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 Space Agency awarded HyImpulse Technologies, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Isar Aerospace a combined 1,500,000 EUR to support development of competing microlaunchers.
The ESA Boost! support contracts to HyImpulse, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Isar Aerospace were announced on 2020-11-03.
A three-stage competitive development drive will award a combined 25,000,000 EUR in funding supplied by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and managed under the ESA Boost! program.
The three 500,000-euro support contracts were the first awarded under the ESA Boost! program.
Rocket Factory Augsburg is receiving ESA support of 500,000 EUR for the development of the first stage demonstrator of its RFA ONE launch vehicle.
Inmarsat has been awarded a three-year contract with the European Space Agency to develop the International Virtual Satellite Operators Network (INVISON) with co-funding from ESA.
Three of ESA’s 22 member states—Italy, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom—signed the Artemis Accords at an 2020-10-13 ceremony along with Canada, Japan, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The European Space Agency will provide a telecommunications and refueling element for the Gateway called the European System Providing Refueling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (ESPRIT).
ESA awarded contracts for the I-Hab and ESPRIT on 2020-10-14.
NASA and the European Space Agency signed a memorandum of understanding on 2020-10-27 to cooperate on the lunar Gateway.
Airbus, the European Space Agency, NASA, and the ISS National Laboratory operate the Bartolomeo platform through a partnership.
CGI was awarded a contract by the European Space Agency to develop a GNSS Event Notification Service (GENS).
The European Space Agency and Ubotica are collaborating on PhiSat-2, which will carry another Myriad 2 VPU into orbit.
The European Space Agency is implementing the contract funded by the Luxembourg Space Agency through LuxIMPULSE.
GomSpace Luxembourg SARL and the European Space Agency signed a development contract valued at 1,350,000 EUR for continued development of the HOOP satellite operations platform.
The European Space Agency led the collaborative effort behind PhiSat-1.
ESA and Ubotica are developing PhiSat-2, which will carry another Intel Movidius Myriad 2 VPU into orbit.
The EL3 study contracts will lead to the selection of one company to proceed with development of EL3, contingent on funding allocation by ESA member states at the next ministerial meeting in 2022.
The projects are funded by contributions that ESA member states provided to exploration programs at the Space19+ ministerial meeting in November 2019.
Airbus Defence and Space received an ESA contract to build the Earth Return Orbiter, the final mission of the three-mission NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return program.