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European Space Agency (ESA)

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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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Euclid is an ESA mission to map dark matter and dark energy scheduled to launch in 2022.

PlanValue 3.5Jun 10, 2021ESA selects Venus mission

Ariel is an ESA exoplanet characterization mission scheduled to launch in 2029.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 10, 2021ESA selects Venus mission

Plato is an ESA exoplanet search mission scheduled to launch in 2026.

PlanValue 4.0Jun 10, 2021ESA selects Venus mission

The ESA contract was awarded to OQ TECHNOLOGY following a pan-European tendering process that started in 2020-04-01 under the topic "AGILE NETWORK CONFIGURATION FOR 0.005 kg INTERNET-OF-THINGS SERVICES OVER SATELLITE".

RelationshipsValue 4.5Jun 7, 2021OQ Technology 5G Over Satellite Contract Rec’d From ESA + OQ Awards LEO Satellite Control Center Contract To Leaf Space

OQ TECHNOLOGY will lead a consortium consisting of The SigCom Research Group at the University of Luxembourg and Leaf Space to perform the tasks under the ESA contract.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 7, 2021OQ Technology 5G Over Satellite Contract Rec’d From ESA + OQ Awards LEO Satellite Control Center Contract To Leaf Space

The European Space Agency awarded Arqit a contract in 2019 to co-fund the development of its first QKDSat.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 1, 2021Europe picks EuroQCI satellite quantum communications consortium

A consortium of Belgian companies led by RHEA Group and including SatADSL and ST Engineering iDirect has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop and run an enhanced satellite communications Pooling and Sharing System (PSS).

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6Jun 1, 2021RHEA, SatADSL and ST Engineering iDirect to develop secure satellite communications PSS

The European Space Agency signed a 700-million-euro contract with Airbus Defence and Space on 2021-05-26 for six second-generation Galileo satellites on behalf of the European Commission.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Jun 1, 2021ESA, Airbus sign long-delayed Galileo contract after court ruling

The European Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space signed the six-satellite Galileo contract on 2021-05-26 following the General Court ruling.

RelationshipsLegalValue 4.2Jun 1, 2021ESA, Airbus sign long-delayed Galileo contract after court ruling

Worldfloods is a machine-learning payload developed by the Frontier Development Lab, a partnership led by Trillium Technologies with the University of Oxford and the European Space Agency, designed to detect flooding and quickly transmit flood maps to emergency responders.

CapabilityRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.6Jun 1, 2021D-Orbit unveils third mission for ION Satellite Carrier

The development contract provides oversight from ESA experts and technical integrity for Isotropic Systems’ path to product launch in early 2022.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 31, 2021Isotropic Systems Receives ARTES C&G Development Contract From The ESA

Since June 2019, 26 Member States have signed the EuroQCI Declaration to work together with the European Commission and the European Space Agency towards developing a quantum communication infrastructure covering the whole EU.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0May 31, 2021A consortium of European digital players to design the future EU quantum internet

Isotropic Systems has received a development contract with the European Space Agency implemented through the ARTES Competitiveness & Growth program.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0May 31, 2021Isotropic Systems Receives ARTES C&G Development Contract From The ESA

The UK Space Agency has committed more than €18.5 million to co-fund Isotropic Systems’ ESA ARTES C&G activity.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5May 31, 2021Isotropic Systems Receives ARTES C&G Development Contract From The ESA

The contract to Isotropic Systems was initially awarded in June 2020 through the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 27, 2021Isotropic Systems closing in on multi-orbit antenna offering

The European Union and the European Space Agency are finalizing the Financial Framework Partnership Agreement that governs their roles on joint projects like Copernicus and Galileo with a goal of completing it by 2021-06-22.

LegalPlanValue 3.5May 26, 2021EU sees conflict of interest with Eutelsat’s investment in OneWeb

CloudFerro is executing a contract to provide the European Space Agency’s Long Term Archive system.

RelationshipsValue 4.5May 25, 2021CloudFerro is the provider of cloud services for the archive of the European Space Agency

The UK Space Agency committed over €18.5 million to co-fund the activity implemented through ESA’s ARTES Competitiveness & Growth programme for Isotropic Systems.

FinancialCapabilityGrowthGeneralValue 4.0May 25, 2021ALL.SPACE accelerates product evolution through ARTES Competitiveness & Growth (C&G) development contract awarded by the European Space Agency

The £2.5 million award to Astroscale UK forms part of a larger beam-hopping satellite program totaling more than £32 million granted via the UK Space Agency through the European Space Agency’s Sunrise Program.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0May 25, 2021Astroscale Will Work With OneWeb To Innovate Space Debris Removal

The ESA contract provides ESA expert oversight and technical integrity for Isotropic Systems’ path to product launch in early 2022.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 25, 2021ALL.SPACE accelerates product evolution through ARTES Competitiveness & Growth (C&G) development contract awarded by the European Space Agency
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