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The first commercial mission is supported by the European Commission through the European Innovation Council (EIC) and cofunded by the French governmental program France 2030.
In August 2025, Isar Aerospace secured a contract under the ESA and European Commission’s Flight Ticket Initiative for institutional missions starting in 2026.
Arianespace successfully launched the Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite aboard an Ariane 62 rocket for the European Commission.
The European Commission plans to investigate whether new non-geostationary orbit players are likely to exert sufficient competitive pressure on the merged Viasat–Inmarsat entity in the near future.
INTEGRAL was one of 26 projects approved by the European Commission under the European Defence Industrial Development Program (EDIDP) in 2020.
The European Commission budgeted 65,000,000 EUR for space access programs in 2021 and 2022, mostly to support development of propulsion technologies and reusability.
EUMETSAT will become the largest operator of the Copernicus program’s Sentinel satellite missions under an agreement signed with the European Commission.
Airbus secured a contract from the European Commission on 2021-05-31 to lead a consortium to study a quantum technology-powered network for Europe.
Copernicus is the largest provider of Earth observation data worldwide, with the European Commission leading the programme and ESA responsible for developing, building and launching the dedicated satellites.
An Airbus-led consortium including Planet won a contract in July to provide high-resolution imagery of Europe for the European Commission and the European Space Agency’s Copernicus program.