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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The European Space Agency is collaborating with SWISSto12, which is leading a European consortium for the HummingSat project.
Kayrros’ public methane tracking platform uses data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P satellite and a sensor on the International Space Station to provide daily snapshots of methane.
HummingSat is a range of satellites developed under an ARTES Partnership Project between the European Space Agency and SWISSto12.
TEKEVER signed a €3.2 million contract to provide GAMALINK for the European Space Agency’s Comet Interceptor mission.
ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup are targeting the first launch of Ariane 6 between mid-June and the end of July 2024.
The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of management from ESA, CNES, ArianeGroup, and Arianespace.
As part of ESA’s InCubed program, a project equipped a Spire satellite with a Polarimetric Radio Occultation (PRO) demonstration sensor to detect and characterize precipitation using L-band GNSS signals.
An ESA-sponsored LEMUR spacecraft with a PRO payload launched on 3 January 2023 and collected several months of PRO measurements.
Josef Aschbacher is the director general of ESA.
ESA needs to clarify how it organizes the proposed competition for launch vehicles.
The Comet Interceptor mission of the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch in 2029.
ESA members decided to open the door to other launch vehicles and agreed to a competition program for government missions starting later in the decade.
The contract signing for the HummingSat Partnership Project took place on 2023-11-16 at the ESA Headquarters in Paris during a meeting of ESA’s Joint Board on Communication Satellite Programs.
ESA will provide up to 340 million euros annually for Ariane 6 and 21 million euros annually for Vega C.
Géraldine Naja is ESA’s director of commercialization, industry, and procurement.
ESA plans to develop details regarding the proposed competition in 2024.
ESA’s geographic return policy guarantees contracts to member states in proportion to their contributions.
ESA members agreed to a new launch strategy at the European Space Summit in Seville to provide near-term support for Ariane 6 and Vega C.
EIRSAT-1 was built by students at University College Dublin under the guidance of ESA’s Education Office.
Open Cosmos launched the MANTIS satellite, which was developed with support from the European Space Agency and co-funded by the UK Space Agency.