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 ClearSpace One mission is part of a EUR 100 million space debris removal project led by the European Space Agency (ESA).
ClearSpace SA, as a start-up, was selected to lead the EUR 100 million ESA space debris removal project consortium.
The purpose of Skyrora’s test program was to verify the lifetime cycle according to ESA standards for its 3.5 kN LEO engine and to test vacuum configuration, operational envelope limits, and thrust vector control.
Thales Alenia Space has signed a first tranche contract worth 90,000,000 EUR with the European Space Agency to design and build two CHIME environmental monitoring satellites.
Crew-2, which will fly astronauts from NASA, JAXA, and the European Space Agency, has a launch readiness date of 2021-03-30.
In mid-to-late 2021, the European Union and ESA member states will decide whether to proceed with full development funding for the CIMR, CHIME, and LSTM missions.
ESA expects to sign an additional contract for the Radar Observing System for Europe-L-band SAR mission in three to four weeks.
The European Space Agency signed contracts on 2020-11-13 for three pairs of satellites for the Copernicus program worth more than 1,300,000,000 EUR.
ESA signed a 300-million-euro contract with Airbus in September to develop the Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter mission.
The current Mars Sample Return plan calls for launching a Sample Return Lander led by NASA and an Earth Return Orbiter led by ESA in 2026.
Mars samples collected by Perseverance are planned to be returned to Earth no earlier than 2031 by two subsequent missions planned in cooperation with the European Space Agency.
SSC UK was awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a next-generation concept for space-to-ground communications targeting the NewSpace market of CubeSats and smallsats.
ispace Europe was selected by the European Space Agency to be part of the Science Team for PROSPECT, a program that seeks to extract water on the Moon.
The development of the NPT30-I2 flight model used on the BEIHANGKONGSHI-1 demonstration mission was funded via the European Space Agency ARTES C&G program.
CGI has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop a GNSS Event Notification Service (GENS) capable of monitoring the UK GNSS spectrum to enable alerting and reporting of Position Navigation and Time (PNT) disruption.
Airbus has been awarded the lead role in the European Space Agency contract for the TRUTHS A/B1 (System feasibility Studies and Pre-Developments) under ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch program.
Isar Aerospace received a €500,000 ESA support contract under the Boost! program.
HyImpulse Technologies received a €500,000 ESA support contract under the Boost! program.
The European Space Agency awarded a combined €1.5 million ($1,700,000) to three German launch startups to support development of competing microlaunchers.
Rocket Factory Augsburg received a €500,000 ESA support contract under the Boost! program.