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European Space Agency (ESA)

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The European Space Agency spends around $8.5 billion per year.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2026Latest News

On 11 February, Inspector Smile left ESA’s technical heart by truck for the Port of Amsterdam.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: 🚢 Inspector Smile has begun a two-week voyage across the Atlantic, heading for Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. In the early hours of 11 February, Smile left ESA’s technical heart by truck for the Port of Amsterdam, where it was loaded onto the cargo ship MN Colibri. pic.

On 11 February, SMILE left ESA’s technical heart by truck for the Port of Amsterdam.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2026ESA's SMILE mission is on its way to the launchsite! The mission, which is a collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will study the solar wind and its interaction with Earth's magnetosphere. It is set to launch aboard the Vega-C VV29 mission NET April 8th.

ESA awarded ArianeGroup €230 million across two contracts in November 2024 for additional Themis T1E testing.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipFeb 19, 2026SSC Space Opens Orbital Launch Control Center at Esrange

Michela Muñoz participated in the OSIRIS camera team for the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2026M. Muñoz (NASA): "Podríamos tener indicios de vida primitiva en las muestras recolectadas en Marte"

Kepler Communications adheres to open standards such as Space Development Agency and ESA protocols to ensure interoperability.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2026The space data layer – Building an interoperable internet in space

The European Space Agency’s Themis reusable rocket demonstrator will be the first vehicle to utilize Esrange’s new Orbital Launch Control Center for suborbital flights.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyTechnical ProductFeb 19, 2026SSC Space Opens Orbital Launch Control Center at Esrange

The Ramses mission supports the core objectives of ESA’s Space Safety Programme by improving knowledge of how near-Earth objects react to external forces and by refining strategies for defending Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2026ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flyby

Isar Aerospace won the first Microlauncher Competition organized by the DLR German Space Agency under ESA's Boost! programme, which led to the selection of the payloads manifested on this flight.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductFeb 18, 2026Exolaunch to deploy five satellites on Spectrum mission from Norway

SSSIF hosts debates on what NATO, the European Space Agency, NASA, and the European Commission will demand in coming years.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2026M. Á. Vázquez y V. Díaz (DHV): "El SSSIF responde a las necesidades reales de la industria"

Ramses builds on experience from ESA’s Hera mission, which is the agency’s first dedicated planetary defence spacecraft and is en route to the Didymos binary asteroid system.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductFeb 18, 2026ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flyby

The Onward and Upward mission is supported by the European Space Agency's Boost! programme.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 18, 2026Exolaunch to deploy five satellites on Spectrum mission from Norway

A contract valued at 81.2 million euros was signed at ESA’s ESTEC technology centre in the Netherlands to initiate construction, assembly and testing of the main Ramses spacecraft.

Mentioned as: ESAOrg RelationshipFeb 18, 2026ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flyby

The Ramses mission recently passed its Critical Design Review, which was conducted over several months by an ESA expert board and completed on 6 February.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative PlanFeb 18, 2026ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flyby

The European Space Agency's requirements increasingly emphasize flexibility alongside resolution.

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNarrative CapabilityFeb 18, 2026J. T. Hernani (Satlantis): "Nuestros satélites flexibles pueden cubrir 400 km en un minuto"

An international team led by Thomas Wilson of the University of Warwick used ESA's Cheops satellite along with other space and ground based observatories to study the red dwarf star LHS 1903 and its planets.

Mentioned as: ESATechnical ProductFeb 18, 2026Cheops spots inside out exoplanet quartet

The ESA aims to build a multivendor ecosystem in Europe for communications technologies to reduce technological dependence on external actors.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative PlanFeb 17, 2026¿Cuál es la hoja de ruta de la ESA hacia el futuro cuántico?

Spanish astronaut Pablo Álvarez Fernández is a member of ESA's 2022 astronaut class, the Hoppers.

Mentioned as: esaNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

Sophie Adenot will conduct up to 36 European experiments aboard the ISS, including seven experiments developed by the French space agency CNES specifically for the εpsilon mission.

Mentioned as: European Space AgencyOrg RelationshipFeb 17, 2026Arranca en la ISS la misión εpsilon con la astronauta francesa Sophie Adenot

The SAGA program engaged the European Space Agency as design advisors for the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI).

Mentioned as: the european space agencyNoiseFeb 17, 2026¿Cuál es la hoja de ruta de la ESA hacia el futuro cuántico?
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