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 and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to expand collaboration on planetary defence.
The procurement plan for IRIS² has been published on the ESA Star platform.
ESA selected OHB Italia as the prime contractor for the Ramses mission.
On 5 May, ESA awarded Thales Alenia Space a €26.1 million contract to develop LISA’s telescopes.
ESA Director General Joseph Aschbacher is a confirmed speaker at the ESA CommEO forum.
ESA’s telescope development plan for LISA includes four phases: a breadboard model, a qualification model, one flight-ready telescope, and telescopes for all three spacecraft.
The NEASTAR-1 large deployable reflector subsystem was developed over more than 15 years under ESA’s ARTES program, ESA’s Earth Observation Technology Development activities, and the EU’s Horizon 2020 program.
ESA BIC Padua is part of the European Space Agency’s business incubator network and is managed by Officina Stellare.
ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission, on which JAXA is a partner, is due to arrive later this year at the Didymos binary asteroid system.
ESA’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre monitors asteroid threats and refines orbit predictions.
ESA also planned a European-developed Charge Management Device for LISA as part of its mitigation efforts.
ESA and JAXA have existing collaborations that include EarthCARE and BepiColombo.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa signed the agreements on 7 May at the Embassy of Italy in Berlin, Germany.
ESA’s Moonlight program aims to create a satellite constellation for lunar telecommunications and navigation services.
ArianeGroup is developing Greta, an ESA-backed rocket engine project that could be used on lunar landers and large rocket kick stages.
The European Space Agency supported the Huracan hot-fire test campaign through the Huracan Step-2 contract.
Norwegian aerospace and defence company Nammo is developing the RELIANCE engine for ESA's Argonaut lunar lander.
The European Space Agency selected Thales Alenia Space to lead phase 1 of the development of LISA’s six telescopes.
LiveEO has secured seven-figure funding from the European Space Agency’s InCubed programme for its planned satellite constellation.
Spanish astronauts Pablo Álvarez and Sara García of the European Space Agency led the microgravity training for the students.