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The European Space Agency estimates about 36,000 orbital objects are monitored regularly.
ESA is contributing to the Ultraviolet Imager (UVI) instrument and to mission operations once Smile is in orbit.
ESA operates the Space Rider programme.
The new station is part of the SSC Space optical service development project NODES within the European Space Agency’s Optical and Quantum Communications – ScyLight program.
ESA published the call on 27 February.
The ESA call invites proposals for a fully reusable spaceplane system and targets at least two distinct design concepts.
The Santiago Optical Ground Station is supported by the European Space Agency and transitions ground-station communications from radio frequency dependencies to high-bandwidth laser-based communication.
The ESA call is restricted to non-prime contractors, limiting eligibility to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The ESA ScyLight program focuses on maturing European-made optical and quantum communications technologies to provide secure and resilient connectivity for member states and global partners.
Dassault Aviation and the companies involved in ESA’s Space Rider programme are not SMEs.
The Smile mission is a scientific cooperation between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The ESA call encourages proposals that include novel propulsion techniques and identifies detonation and air-breathing-based propulsion systems as potential avenues of exploration.
The European Space Agency published a call for the design of a fully reusable, responsive launch system that employs spaceplanes.
The Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana functions as the European spaceport for ESA and its institutional and commercial partners.
Astroscale France is participating in the ECO-Tethers project under the European Space Agency’s FIRST! program.
The Santiago OGS is a primary output of the European Space Agency's ScyLight (Optical and Quantum Communications) program.
Laurent Jaffart is Director of the European Space Agency’s Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity Directorate.
A joint declaration on autonomous access to space, secure satellite communications, Earth observation, coordination on ESA and EU programs, and the European regulatory framework was signed at the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) by Italian Minister Adolfo Urso, Authority delegated to Space and Aerospace Policies, and French Minister Philippe Baptiste.
The first 2026 application window for ESA BIC Lazio remains open until 23:59 on 12 May 2026.
Promoters selected by ESA BIC Lazio may be incubated for up to two years at the Spazio Attivo Roma Tecnopolo operated by Lazio Innova.