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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Castilla-La Mancha's ESA BIC has support from 24 companies and institutions, as well as research groups.
The Basque Country's ESA BIC strategy is framed within the Industria-Euskadi 2030 plan.
The Basque Country expects ESA BIC membership to make it a key territory for European space-technology entrepreneurship.
ESA BIC currently includes more than 2,100 companies.
Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha, and the Basque Country have joined the ESA BIC project in Spain.
The European Space Agency supplies the service modules for Orion flights.
The European Space Agency participates in NASA’s Artemis programme.
The data from the six-week validation phase will undergo analysis at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre in ESTEC.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed a full-scale model for landing tests of the Space Rider spacecraft.
The SMILE spacecraft is a collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The ESA-EDA joint study will last up to 18 months.
The European Space Agency paid more than €51 million to launch the European Commission’s Sentinel-1C Earth observation satellite on a Vega C rocket on 5 December 2024.
The Soft X-ray Imager’s charge-coupled devices are procured from e2v by the European Space Agency and calibrated by The Open University.
In 2014, the European Space Agency awarded Eurockot Launch Services a €26.9 million contract to launch Sentinel-5P.
ESA is developing a precise descent system for Space Rider using a large controllable parafoil to enable runway landings.
The European Space Agency’s 2024 disclosures include a €25,000 charge for Copernicus Sentinel-1C Launch Service.
Josef Aschbacher and Anders Sjoborg signed the ESA-EDA agreement in Brussels.
The ESA-EDA study will last 18 months and define technology priorities up to 2040 and beyond.
The European Space Agency’s 2025 disclosures include a €500,000 charge for Copernicus Sentinel-1C Launch Service.
The European Space Agency and the European Defence Agency signed an agreement in Brussels on April 22 to study Europe’s Earth observation capabilities.