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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ESA foresees launching Space Rider on a Vega C as soon as 2022 into low Earth orbit for a mission duration of at least two months.
ESA member states agreed to provide nearly 12,500,000,000 EUR for the European Space Agency over the next three years.
ESA’s Earth observation programs received 2,540,000,000 EUR versus a request of 2,390,000,000 EUR.
ESA ministers approved budget allocations of 12,450,000,000 EUR for three years and 14,390,000,000 EUR for five years.
ESA requested 600,000,000 EUR for space safety programs and received 432,000,000 EUR.
ESA received 300,000,000 EUR to start work on two modules for the NASA-led lunar Gateway, including the European System Providing Refueling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (ESPRIT) and a habitation module to be developed in cooperation with Japan.
Arianespace scheduled a Soyuz mission for 2019-12-17 carrying the Italian Cosmo-SkyMed second-generation radar satellite, the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS telescope, and three smallsat secondary payloads.
ThrustMe will demonstrate its NPT30 miniaturized electric propulsion system on the GomSpace GOMX-5 ESA mission scheduled to launch in 2021.
ESA is proposing to develop two modules for the lunar Gateway: ESPRIT (European System Providing Refueling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications) and a habitat module.
ESA’s Technology Strategy calls for developing necessary active debris removal technology by 2024, including in-space robotics, space debris surveyors, and advanced guidance, navigation, and control technologies.
Using the Technology Readiness Level index, ESA wants to double demonstrations for TRL-8 and TRL-9 technologies by 2021 and quadruple them by 2024.
ESA is seeking funding to start work on the European Large Logistics Lander, which could carry 1,500 kg of payload to the lunar surface.
ESA is seeking 12,500,000,000 EUR in funding from its member states for the next three years for Space19+.
ESA plans to fund research into multiple reusability approaches including powered vertical landings, parachutes, and winged bodies.
ESA’s Technology Strategy sets a goal to cut typical satellite build times by 30% by 2023.
ESA expects the Ariane 6 to offer launch services for satellites at roughly half the cost of the Ariane 5.
ESA will seek funding at Space19+ to support development of microlaunchers, or small launch vehicles.
ESA’s Technology Strategy report links those 2015 revenues to the ability of European space companies to support ESA’s science-driven missions.
The CubeSat sensor MAUS and the ESA-qualified BiSon64-ET and ET-B from LENS R&D are designed to provide high-reliability LEOP and Safe mode functionality for satellites.
ESA set a goal for all its missions to be environmentally neutral by 2020 and to avoid creating debris larger than 0.001 m in orbit.