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European Space Agency (ESA)

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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 project aims to train software from German technology firm Marple to use imagery from ESA satellites, mainly two polar-orbiting Sentinel-2 spacecraft, to detect cotton fields across India and automatically classify them by their cultivation method.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 7, 2023ESA launches AI project to monitor organic cotton supplies

The European Space Agency launched a demonstration project on 2023-06-06 to show how artificial intelligence could use satellite data to help certify organic cotton farms in India to prevent fraud.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 7, 2023ESA launches AI project to monitor organic cotton supplies

Beyond Gravity delivered GNSS receiver flight models for the SWARM mission operated by ESA.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 7, 2023Beyond Gravity Introduces New Multi-Constellation GNSS Receiver for Satellites

INTEGRASYS completed the MOBISAT project under the European Space Agency’s ARTES Core Competitiveness program with support from the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation (CDTI) in Spain.

GeneralFinancialValue 4.0Jun 6, 2023INTEGRASYS develops MOBISAT + completes ESA’s ARTES program project

ESA leads the design and development of Galileo space and ground systems and procures Galileo launches.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 3.5Jun 5, 2023Galileo's Second Generation Satellite Navigation System Enters Full Development Phase

Hughes is a worldwide OneWeb distributor launching new LEO in-flight connectivity solutions powered by the company’s electronically steered antenna (ESA).

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.5Jun 5, 2023Hughes launches OneWeb LEO in-flight solutions + garners a OneWeb partnership

Following the European Navigation Conference opening session, ESA Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto invited Thales Alenia Space (Italy), Airbus Defence and Space (Germany) and Thales Six GTS (France) to sign contracts commencing System Engineering Support for Galileo Second Generation.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 5, 2023Galileo's Second Generation Satellite Navigation System Enters Full Development Phase

ESA Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto invited Thales Alenia Space (Italy), Airbus Defence and Space (Germany), and Thales Six GTS (France) to sign contracts to initiate System Engineering Support for Galileo Second Generation.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 4, 2023Galileo Second Generation enters full development phase

ESA selected CubeMAP as the first Scout mission in December 2020.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.6Jun 4, 2023ESA’s CubeMAP mission development terminated

EAGLE-1 is developed by a consortium of 20 European organizations led by SES and funded in part by the European Space Agency and the European Commission.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jun 2, 2023ID Quantique Joins European Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) Initiative

The Eurostar Neo platform was developed under the European Space Agency’s Partnership Projects together with the French space agency CNES and with strong support from the UK Space Agency and other European agencies.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.6May 29, 2023Arabsat launches Badr-8 Satellite in partnership with Airbus and SpaceX

QuadSAT has worked with major companies including SES, OneWeb, and the European Space Agency.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.0May 29, 2023QuadSAT completes large antenna testing mission with Telespazio

Previous winners of the T.S. Kelso Award include Dr. Holger Krag of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Dr. T.S. Kelso.

GeneralGovernanceValue 1.5May 25, 2023Ready to nominate Space Data Association’s 2023 T.S Kelso Award

JoeySat was developed under a £32 million grant from the UK Space Agency via the Sunrise Partnership between the European Space Agency and OneWeb.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0May 24, 2023OneWeb's JoeySat Satellite Successfully Deploys SatixFy's State-of-the-Art Fully Digital Beam-Hopping Payload

Macau Science Satellite 1A and 1B will provide complementary observations to ESA’s Swarm satellites and the Sino-Italian seismo-electromagnetic satellite Zhangheng-1.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.2May 22, 2023China launches new science probes, SAR sat and replacement Beidou satellite

In 2019, ESA selected ClearSpace from a field of more than a dozen candidates to lead the first mission to remove an ESA-owned item from orbit.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 21, 2023ClearSpace to launch the first active debris removal mission with Arianespace Vega C

SatixFy of Israel built JoeySat’s payload with support from the European Space Agency and the UK Space Agency for assembly by Airbus OneWeb Satellites.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 20, 2023SpaceX launches OneWeb Gen 2 technology demonstrator

The European Space Agency is investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop space autonomous navigation systems and identifies those technologies as key for future space exploration.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0May 17, 2023Space Autonomous Navigation Systems Market worth million$$$ by 2033

The ESA contract to SSC will support the implementation, testing, and demonstration of an optical network during 2023-2025, including the commissioning of a second optical ground station in the network.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6May 16, 2023SSC Awarded 2.26M€ Contract by European Space Agency for NODES Project

SSC has been awarded a €2.26M contract by the European Space Agency under the ARTES Scylight programme with support from the Swedish National Space Agency for the second phase of the NODES project.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.5May 16, 2023SSC Awarded 2.26M€ Contract by European Space Agency for NODES Project
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