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 estimates more than 130 million objects ranging in size from 0.001 m are currently untrackable.
The bulk of ClearSpace’s funding comes from ClearSpace-1, a 110 million-euro space debris removal mission secured from the European Space Agency in 2020.
ESA members agreed to contribute €16.923 billion over the next three years at the Ministerial Conference, a 16.6% increase from the 2019 ministerial, with Switzerland contributing 3.7%.
The HummingSat Partnership Project between SWISSto12 and the European Space Agency received fresh subscriptions in excess of €30 million at the ESA Ministerial Conference at the end of November.
Themis is a reusable launch vehicle demonstrator being developed by ArianeGroup with support from the European Space Agency to test vertical takeoff and landing technologies.
The Start Me Up manifest included DOVER, developed by RHEA Group and built by Open Cosmos as a pathfinder smallsat for resilient global navigation systems co-funded through ESA’s NAVISP.
The IPAS project is part-funded by the European Space Agency with €500,000 of match funding.
The 16.9 billion-euro ESA budget for the next three years represents a 16.6% increase over the three-year budget set in 2019 before accounting for inflation.
In September, the European Space Agency selected SES to lead development of Eagle-1, a satellite intended to demonstrate quantum encryption technology that could support IRIS².
The collaboration between ESA BIC and Euroconsult will begin immediately, with the first webinar scheduled for 19th January.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is moving towards an enterprise ground system and increasing its reliance on the private sector.
Each ESA BIC is managed locally, connecting to private industry, academia, research institutions, and investment communities.
ESA BICs, launched in 2003, are the largest network of space incubators in Europe, with over 25 centres established in approximately 80 locations across ESA Member States.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher emphasized that the partnership with Euroconsult supports space commercialization and high-potential space start-ups.
ESA has created a reference architecture based on common mission needs instead of developing discrete ground systems for each mission.
Euroconsult has signed a letter of intent to provide insights and connections for space start-ups incubated by ESA Business Incubation Centres (ESA BICs).
Arianespace and the European Space Agency jointly opened an investigation into the Vega C malfunction that occurred on 2022-12-20.
The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a letter of intent to enhance support for space start-ups through market analysis and networking opportunities.
More than 1200 companies have graduated from the ESA BIC programme as alumni.
ESA's approach allows the availability of infrastructure products to European industry for programs not funded by ESA.