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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Lite Coms is introducing a Ka-band ESA prototype for Amazon Leo and the Space Development Agency network.
Novaspace identified the European Space Agency, national space agencies, and European defence ministries as the European anchors for in-orbit refuelling development.
GMV is one of the two main ESA contractors for Celeste satellite development.
Lite Coms’ ESA product line has been in active production since 2022 and supports seamless transitions between GEO and LEO constellations.
NASA and the European Space Agency have invested in some refuelling technologies.
The ESA Member States backed Celeste with significant funding at the ESA Ministerial Council meeting in Bremen in November 2025.
Orbit Fab has contracts with the U.S. Space Force, AFRL, DIU, the U.K. Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and Astroscale.
Lite Coms is targeting MEO with its new Ka-band ESA terminal.
IRIDE is an Italian Earth-observation program coordinated by the European Space Agency with support from the Italian Space Agency.
After the 11 Celeste satellites become operational, the ESA will open an experimentation phase with users and stakeholders to assess performance and integration with terrestrial systems.
Rocket Lab's "The Daughter Of The Stars" mission for ESA will be the first launch for the new European satnav system LEO-PNT.
ESA's Celeste Pathfinder A cubesats are scheduled to launch no earlier than March 24 in the morning UTC.
The UK Space Agency supports Astroscale’s ELSA-M mission through the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems program.
Astroscale’s ELSA-M mission is part of the Sunrise Partnership Project, a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency and Eutelsat.
ESA named ZBLAN a priority in the second cohort for Advanced Materials and In-Orbit Manufacturing in January 2026.
Orion integrates the European Service Module developed by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency.
ESA awarded Mynaric the HydRON contract on March 5 for a laser communications demonstration for the High Throughput Optical Network.
RADICAL is part of the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems program and is funded by the UK Space Agency.
ESA Human Spaceflight listed Artemis II launch windows in Central European Summer Time for 2 April, 3 April, 4 April, 5 April, 6 April, and 7 April 2026.
The European Space Agency participates in NASA’s Artemis program.