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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Sophie Adenot is an ESA astronaut scheduled for an upcoming launch to the International Space Station.
Canada contributed €407.7 million to ESA’s €22.3 billion budget for the next three years.
ESA’s first year of the three-year budget cycle is €8.26 billion.
ESA plans to produce 3D maps of the atmosphere from MTG-S sounder data to assist forecasting of fast-moving storms.
The planned ESA Celeste LEO-PNT demonstrator satellites will broadcast in L-band.
The FOC-1A antenna will be able to support communications with the Moon via Italy’s contribution to NASA’s Artemis program and via ESA’s Moonlight program.
Germany participates in the Artemis program through the European Space Agency (ESA).
The European Space Agency supplied the European Service Module (ESM) that will provide water, air, electricity, and thermal comfort to Artemis II astronauts during the mission.
The European Space Agency participates in the Artemis program to maintain a role in defining the emerging cislunar architecture.
The HECC is intended to be built with long-term support from ESA as a European control center for astronautical and robotic exploration.
The Exploration Company is focused on completing an initial test flight of Nyx to the International Space Station in 2028 under the European Space Agency’s LEO Cargo Return Services programme.
ESA is preparing a reentry research mission called Draco scheduled for launch in 2027 that will carry more than two hundred sensors and four cameras to record how a spacecraft heats up, deforms, and breaks apart during reentry.
ESA adjusted the reentry trajectories of Samba and Tango so Samba will come down further east and Tango will reenter somewhat further west to keep both reentries reachable from a single airport and within range of a small plane.
ESA’s flight dynamics team analysed how to shift the reentry footprints of Samba and Tango without compromising safety, and the space debris team verified that the new trajectories would not introduce unacceptable collision risks with other objects in orbit.
ESA’s flight control team uplinked commands and the Cluster satellites executed small thruster burns on 19 and 20 January to reshape their orbits so both final descents would fall within range of the observing aircraft.
ESA expects data from the Cluster targeted reentries and the Draco mission to significantly improve its reentry simulations and reduce uncertainty in fragment landing predictions and risk assessments for civil protection authorities.
Parsimoni’s Satellite App Store was developed with support from the European Space Agency.
ESA is using the Cluster targeted reentries to collect reentry measurements intended to inform safer and more sustainable satellite designs.
TOUCAN is funded by the UK Space Agency through the United Kingdom’s participation in the European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP).
ESA’s mission operations team modified Samba and Tango trajectories to reduce the distance an observing aircraft must cover between the two events while preserving safe disposal over remote ocean regions.