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 decided in 2021 to fly the LandCam-X camera on a commercial mission to test the camera in real conditions.
The Eagle-1 project is co-funded by the European Space Agency under its ARTES program with contributions from Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Czech Republic.
The European Space Agency tasked an SES-led consortium to develop a satellite and begin operating it in 2024 to validate quantum key distribution technology.
CAES won multiple contracts with the European Space Agency to develop the GR765 System-on-Chip (SOC).
ESA selected Lunar Logistics Services and Astrobotic in early 2022 after a competitive tender to embark LandCam-X on Astrobotic’s mission planned for 2024.
Elodie Viau, Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications at ESA, attended the GR765 contract signing at IAC on 2022-09-22.
On 2022-09-22 at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress in Paris, Astrobotic and Lunar Logistics Services were selected by the European Space Agency to fly the LandCam-X landing sensor camera to the Moon in 2024 on Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One.
Rocket Factory Augsburg AG signed a contract with the European Space Agency under Boost! — ESA’s Commercial Space Transportation Services and Support program.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher framed a 25% budget increase as necessary for Europe to keep pace with rising budgets in the United States and China.
The European Space Agency will request more than 18,000,000,000 EUR from its member states to fund existing programs and new initiatives for the next three years.
Part of France’s planned increase in space funding will be directed toward France’s contribution to the European Space Agency ahead of ESA’s November ministerial meeting.
The prize from the DLR microlauncher competition is worth 11,000,000 EUR and will be implemented via ESA’s Boost! program.
After the 2022-09-07 launch of Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS, three Ariane 5 launches remain, two carrying communications satellites and one carrying the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission for the European Space Agency.
The European Space Agency and other Ariane 6 partners will provide an update later 2022-09 on the status of Ariane 6 development.
The Airbus Eurostar Neo platform was developed under the European Space Agency Partnership Projects together with the French space agency CNES.
The European Space Agency will request 18,700,000,000 EUR from its member states at the November ministerial meeting.
The Space19+ ministerial meeting in November 2019 secured €14.5 billion for the European Space Agency.
Astrocast partnered with Airbus, CEA/LETI, and ESA to develop the Astronode S module.
Syrlinks works with clients and partners including Airbus, OneWeb, CNES, the European Space Agency, Thales Alenia Space, and Hemeria.
Konnect VHTS features new antenna deployment and pointing mechanisms used within the antenna tracking system, next-generation batteries, and new structural panels developed under the ESA Partnership Project.