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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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Perseverance will study Mars' past habitability and cache samples for return to Earth by two NASA and ESA missions scheduled to launch no earlier than 2026.

PlanGrowthGeneralValue 4.0Feb 9, 2021Hope enters orbit around Mars

Ariane 6 is a program managed and funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).

GovernanceValue 3.0Feb 8, 2021Ariane 6 Departs to Begin Hot Fire Testing

The European Space Agency supplies service modules for NASA’s Orion spacecraft as part of an arrangement exchanging hardware for access to the International Space Station and future Artemis missions.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 4, 2021Airbus awarded €650 million contract to build three more Orion service modules

The European Space Agency signed a €650 million ($790,000,000) contract with Airbus Space and Defence to produce three additional service modules for NASA’s Orion crewed spacecraft.

RelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 5.0Feb 4, 2021Airbus awarded €650 million contract to build three more Orion service modules

Alba Orbital developed a PocketQube satellite platform known as Unicorn-2 in partnership with the European Space Agency.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 1, 2021New Light Technologies and Alba Orbital partner to offer low-cost high resolution nighttime light data

The LuxIMPULSE programme is managed by the Luxembourg Space Agency and implemented by the European Space Agency.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 1, 2021Orbitare selects Spire’s Orbital Service to launch their innovative IP communications service

Alba Orbital developed a PocketQube satellite platform in partnership with the European Space Agency.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 29, 2021New Light Technologies partners with Alba Orbital to provide innovative solutions and services

The tender procedure for the 12 second-generation Galileo satellites was run by the European Space Agency by delegation from the European Commission.

LegalGeneralValue 2.2Jan 26, 2021Contracts for EUR €1.47 Billion Go to Aerospace Giants for Galileo’s Second Gen Satellites

In 2017, Open Cosmos was selected by the European Space Agency as Europe’s first nanosatellite Space Mission Provider under the Pioneer program.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jan 26, 2021More Than 20 Spanish Companies Join Forces to Promote a Constellation of 30 Earth Observation Satellites

Open Cosmos has led space missions with the United Kingdom Space Agency and the European Space Agency, which have funded some of its projects.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 3.8Jan 26, 2021More Than 20 Spanish Companies Join Forces to Promote a Constellation of 30 Earth Observation Satellites

The European Space Agency estimates nearly 1 million pieces of debris measuring between 1 and 0.1 m are threatening satellites and spacecraft.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.5Jan 25, 2021Program Initiated To Make Space Exploration More Sustainable

Hiber worked with Dawn Aerospace and Hyperion Technologies under support from the European Space Agency and the Netherlands Space Office via the ARTES program.

RelationshipsLegalValue 3.4Jan 24, 2021Hiber’s Green Propulsion Smallsat, Hiber Four, Launched Via The SpaceX Transporter-1 Mission

ESA provides technical oversight for the EU’s Copernicus program and provides some funding for Copernicus.

GeneralRelationshipsFinancialValue 3.2Jan 22, 2021ESA and EU mend relations

The second Bartolomeo payload for ESA is the Euro Material Ageing experiment platform (SESAME) developed by the French Space Agency (CNES).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 22, 2021ESA books two payload missions on Airbus Bartolomeo platform

The European Union and ESA missed a goal of completing the FFPA by the end of last year.

PlanValue 2.0Jan 22, 2021ESA and EU mend relations

The European Space Agency and Airbus agreed service orders for two independent payload missions to be launched to the Bartolomeo payload hosting facility on the International Space Station in 2022 and 2024 respectively.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 22, 2021ESA books two payload missions on Airbus Bartolomeo platform

The European Space Agency and Airbus agreed service orders for two independent payload missions to be launched to the Bartolomeo payload hosting facility on the International Space Station in 2022 and 2024.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Jan 21, 2021Two Payload Missions Booked By ESA On The Airbus Bartolomeo Platform

The European Space Agency performed a two-month technical and financial evaluation and recommended awarding the next-generation Galileo contracts to Airbus and Thales.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Jan 21, 2021Airbus, Thales win second-generation Galileo satellite contracts

The service orders for the two ESA payload missions on Bartolomeo amount to 6,500,000 EUR and are the first under a new framework agreement between ESA and Airbus that pre-defines overall commercial conditions for ESA payload missions on Bartolomeo.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.4Jan 21, 2021Two Payload Missions Booked By ESA On The Airbus Bartolomeo Platform

The European Space Agency supported the development of ThrustMe’s NPT30-I2-1U through the ARTES C&G program funded by France.

RelationshipsCapabilityFinancialValue 4.0Jan 18, 2021Iodine Propulsion Proven Viable For Smallsats In Space By ThrustMe + Spacety
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