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European Space Agency (ESA)

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gov civilFounded 1975
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www.esa.int/sme
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All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.

The ESA study on physically disabled astronauts examines the entire flight experience.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Reviews: Spaceflight skeptics

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) in late 1995 in cooperation with NASA and JAXA.

Mentioned as: esaOrg RelationshipOct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

ESA aims to launch the remaining Moonlight satellites by the end of the decade.

Mentioned as: ESANarrative PlanOct 21, 2024Moon Monday #198: Suit up to walk under Moonlight, and grab global mission updates

ESA signed a contract with SSTL in September 2021 worth $23.5 million for communications services from Lunar Pathfinder.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipOct 21, 2024Moon Monday #198: Suit up to walk under Moonlight, and grab global mission updates

ESA is advancing the Moonlight constellation via a Telespazio-led industry consortium.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipOct 21, 2024Moon Monday #198: Suit up to walk under Moonlight, and grab global mission updates

The POIROT concept was submitted by the Royal Observatory Edinburgh for ESA funding.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

ESA will be the anchor customer for the Moonlight constellation.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipOct 21, 2024Moon Monday #198: Suit up to walk under Moonlight, and grab global mission updates

ESA noted that the Edison architecture represents a logical path for future cooled telescopes.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

ESA declined to fund the POIROT proposal in 1990 but recognized its importance.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

In 1993, the Edison architecture proposal was submitted to ESA in response to the Medium Mission 3 (M3) solicitation.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

John McFall, an ESA reserve astronaut with a prosthetic leg, stated there were no showstoppers for his flight to the ISS based on ESA's findings.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)NoiseOct 21, 2024Reviews: Spaceflight skeptics

The Passively cooled IR Observatory Telescope (POIROT) concept was proposed by Dr. Timothy Hawarden to ESA in 1989.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Britain in the early history of the James Webb Space Telescope

Since 2023, the European Space Agency has backed seven Greek CubeSat missions developed by small and medium-sized companies and universities through the Greek National Small Satellite Program.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024Hellenic Space Dawn mission adopts ENDUROSAT CubeSat-bus

ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and OHB Italia Managing Director Roberto Aceti signed the €63 million Ramses contract on 2024-10-17 at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, Italy.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Org RelationshipOct 21, 2024ESA moves forward with OHB Italia for Apophis mission preparations

EAGLE-1 is being developed with support from the European Space Agency and about 20 European partners.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Org RelationshipOct 21, 2024SES: “We Can Collaborate”

In July 2024, ESA Member States approved the use of existing Agency funds to begin preparatory work on Ramses’ Consolidation / Early Implementation phase.

Mentioned as: European Space Agency (ESA)Narrative GeneralOct 21, 2024ESA moves forward with OHB Italia for Apophis mission preparations

Free Earth-observation datasets from the European Space Agency, NASA, and the U.S. Geological Survey have helped organizations worldwide develop object-detection platforms.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyTechnical ProductOct 17, 2024Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB Italia to begin preparatory work on the Ramses mission during the International Astronautical Congress in Milan on 2024-10-17.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2024ESA awards contract to begin work on Ramses asteroid mission

IRIDE is funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan and managed by the European Space Agency and the Italian space agency ASI.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyOrg RelationshipOct 17, 2024Thales Alenia Space and Argotec win IRIDE contracts

Thales Alenia Space signed a €107 million contract with the European Space Agency for the supply of six additional radar-based satellites for the Italian Earth observation constellation IRIDE.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyOrg RelationshipOct 16, 2024ESA orders 6 more radar-based satellites from Thales Alenia Space for IRIDE constellation
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