April 2018
Climate monitoring and the need for open access to global environmental satellite data
... available as of 1998, and gradually increased the amount of operational data that was shared freely, as well. The European Space Agency (ESA) made access to all of its Earth observing satellite data free as of 2012. A year later, the Japan...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... Angels, between 2009 and 2018 there was over US$15 billion of equity investment in space, US$6.5 billion of which was in satellite development European Space Agency - has been an influential participant in the subject of debris policy and research...
April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
..., so it will be an opportunity to do additional things, as well as running all the existing projects with the European Space Agency (ESA), and at bilateral and national levels. It’s a complex challenge,” he admitted. Spain is a founding member...
April 2025
Azores rising – Portugal’s Atlantic outpost vying to become space gateway
... about Portugal’s emerging capability within the evolving global NewSpace industry Portugal is no stranger to the space sector. A member of the European Space Agency (ESA) for more than 20 years, it hosts one of ESA’s ESTRACK antennas on Santa Maria...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
..., are designed to align economic innovation with ecological responsibility. ESA strategy While the EU Space Act provides the regulatory scaffolding, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) approach defines the technical and programmatic direction. The...
24 June 2016
Will Brexit Lead to Spexit?
... program, including that of Britain's relationship with the European Space Agency. Over three quarters of the funds Britain spends on space programs is sent to ESA, which is not a European Union organization. As noted by ESA Director-General Johann...
