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’s post-ISS station study names JAXA and CSA as proposed partners.
ESA launched a formal internal study of a European-led post-ISS station in February 2026.
ESA’s I-Hab is a 36-cubic-meter pressurized habitat with JAXA life support.
LUPEX includes ESA instruments.
The Planet Labs Germany contract was signed through the European Space Agency on behalf of Greece’s Ministry of Digital Governance and the Hellenic Space Center.
Frank M. Salzgeber’s team initiated over 380 technology transfers at the European Space Agency.
Planet has worked with the European Space Agency for several years through the Third Party Mission program.
Australia is in active negotiations on a Cooperative Agreement with ESA.
Phase 1 of the proposed consortium would establish orbital infrastructure and affiliate with ESA’s Moonlight navigation constellation.
Frank M. Salzgeber’s team supported more than 1,500 startups at the European Space Agency.
Frank M. Salzgeber built and ran the ESA Business Incubation Centre network.
ESA’s Lunar View logistics module, Lunar Link communications system, and JAXA’s life support and battery systems represent up to $3–4 billion in hardware investments tied to Gateway.
The European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed a new planetary defense cooperation agreement for the Ramses mission.
The ESA-JAXA agreement confirms collaboration on Ramses ahead of Apophis's rare 2029 close flyby.
Smile (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) is a mission jointly developed by the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Airbus Defence and Space led the European industrial consortium for Smile as ESA’s main industrial partner.
GTD modernized the launch vehicle’s trajectory tracking and flight safety system and its telemetry processing systems for the ESA spaceport in French Guiana.
Smile is scheduled to launch on 19 May from the ESA spaceport in French Guiana on a Vega-C rocket.
ESA issued a call for proposals on 30 September 2025 for the development of LISA’s telescopes.
ESA BIC Padua is proposing a game-based challenge titled “Decision-Oriented V&V for Optical payload systems.”