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 Crew-3 mission is launching 2021-10-30 with NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron and ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer.
Participants in Kuva Space’s seed funding round announced 2021-10-05 are Voima Ventures, Nordic FoodTech Venture Capital, the European Space Agency InCubed program, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
Kuva Space supplied the cubesat that housed a W-band radio transmitter for a European Space Agency mission launched in June.
The European Space Agency’s GOCE spacecraft remained at altitudes of 240 to 280 km from 2009 to 2013 using xenon-fueled electric thrusters.
OHB Sweden selected AAC Clyde Space to deliver core avionics worth approximately 797 kEUR (approx. 8.2 MSEK) to ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite.
The study of 0.005 kg and beyond-0.005 kg services over space-based infrastructure is funded by the European Space Agency.
Space Forge was awarded a two-year contract through the European Space Agency’s Boost! Commercial Space Transportation Services Program worth €2 million.
The ESA HERA mission is set to be launched in 2024.
GomSpace Luxembourg s.a.r.l. and OHB signed a contract for the Inter Satellite Link system for the ESA HERA mission to be delivered in June 2022.
Astroscale seeks partnership with the UK Ministry of Defence, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency to support space sustainability goals.
The Ariane 6 program is funded and developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).
ESA signed a contract with CNES worth 600,000,000 EUR for the development of the Ariane 6 launch base in 2015.
RUAG Space received its first order for satellite thermal protection at the start of 1991 for the ESA/NASA SOHO solar observatory.
The contracts between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and ArianeGroup are managed and funded by the European Space Agency.
The UK branch of D-Orbit signed a €2,197M contract with the European Space Agency for phase 1 of the development and in-orbit demonstration of a Deorbit Kit under ESA’s Space Safety Program (S2P).
Crew-3 is scheduled to launch on 2021-10-31 carrying astronauts for NASA and the European Space Agency.
The European Space Agency is flying a navigation payload on Lunar Pathfinder to test the ability to use GPS and Galileo signals around the Moon.
The European Space Agency plans to start seeking industry proposals for the Moonlight program in about a year, contingent on Moonlight study results and member-state interest, and to seek funding at the ESA ministerial meeting in late 2022.
Officials from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. and the European Space Agency signed the Lunar Pathfinder agreement on 2021-09-15.
Demo-2, Crew-1, and Crew-2 missions featured astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency on missions to the International Space Station.