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The Artemis IV mission will deliver ESA's first module for the Gateway, called Lunar I-Hab.
The European Space Agency's 2026 budget is up 7.6%.
During the Ministerial Council meeting in November 2025, ESA Member States committed to fully funding Phase 2 of the LEO Cargo Return Services initiative.
Airbus is the prime industrial contractor for ESM-4 on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Director General Josef Aschbacher revealed that ESA is targeting the first quarter of 2026 for the first hop test of Themis.
The European contribution, coordinated by Airbus and ESA, underscores the central role of international cooperation in developing future crewed lunar missions.
ESA has outlined a revised barter arrangement with NASA to meet its CSOC obligations.
Earth observation and navigation lead the allocations in the European Space Agency's 2026 budget.
Daniel Neuenschwander outlined a revised barter arrangement during a press conference following ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher’s annual briefing on 8 January.
ESA has previously met its CSOC obligations through cargo transportation services using the Automated Transfer Vehicle and service modules for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.
ESA announced its LEO Cargo Return Services initiative in May 2023 to foster the development of a commercially operated European spacecraft for cargo transportation to and from low Earth orbit.
The increase in the European Space Agency's budget reflects the early effects of the ministerial conference.
ESA will publish a new call for proposals for industry to deliver on the new barter agreement.
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission launched in 2020.
The LRBs would have been derived from the Themis reusable booster demonstrator, which ArianeGroup is developing under an ESA contract.
ArianeGroup has proposed an evolution of Ariane 6 as part of ESA’s BEST! initiative.
Global Konet secured a contract in February 2025 to upgrade South Korean Marine Navy tactical trucks with flat-panel OTM ESA antennas.
A decision on funding future rounds of the BEST! initiative was taken at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council meeting in November 2025.
The ESA satellite communication devices are designed to operate under harsh conditions typical of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), drones, and mobile defense platforms.
In late 2024, ArianeGroup was selected for the European Space Agency’s Boosters for European Space Transportation (BEST!) initiative.