All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The European Space Agency (ESA) operates some of the world’s leading scientific space missions and is preparing for a new era in which space functions as vital infrastructure for society.
ESA has a strategy to increase competitiveness in the launcher market, which is dominated by private operators, to ensure guaranteed access to space for Europe.
Miho Janvier is ESA's Solar Orbiter co-project scientist.
Telespazio is a lead company on the European Space Agency’s Moonlight program.
ESA opened the low-LEO segment to broaden the pool of potential industrial contributors beyond the initial prime contractors for IRIS².
The European Space Agency is expanding Iris2 network’s low-LEO segment.
The ESA ARTES HummingSat funding package was backed at the 2025 Ministerial Conference by pledges from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, and Associate Member Canada.
On January 26, 2026, the European Space Agency expanded the IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) network's low-LEO segment.
The Giotto mission reached and studied Halley’s Comet in 1986 under the European Space Agency.
The European Space Agency received a mandate from its member governments to prepare four in-orbit demonstrator missions.
The latest ESA ministerial resulted in member states agreeing that the space sector must be strengthened.
The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a new launch services contract within its Flight Ticket initiative.
The European Space Agency will reimburse Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) costs for companies scaling production for IRIS².
European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius and ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher support a 'Space Shield' concept to protect European digital sovereignty.
The NRE reimbursement policy shifts ESA's role from primarily funding research to supporting industrial mass production for multi-orbit megaconstellations.
The book claims the European Space Agency spent 70% of its budget on launch in the 1980s, while ESA's 1985 annual report indicates about 30% of its budget was spent on launch.
Several ESA member states invested approximately €73 million ($84.8 million) in financial support to SWISSto12 through the HummingSat ARTES partnership project.
During a close approach to the Sun on 30 September 2024, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter captured one of its most detailed views of a large solar flare.
ESA's new NRE reimbursement framework covers costs associated with the industrialization of existing products, including high-rate production lines, tooling, and automated testing rigs.
Luca Parmitano is an astronaut with the European Space Agency.