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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Thales Alenia Space recently began two ESA-funded HydRON-related projects to develop laser-based satellite communication capabilities.
Satellite Vu has received two grants from the UK Space Agency and one grant from the European Space Agency.
The European Space Agency will establish a committee with representatives from inside and outside the space industry to develop options for a European human space exploration program.
A high-level advisory group on human space exploration for Europe will be established and will report progress to the next ESA Council of Ministers in November 2022.
ArianeGroup is ESA’s prime contractor developing the Ariane 6 rocket and the ASTRIS Kick Stage.
In July, ArianeGroup was awarded a €90 million contract by the European Space Agency for the ASTRIS Kick Stage program.
PTS, a Berlin-based aerospace company, was selected by the European Space Agency to fly the company’s Curium One mission on the Ariane 6 maiden flight as early as 2022.
The call will fund UK-based academic researchers who have already secured facility access to microgravity and space environment research platforms, with priority awarded to those who have secure access through the ESA SciSpacE Programme.
HE Space has been awarded a multi-million Euro contract by the European Space Agency to deliver a new flagship climate coordination office.
ESA hosting the new CMIP office aligns with ESA’s long-term strategic commitment to provide high-quality observation-based climate data records to support the modelling community.
The European Space Agency plans to host an international office to coordinate global climate modeling efforts for at least five years.
The European Space Agency announced the hosting plans on 2022-02-09.
Kongsberg Satellite Services is designing a ground network for lunar data relay satellites as part of a consortium led by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. under the European Space Agency Moonlight Initiative.
ESA’s ScyLight program supports the research, development, and evolution of optical communication technologies and provides flight opportunities for on-orbit verification.
ESA’s High Throughput Optical Network (HydRON) program is creating a space-enabled optical network intended to provide connectivity in remote locations.
Mynaric was awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to analyze, design, build, and test on a laboratory model an end-to-end optical communication system capable of 1 Terabit per second (Tbps) data transmission speeds.
The European Space Agency estimates there are more than 9,800,000 kg of space debris, including an estimated 2,840 defunct satellites.
The European Space Agency estimates there are more than 9,800,000 kg of space debris, including an estimated 2,840 defunct satellites.
Alba Orbital, in partnership with the European Space Agency, developed a flight-proven 3p PocketQube platform called Unicorn-2.
Antonio Franchi is Head of 0.005 kg, 0.006 kg and IoT Strategic Programme at the European Space Agency (ESA) and served on the MSUA 2022 Satellite Mobile Innovations judges panel.