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ESA CM22 initiated the Celeste IOD phase in 2022.
ESA’s Celeste program spans the 2022, 2025, 2028, and 2030+ timeframes shown in the graphic.
ESA labels Celeste as a path from IOD to IOP toward an operational system.
ESA CM25 leads into the Celeste IOP phase.
The Celeste IOP phase leads to IOP deployment and exploitation by the European Commission or ESA.
The Vega-C VV29 mission patch includes the ESA and CAS names and the SMILE mission name.
SMILE is a joint ESA-CAS mission.
ESA’s budget is set to increase by 32% to EUR 22.3 billion for 2026 to 2028.
ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter has a wingspan of 17.5 m and a height of 3 m.
ESA’s Earth Return Orbiter has a wingspan of 38 m and a height of 7.5 m.
The ESA public call encourages exploration of innovative propulsion approaches including detonation-based systems and air-breathing engines that use atmospheric oxygen.
The €330 million space propulsion intake in 2025 is mainly related to a major contract greater than €200 million for production of boosters and equipment for Ariane 6 through 2029.
The ESA public call restricts participation to small and medium-sized enterprises and startups, excluding large contractors.
The feasibility assessment with Airbus Defense and Space is part of the RADICAL project within the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program.
The European Space Agency (ESA) opened a public call on 27 February for SMEs and startups in Europe to submit designs for a fully reusable launch system based on spaceplanes.
ESA’s vision for an independent European outpost depends on the operational cadence and scale of the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket.
The ESA public call seeks at least two distinct design concepts for a completely reusable spaceplane system.
The European Space Agency is investigating building a sovereign European space station.
ESA is providing the Smile payload module that carries three of the four scientific instruments, the Soft X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, the launcher, and Assembly, Integration and Test facilities and services.
ESA is contributing to the Ultraviolet Imager (UVI) instrument and to mission operations once Smile is in orbit.