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On 2020-01-21 at a space policy conference in Brussels, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank Group committed 200,000,000 EUR to support Europe’s space industry.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJan 22, 2020EU to invest 200 million euros into space industry

ESA held one informal meeting in 2019 about possible contents of a new partnership agreement with the EU and planned meetings with the European Commission the week following 2020-01-15 to begin negotiations.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJan 16, 2020ESA seeks new cooperative agreement with EU

The European Commission is recommending a space budget of 16,200,000,000 EUR for 2021 through 2027.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralNov 19, 2019European Commission optimistic budget hike will be approved

Orbex is funded by Heartcore Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, strategic investor Elecnor Deimos Space, the UK Space Agency (UKSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Commission Horizon 2020 program.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralAug 7, 2019Orbex and Innovative Space Logistics Sign European Space Launch Agreement

Orbex is funded by Heartcore Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, strategic investor Elecnor Deimos Space, the UK Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and the European Commission Horizon 2020 program.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralAug 7, 2019Orbex and Innovative Space Logistics Sign European Space Launch Agreement

Airbus’ anchor customer for EDRS-C is the European Commission, which uses the satellite for the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 series in the Copernicus program.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductAug 6, 2019Satellites for Intelsat, European lasercomm launch on Arianespace rocket

The Italian Space Agency (ASI) launched an initiative to create national "mirror programs" that provide supplemental spacecraft to European Commission-led programs such as Galileo, Govsatcom, and Copernicus.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJul 30, 2019Italy to increase space projects with “mirror programs” of European agencies

Esri offers access to free data from the European Commission’s Sentinel-1 SAR satellites within its ENVI SARscape analytics for ArcGIS Pro.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductJun 4, 2019Esri brings new satellite data, tools into platforms

The European Commission proposed a 16,000,000,000 EUR space budget for 2021 to 2027 that includes funding for Galileo, Copernicus, and other programs.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipMay 28, 2019EU, ESA revive joint Space Council after eight-year pause

Leaf Space has raised around 2,700,000 EUR through private investments and public-sector grants, including the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 fund.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipApr 19, 2019Ground station startup Leaf Space plans capital raise

The European Commission is the first government customer expected to procure an Ariane 6 launch to place Galileo satellites into orbit.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductApr 18, 2019ArianeGroup starting Ariane 6 production after new ESA agreement

The European Commission granted 2,600,000 EUR to fund the FALCon project.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralMar 21, 2019Germany begins reusability study to capture rockets in midair and land them with a plane

Under a pilot partnership with the European Space Agency, the European Commission could buy a launcher each year and award its capacity to highly innovative projects to accelerate innovation in Europe.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJan 23, 2019European Commission, fearing brain drain to US, takes sharper look at space investment strategy

The European Commission’s European Low Cost Space Launch competition will award 10,000,000 EUR to a small launcher company in 2021.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Org RelationshipJan 23, 2019European Commission, fearing brain drain to US, takes sharper look at space investment strategy

The European Commission proposed a 16-billion-euro budget for space capabilities in 2018 for the 2021–2027 period.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJan 23, 2019Copernicus budget gets budget boost from European Commission

The European Commission allocated 96,000,000 EUR ($109,000,000) for the European Space Agency to spend on the Copernicus program over the next two years.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative GeneralJan 23, 2019Copernicus budget gets budget boost from European Commission

European public entities have purchased three Ariane 6 missions: two from the European Commission for Galileo navigation satellites and one from France for the CSO-3 military imaging satellite.

Mentioned as: European CommissionTechnical ProductJan 18, 2019Arianespace says full Ariane 6 production held up by missing government contracts

The European Commission proposed an overall budget of 16,000,000,000 EUR in current prices for the EU space programme for the period 2021–2027.

Mentioned as: european commissionNarrative FinancialJan 14, 2019EU could agree on new regulation for space program by May

The draft regulation is intended to provide the European Commission with a budget to continue EU space projects such as EGNOS, Galileo, and Copernicus and to establish rules for the governance of the EU space program.

Mentioned as: European CommissionOrg RelationshipJan 14, 2019EU could agree on new regulation for space program by May

FLEX will operate in an 815-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit in tandem with one of the European Commission’s Sentinel-3 satellites.

Mentioned as: European Commission (EC)Narrative GeneralJan 10, 2019Thales Alenia Space to build ESA’s FLEX vegetation-monitoring satellite
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