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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ESA is seeking €18.7 billion from member states at its ministerial council in November, a roughly 25% increase in funding.
ESA developed and qualified Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and procured the launch service from Arianespace.
Under an international collaboration agreement, ESA provided the James Webb Space Telescope’s launch service using the Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
ESA provided 50% of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for the James Webb Space Telescope, and MIRI was designed and built by a consortium of nationally funded European institutes in partnership with JPL and the University of Arizona.
ESA will seek member-state subscriptions at the ministerial to support the initial development of the European Large Logistics Lander (EL3), also known as Argonaut.
ESA is seeking 380,000,000 EUR for lunar robotic activities in general, with the majority of that funding earmarked for EL3 and intended to put the program on track for a first mission in 2030.
Grasp stands for Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties and was founded in 2015 to provide software and remote-sensing services primarily to the European Space Agency and Eumetsat.
The European Space Agency is finalizing a package of programs to ask its member states to support at a ministerial council meeting on 2022-11-22-23, 2023.
In September, ESA will request 18,700,000,000 EUR over three years at the ministerial, an increase of more than 25% from the 2019 ministerial.
ESA will seek funding for a Block 2 upgrade of Ariane 6 to increase payload performance and for a separate program to transition Ariane 6 into high-rate production.
ESA members will make formal funding commitments for ESA programs at the two-day ministerial meeting in Paris on 2022-11-22-23, 2023.
ESA leaders finalized proposals and related documents for the 2022-11-22-23 ministerial meeting where the agency will seek funding commitments from its member states.
The Eurostar Neo platform was developed under an ESA Partnership Project with Airbus.
ESA studied whether the Rosalind Franklin rover would still be scientifically useful if ExoMars launches in 2028 and arrives at Mars in 2030.
ESA and the European Union need to resume launches of Galileo satellites in late 2023 or early 2024 to keep the navigation constellation at full strength.
Swedish Space Corporation signed an agreement with the European Space Agency for data reception support of the Biomass satellite.
ESA will seek support for a Block 2 upgrade for Ariane 6 that includes a larger P120+ solid rocket motor for the vehicle’s strap-on boosters and improvements to the Vinci upper-stage engine.
The European Space Agency delayed the first flight of the Ariane 6 launch vehicle to the fourth quarter of 2023.
ESA will seek 600,000,000 EUR for a transition program to support increased production of Ariane 6 as it enters commercial service.
A new report revealed that every £1 invested in the European Space Agency provides an £11.80 return for the UK economy.