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A demonstration of a single panel of the phased array antennas was conducted on July 4, 2025, at ESA’s European Space Security and Education Centre in Redu, Belgium.
ESA signed a €50 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to begin the initial design of the SAGA mission.
The SAGA mission is funded by ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES).
On October 1, 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a contract worth €50 million with Thales Alenia Space for the preliminary design of the SAGA mission, which aims to realize a secure satellite communication system using quantum cryptography.
Laurent Jaffart, ESA's Director for Connectivity and Secure Communication, emphasized that SAGA aims to strengthen Europe's digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, and industrial competitiveness in the quantum era.
SAGA is part of a series of ESA-backed efforts to enhance secure communications networks using quantum technology.
The European Space Agency and the Korea AeroSpace Administration confirmed new areas of cooperation through a series of signature ceremonies.
The ESA booth at IAC 2025 hosted winners of the ESA EPIC European-Australian Space Startup Competition.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and CSA President Lisa Campbell signed a joint statement during the midterm review of the Canada-ESA Cooperation Agreement.
Studies for a future ESA mission to Enceladus have already begun to explore the potential of flying through its jets and landing on its surface.
ESA and ISRO signed a joint statement of intent on cooperation for human space exploration in May 2025.
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2025 featured booths from ESA Member States.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ISRO chairman V. Narayanan reviewed developments in cooperation between ESA and the Indian Space Research Organisation.
ISRO officials recently visited ESA’s research and technology facility, ESTEC, in the Netherlands, and the European Astronaut Centre in Germany.
The ESA plans to achieve specific goals at the Ministerial Council in November 2025.
This discovery was published in Nature Astronomy and supports the case for a dedicated European Space Agency mission to orbit and land on Enceladus.
A Memorandum of Understanding underpins the broad cooperation between ESA and KASA, focusing on ground stations and space weather monitoring.
Representatives from the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency met prior to the ESA Ministerial Council scheduled to take place in Germany.
Collaboration between ESA and Canadian entities led to 233 ESA-funded contracts valued at approximately C$192 million between January 2018 and December 2024.
Discussions between ESA and ISRO focused on collaboration in exploration, Earth observation, and operations.