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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YPSat was entirely designed and built by ESA’s Young Professionals group.
In January, the European Space Agency and the European Commission selected five launch companies for a program to provide flight opportunities for new technologies.
A July 2021 agreement gives ISRO access to ESA ground stations for some missions, including Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1, in exchange for ESA access to ISRO tracking stations for some missions.
The European Space Agency expects to select up to three companies for phase one study contracts for its new commercial cargo program, with phase two spacecraft development awards to follow after funding is secured at the 2025 ministerial conference.
The ESA Council received a presentation from S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, at a 2024-03-27 ESA Council meeting.
Any ESA–ISRO cooperative plans that require funding from ESA member states will be included in the package of proposals for the ESA ministerial conference in late 2025.
Luxembourg’s GomSpace oversaw the Juventas CubeSat for ESA and performed spacecraft integration at GomSpace’s head office in Denmark.
The European Space Agency is a partner on NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission and will provide the Earth Return Orbiter and a robotic arm to transfer samples from the Perseverance rover to the lander that will launch them into orbit.
The European Space Agency awarded a 78.4-million-euro contract to GMV to develop key technologies and demonstrate Low-Earth Orbit satellite capabilities for Positioning, Navigation and Timing.
ESA awarded a 78,400,000 EUR contract to GMV to develop key technologies and demonstrate the benefits of LEO satellites for PNT.
TEXUS 59 was launched from Esrange on 2024-02-15 carrying two European Space Agency (ESA) experiments, Safari and T-REX, and one DLR experiment, Topoflame.
A total of five satellites will be developed and placed into orbit under the ESA LEO-PNT contract.
The European Space Agency awarded a 78,4-million-euro contract to GMV to develop key technologies and demonstrate Low-Earth Orbit satellite benefits for Positioning, Navigation and Timing.
Customers of the TEXUS program include the European Space Agency and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) working with research institutes and universities around the world.
GMV will design and develop satellites and payloads under the ESA LEO-PNT contract.
INTEGRASYS will provide capabilities with partner support to comply with ESA requirements for testing IRIS2 multiorbit payloads.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force includes top management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
ESA is the overall procuring entity and launch system architect for the Ariane 6.
Lockheed Martin developed and delivered the ESA demonstration payload from early architecture to a flight-ready product in 24 months.
Firefly Aerospace delivered the ESA spacecraft from Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Colorado to Vandenberg Space Force Base.