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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In 2022, ESA announced that Sentinel-1C would launch on Vega C in 2023.
In return for its contributions, ESA will receive access to 10% of the data generated by Einstein Probe’s observations.
The European Space Agency will receive access to 10% of the data generated by the Einstein Probe in return for its mission contributions.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been operating at L1 since 1995 and is a joint project of ESA and NASA.
The European Space Agency launched one science mission on Falcon 9 in 2023 with additional Falcon 9 launches planned for 2024.
The European Space Agency committed to providing up to 340 million euros a year to support production of 27 Ariane 6 vehicles.
The Luxembourg Space Agency is funding the contract through the Luxembourg National Space Program LuxIMPULSE and the contract is being implemented through ESA.
ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg signed a contract valued at 1,500,000 EUR for continued development of GomSpace’s HOOP mission control system.
The contract between ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg will be implemented from January 2024 until November 2025.
ESA has introduced a palm-size pinhole propulsion system for satellites.
ATHENA (Adaptable THruster based on Electrospray powered by Nanotechnology) is one of three electrospray propulsion systems currently being developed by ESA.
The European Space Agency will receive access to 10% of the data generated by Einstein Probe’s observations in return for contributing to the mission development and definition of scientific goals.
ESA participated in the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), led by JAXA in collaboration with NASA, which launched in summer 2023.
Development of ATHENA has been supported through ESA's General Support Technology Programme.
ATHENA is one of three systems currently being developed by ESA to harness electrospray propulsion for space.
IENAI Space in Spain is developing the electrospray technology for the European Space Agency (ESA).
ESA set a launch period of 2023-06-15 to 2023-07-31 for the first Ariane 6 on 2023-11-30.
The European Space Agency completed a combined test loading called CTLO3 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana on 2023-12-15.
ESA plans tests at the end of January 2024 of the disconnection system for umbilicals at the Ariane 6 launch pad used for fueling the rocket.
Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA director of space transportation, holds that there are no signs the HFT-4 abort will delay the Ariane 6 inaugural flight.