’s design authority and system development prime, is working with European industry to develop the G2 satellites.
ESA set a target launch period for the Ariane 6’s debut between mid-June and late July 2024.
ESA has not provided an update on the Ariane 6 launch date since the April 26 joint update.
The first flight of the Ariane 6 has a 47% chance of not succeeding, according to ESA’s director general Josef Aschbacher.
ESA aims to return the Vega C vehicle to flight by the end of 2023 after fixing problems with its solid-fuel second stage motor.
In the coming weeks, ESA will launch its EarthCARE spacecraft on a Falcon 9 and its Hera asteroid mission this fall on another Falcon 9.
The European Space Agency and European Commission launched the latest two Galileo navigation satellites on April 28.