European Space Research Organisation

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intergovernmental organization scientific organization space research organization

The European Space Research Organisation was an intergovernmental scientific body founded in the 1960s to coordinate and develop space research among European countries, and later merged into what became the European Space Agency.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Council of European national space authorities 1
ESRO 1
European Space Research Centre 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
scientific organization ⓘ
space research organization ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
cooperatedWith European Launcher Development Organisation ⓘ
country multinational ⓘ
dissolutionReason merger into European Space Agency ⓘ
dissolved 1975 ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ
space research ⓘ
space science ⓘ
founded 1960s ⓘ
1964 ⓘ
foundedBy European Space Research Organisation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Council of European national space authorities

European states ⓘ
hasSuccessor European Space Agency ⓘ
headquartersCountry France ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalForm intergovernmental organization ⓘ
memberState Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedComponentOf European Space Agency ⓘ
mergedInto European Space Agency ⓘ
notableMission ESRO-1A ⓘ
ESRO-1A ⓘ
surface form: ESRO-1B

ESRO-2B ⓘ
HEOS-1 ⓘ
HEOS-2 ⓘ
TD-1A ⓘ
operated scientific satellites ⓘ
space science missions ⓘ
predecessorOf European Space Agency science programme ⓘ
purpose coordination of space research in Europe ⓘ
development of space science ⓘ
management of European scientific satellites ⓘ
replacedBy European Space Agency ⓘ
shortName European Space Research Organisation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ESRO
status defunct ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

European Launcher Development Organisation → cooperatedWith → European Space Research Organisation ⓘ
European Space Research Organisation → foundedBy → European Space Research Organisation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Council of European national space authorities
European Space Agency → predecessor → European Space Research Organisation ⓘ
European Space Research and Technology Centre → predecessor → European Space Research Organisation ⓘ
this entity surface form: European Space Research Centre
European Space Research Organisation → shortName → European Space Research Organisation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ESRO