European Space Agency

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intergovernmental organization space agency

The European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to space exploration and research, coordinating the space activities of its European member states and partnering with major space agencies worldwide.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
ESA	20
ESA Columbus Control Centre	1
European Space Agency (ESA)	1
European Space Agency member states	1
United space in Europe	1

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ space agency ⓘ
abbreviation	European Space Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ESA
budgetCurrency	euro ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
cooperatesWith	China National Space Administration ⓘ surface form: CNSA Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ surface form: ISRO Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ surface form: JAXA NASA ⓘ Roscosmos ⓘ
cooperatingState	Canada ⓘ
country	multinational ⓘ
employs	astronauts ⓘ
field	Earth observation ⓘ human spaceflight ⓘ satellite navigation ⓘ space exploration ⓘ space science ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ
founded	1975 ⓘ
foundingDate	1975-05-30 ⓘ
hasAstronautCorps	European Astronaut Corps ⓘ
hasFacility	European Astronaut Centre ⓘ European Space Astronomy Centre ⓘ European Space Operations Centre ⓘ European Space Research and Technology Centre ⓘ surface form: European Space Research Institute European Space Research and Technology Centre ⓘ
hasMember	Austria ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Croatia ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italy ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Malta ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Poland ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Romania ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Paris ⓘ surface form: Paris, France
legalStatus	treaty-based organization ⓘ
memberStateCount	22 ⓘ
mission	Ariane launch vehicle programme ⓘ BepiColombo mission ⓘ surface form: BepiColombo Copernicus Programme ⓘ ExoMars programme ⓘ Gaia observatory ⓘ Galileo satellite navigation system ⓘ Herschel Space Observatory ⓘ JUICE mission ⓘ Mars Express ⓘ Planck spacecraft ⓘ Rosetta mission ⓘ Solar Orbiter mission ⓘ surface form: Solar Orbiter Soyuz at CSG launch operations ⓘ Vega launch vehicle programme ⓘ Venus Express ⓘ
motto	European Space Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United space in Europe
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
operatesFrom	Guiana Space Centre ⓘ surface form: Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana
participatesIn	International Space Station program ⓘ surface form: International Space Station programme
predecessor	European Launcher Development Organisation ⓘ European Space Research Organisation ⓘ
website	https://www.esa.int/ ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Station Freedom program → internationalPartner → European Space Agency ⓘ

Artemis program → internationalPartners → European Space Agency ⓘ

ExoMars programme → leadOrganisation → European Space Agency ⓘ

International Space Station program → locationOfOperationsCenter → European Space Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESA Columbus Control Centre

Ariane launch vehicle programme → managedBy → European Space Agency ⓘ

ASI → memberOf → European Space Agency ⓘ

CNES → memberOf → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Research Organisation → mergedComponentOf → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Launcher Development Organisation → mergedInto → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Research Organisation → mergedInto → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Agency → motto → European Space Agency self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United space in Europe

Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication → notableRecipient → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Astronomy Centre → operatedBy → European Space Agency ⓘ

ATV spacecraft → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Advanced Camera for Surveys → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

BepiColombo mission → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

subject surface form: BepiColombo

Cassini–Huygens → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Cluster mission → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Copernicus Programme → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Astronaut Centre → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Astronaut Corps → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Operations Centre → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Research and Technology Centre → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

ExoMars programme → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Faint Object Camera → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Gaia observatory → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Galileo satellite navigation system → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Guiana Space Centre → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESA

Herschel Space Observatory → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Hubble Space Telescope → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

JUICE mission → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

James Webb Space Telescope → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Lunar Gateway → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Space Agency (ESA)

Mars Express → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESA

Planck spacecraft → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Rosetta mission → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

SOHO mission → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

subject surface form: SOHO

Solar Orbiter mission → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

this entity surface form: ESA

Vega launch vehicle programme → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

Venus Express → operator → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Astronaut Centre → ownedBy → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Astronomy Centre → ownedBy → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Operations Centre → ownedBy → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Space Research and Technology Centre → ownedBy → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Astronaut Corps → parentOrganization → European Space Agency ⓘ

European Astronaut Centre → partOf → European Space Agency ⓘ