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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Antonio Franchi is Head of the 0.005 kg/0.006 kg Non-Terrestrial Network Programme Office at the European Space Agency.
NanoMagSat follows ESA’s Swarm Earth Explorer mission, which was launched in 2013.
Flawless Photonics built a machine for manufacturing optical fiber in space with funding from the European Space Agency and the Luxembourg Space Agency.
The Exploration Company’s latest test campaign took place with cooperation and support from DLR-Institut für Raumfahrtantriebe, Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), and the European Space Agency (ESA).
ESA decommissioned ERS-2 in 2011 due to concerns about space debris.
The European Space Agency partnered with architectural firm Hassell to design a conceptual long-term lunar base.
ISISPACE will provide scientific data as a service to the European Space Agency using Dutch instrumentation on its small satellites.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the inaugural launch of Ariane 6 between 15 June and 31 July 2024.
PLD Space has signed a Boost! contract with the European Space Agency to develop a payload accommodation system for the MIURA 5 launcher.
The European Space Agency issued an update on 2024-02-20 predicting ERS-2 will reenter at 11:32 a.m. Eastern with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.61 hours.
For future missions, ESA’s target is to achieve zero-debris by 2030 onwards.
When ESA ended ERS-2 operations in 2011, it used the remaining propellant to lower the spacecraft’s orbit from 785 km to 573 km and passivated onboard systems such as batteries to prevent a debris-generating explosion.
ESA published a new orbital debris mitigation policy in November that reduces the post-mission disposal timeframe from 25 years to 5 years.
PLD Space signed a Boost! contract with the European Space Agency for the development of a payload accommodation system on MIURA 5 worth 1,300,000 EUR in collaboration with OCCAM Space.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of IRAS 16562-3959 using its Wide Field Camera 3.
ISRO plans to launch the European Space Agency’s Proba-3 dual coronagraph and occulter technology demonstration spacecraft later in 2024.
Sener has been chosen by the European Space Agency and Airbus UK to carry out the design and prototyping of a critical payload element for the TRUTHS mission.
Pony Express 2 follows Lockheed Martin self-funded technology demonstrators that include an Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) Payload, LM LINUSS™, and Pony Express 1.
Since emerging from stealth, Aalyria has received awards from and developed partnerships with the Defense Innovation Unit, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Comtech, the European Space Agency, Telesat, Intelsat, Airbus, and Rivada Space.