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 same precision propulsion system used on ESA’s Gaia and Euclid missions will be used on each LISA spacecraft to keep laser interferometer beams pointed at remote spacecraft approximately 2.5 million kilometers away.
The HummingSat ARTES Partnership Project is part of ESA's Connectivity and Secure Communications activities within the broader ARTES programme line of Partnership Projects.
The study combined high-precision astrometric data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission with high-quality spectroscopic observations from the IACOB project.
SWISSto12 will use ESA funding to expand its production capacity and accelerate introduction of new payload and platform innovations for government and commercial operators.
HummingSat was developed in partnership with ESA and is scheduled for a first launch in 2027 for SES.
Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), is listed as a participant for the international cooperation session pending confirmation.
Through ESA partnerships, Tekever has delivered advanced radar, communications, and AI-driven data systems for autonomous space missions and Earth observation.
OHB System AG signed a $19.6 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to provide the Propulsion Subsystem for ESA’s LISA mission.
The joint ESA and JAXA BepiColombo mission is en route to Mercury carrying an advanced payload that includes contributions from the University of Bern.
Support channeled through ESA's ARTES HummingSat Partnership Project received endorsement at the November 2025 ESA Council at Ministerial Level.
The ESA funding will support further development of phased array antenna technologies for LEO, MEO and GEO satellite payloads and for ground products such as user terminals.
Tekever has partnered with the European Space Agency on the Hera planetary defence mission and the PROBA-3 formation-flying mission.
Italy pledged €3.5 billion in contributions for the next three years to the European Space Agency.
Andrius Kubilius and the Director General of the European Space Agency agreed that Europe is entering a decisive decade and needs to accelerate programmes, reduce administrative complexity, and provide greater predictability to industry, especially in launchers, secure connectivity, Earth observation, and defense.
Francisco Javier Benedicto, Director of Navigation at the European Space Agency, analyzed the evolution of Galileo amid increasing threats and new operational demands.
GMV and the European Space Agency have signed a contract to develop a new generation of Galileo GSS signal reception stations.
GMV’s training team traveled to Houston to train astronauts on ESA’s EveryWear crew health and activity monitoring system.
In Europe, the group will focus on dual-use programs in coordination with the European Space Agency, the Luxembourg Space Agency, and the European Defence Agency.
GMV and the European Space Agency signed a contract in Lisbon, Portugal on January 22, 2026 for the ACHILLES project.
D-Orbit collaborated with the European Space Agency and Mhackeroni on the orbital cybersecurity competition.