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 Galileo navigation system was created by the European Union through the European Space Agency and is operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Program.
The European Navigation System Galileo is created by the European Union through the European Space Agency and operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Program.
SSTL took over operations of GIOVE-A from ESA in 2012.
SSTL designed, built, and tested GIOVE-A in 30 months for the European Space Agency (ESA).
GIOVE-A completed its original mission for ESA in 2008.
Isotropic Systems has joined the CGI-led consortium selected by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency to develop a demonstration of a hybrid satellite communications and terrestrial network for use on trains.
NASA, working in conjunction with the European Space Agency and Arianespace, moved JWST’s launch on an Ariane 5 from 2021-12-18 to no earlier than 2021-12-22 to perform additional testing of the spacecraft after the incident.
ArianeGroup is developing Prometheus, a low-cost oxygen-methane reusable engine, under a contract with ESA.
ESA’s Council of Ministers approved a resolution at its Intermediate Ministerial Meeting on 2021-11-19.
ESA awarded study contracts in the Moonlight Initiative to two consortia led by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and Telespazio.
MoonLIGHT, supplied by the European Space Agency, is a laser retroreflector included on the IM-3 payload complement.
CGI has been selected by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency to develop a demonstration of a hybrid satellite communications and terrestrial network for use on trains.
ALL.SPACE has joined a CGI-led consortium selected by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency to develop a demonstration of a hybrid satellite communications and terrestrial network for use on trains.
HORIBA MIRA and GMV NSL are collaborating to develop new and improved passenger car platooning solutions on behalf of the European Space Agency.
The Outage Prediction Algorithm was developed from ESA-funded research into atmospheric attenuation of Ka-band and Q/V-band satellite links conducted across Europe over several years.
Endurance delivered the four astronauts of the Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station: NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.
Launches of a NASA-led rover and an ESA rover to pick up Perseverance samples and an ESA-led orbiter for return to Earth are planned to launch no earlier than 2026 with samples returning in 2031.
ESA’s Climate Change Initiative Biomass produced a continental-to-global biomass map for 2020 at 100-meter resolution.
The ForgeStar returnable service has been awarded a two-year, €2 million contract through the European Space Agency’s Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services Program supported by the UK Space Agency.
ESA’s OPS-SAT cubesat can support hundreds of different software applications, including 10 to 20 with immediate commercial use cases.