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 results of the two parallel Pre-Phase A studies will be used to enable ESA decision-making for its post-ISS transition by the end of 2026.
ESA signed an agreement with Vast in June 2024 that includes exploring potential access to Vast’s space stations for astronauts from ESA and its Member States.
The development of the Miura Next family follows a recent award of funds from the European Space Agency to PLD Space.
Laurent Jaffart is Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity at the European Space Agency.
Nuno Miranda is identified as the Head of ESA's Sentinel-1 mission in the study's context.
Deep Space Energy secured €930,000 in combined pre-seed funding and contracts with ESA and NATO.
The study integrated radar data from ESA's ERS missions, the Canadian RADARSAT satellite, Japan's ALOS PALSAR, Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed, Germany's TerraSAR-X, Argentina's SAOCOM, the ICEYE constellation, and Sentinel-1.
Sidewinder ESA targets in-flight broadband connectivity across LEO, MEO, and GEO satellite orbits.
Sidewinder is an electronically steered antenna (ESA) terminal developed by Gilat for in-flight connectivity.
Gilat expects deliveries of the $39 million Sidewinder ESA terminal orders over the next 12 months.
The Sidewinder ESA terminal is designed with a compact architecture, multi-orbit flexibility, and high efficiency.
The Sidewinder ESA terminal is suitable for both linefit and retrofit aircraft installations and intended to deliver a consistently high-quality connectivity experience across diverse aircraft types and flight paths.
The BEACONSAT project is financed with a €1 million contribution from the Austrian Ministry of Defense and €500,000 from the European Space Agency, with the total mission cost undisclosed.
The Soyuz launch facility in French Guiana has been abandoned since 2022 after the European Space Agency cut ties with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
Member states of the European Space Agency pledged more than 900 million euros at the end of 2025 for the European Launcher Challenge initiative.
ArianeGroup and the European Space Agency signed a contract under the Preparatory Program for Future Launchers to continue development of the Greta rocket engine.
ASTRIS is an optional third stage being developed by ArianeGroup under a separate ESA contract for use aboard the Ariane 6 launch system.
The Onward and Upward mission is supported by the European Space Agency’s Boost! program.
Celeste is the first European positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services program in low Earth orbit backed by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Indra plays a key role in Celeste, the European low Earth orbit (LEO) program for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services driven by the European Space Agency.