ESA seeks to ensure a sustainable growth of the European space sector and the creation of value to society, from basic research to service development.
The European Space Agency is Europe's gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to support the competiveness of European industry and deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. For this purpose, ESA has been measuring the impact of its activities and programmes since the nineties, gathering best practices from the experience of its Member States.
Discover moreWith the ESA Global Space Markets Challenge, eligible start-ups and SMEs have a novel opportunity to present their plans to introduce their space products and/or services to international markets. Six winning companies from the upstream and downstream space sector will benefit from support to access international markets, where their products, applications or services could find potential customers. Take part in the competition, apply now!
The Global Space Economic Forum (GSEF) is the foremost creative platform to interactively discuss space-led innovation opportunities driven by the space economy
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The Global Space Economic Workshop (GSEW) is a framework to bring together leaders from European industry to promote partnerships and collaborations
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The Grand Challenge is a competition that proposes inspiring goals far from market reach to tackle specific challenges with unconventional and disruptive approaches
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The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) aims to
gather quantitative evidence that the usage of Copernicus Sentinel data
provides an effective and convenient support to various market
applications. Over 20 case studies have ...
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In view of profound changes of the space activities’ landscape, the
European Space Policy Institute published its annual report “Space
Venture Europe” in May 2021, addressing the entrepreneurship and private
investment trends in Europe in...
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The Global Space Markets Challenge is a new competition launched by ESA
with the operational and technical support of EURISY, a European
non-profit association of over 15 national space agencies and other
organisations involved in space activit...
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