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 acknowledged on 2023-08-08 that the first flight of the Ariane 6 will not occur in 2023.
ESA contracted a Falcon 9 launch from SpaceX for the Hera asteroid mission in 2024.
ESA and the European Commission are considering using Falcon 9 to launch Galileo navigation satellites.
JoeySat was developed under the Sunrise Partnership Project between the European Space Agency and telecommunications operator OneWeb with support from the UK Space Agency.
JoeySat was launched exactly two years after the European Space Agency and OneWeb signed the contract to collaborate on the satellite’s creation.
The joint venture to develop Starlab will be US-led and will include a European joint venture subsidiary to directly serve the European Space Agency and its member state space agencies.
The xSPANCION project is structured as a Public Private Partnership involving AAC Clyde Space, Bright Ascension, the University of Strathclyde, D-Orbit UK, Alden Legal UK, the Satellite Applications Catapult, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency.
Satcom Direct Avionics, the Canadian hardware manufacturing division of Satcom Direct, will work with OneWeb to develop the SD Modem Unit for the ESA terminal.
The project is co-funded by the UK Space Agency with EUR 9.9 million, approximately SEK 113.4 million, through ESA's Pioneer Partnership Projects.
The UK Space Agency will co-fund the project with EUR 4.5 million, approximately SEK 51.7 million, through the ESA Pioneer Partnership Projects.
Aeolus was launched in 2018 as an ESA Earth Explorer research mission to profile Earth’s winds.
ELSA-m is being built by Astroscale’s U.K. subsidiary and is supported by funds from the European Space Agency, the UK Space Agency, and U.K.-based OneWeb.
The UK Space Agency, through the ESA Pioneer Partnership Projects, will co-fund AAC Clyde Space Group’s investments in the xSPANCION project with 4.5 million (approx. SEK 51.7 million).
SOLARIS was supported at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council in November 2022.
The European Space Agency awarded Spire Global a €16 million phased contract for the EURIALO project.
Representatives of ESA, Ariane 6 prime contractor ArianeGroup, and launch base prime contractor and test conductor CNES completed important objectives for system qualification during the July exercises.
A Spire Global-led consortium won European Space Agency funding to develop a satellite to demonstrate a civil aviation tracking constellation independent of GNSS.
Spire received a 16,000,000 EUR ($18,000,000) ESA contract announced 2023-07-25 to design an aviation surveillance system called Eurialo.
Spire plans to open an office in Munich, Germany as part of the ESA contract after recently establishing a German subsidiary.
SmartSat and ESA Φ-lab identified collaboration between researchers at the Queensland University of Technology and Φ-lab to develop advanced AI capabilities using hyperspectral satellite imagery.