European organization dedicated to space exploration
Not to be confused with European Union Agency for the Space Programme.
"ESA" redirects here. For other uses, see ESA (disambiguation).
European Space Agency
Czech: Evropská kosmická agentura
Danish: Den Europæiske Rumorganisation
German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation
Estonian: Euroopa Kosmoseagentuur
French: Agence spatiale européenne
Finnish: Euroopan avaruusjärjestö
Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Διαστήματος
Hungarian: Európai Űrügynökség
Irish: Gníomhaireacht Spáis na hEorpa
Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Europea
Luxembourgish: Europäesch Weltraumorganisatioun
Dutch: Europese Ruimtevaartorganisatie
Norwegian: Den europeiske romfartsorganisasjon
Polish: Europejska Agencja Kosmiczna
Portuguese: Agência Espacial Europeia
Romanian: Agenția Spațială Europeană
Romansh: Agenzia spaziala europeica
Spanish: Agencia Espacial Europea
Swedish: Europeiska rymdorganisationen
Logo
Main control room of the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany
Agency overview
Abbreviation
ESA
ASE
EW
Formed
30 May 1975; 48 years ago (1975-05-30)
Type
Space agency
Headquarters
Paris, France 48°50′54″N02°18′15″E / 48.84833°N 2.30417°E / 48.84833; 2.30417
Official language
English, French and German (working languages)[1][2]
Administrator
Josef Aschbacher (Director General of the European Space Agency)
Primary spaceport
Guiana Space Centre
Owners
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Employees
2,200 (2021)[3]
Annual budget
€7.8 billion (2024)[4]
Website
www.esa.int
The European Space Agency (ESA)[a] is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.[7] With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around 2,200 people globally as of 2022, ESA was founded in 1975. Its 2024 annual budget was €7.8 billion.[8][4]
ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of crewless exploration missions to other planets (such as Mars) and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou (French Guiana), France. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 6 will be operated through Arianespace with ESA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing this launch vehicle. The agency is also working with NASA to manufacture the Orion spacecraft service module that flies on the Space Launch System.[9][10]
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^"Welcome to ESA: New Member States". ESA. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^esa. "What is ESA?". European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^"Orion". European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^"European Service Module". European Space Agency. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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