→ THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
ESA FACTS AND FIGURES
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Over 40 years of experience
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20 Member States
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Five establishments in Europe,
about 2200 staff
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4 billion Euro budget (2013)
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Over 70 satellites designed, tested
and operated in flight
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17 scientific satellites in operation
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Six types of launcher developed
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Celebrated the 200th launch of
Ariane in February 2011
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20 MEMBER STATES AND GROWING
ESA has 20 Member States: 18
states of the EU (AT, BE, CZ,
DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, IT, GR, IE,
LU, NL, PT, PL, RO, SE, UK)
plus Norway and Switzerland.
Eight other EU states have
Cooperation Agreements with
ESA: Estonia, Slovenia, Hungary,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta
and the Slovak Republic. Bulgaria
is negotiating a Cooperation
Agreement.
Canada takes part in some
programmes under a Cooperation
Agreement.
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ACTIVITIES
ESA is one of the few space agencies in the world to
combine responsibility in nearly all areas of space activity.
• Space science
• Navigation
• Exploration
• Technology
• Human spaceflight
• Earth observation
• Launchers
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• Telecommunications
• Operations
ESA’S LOCATIONS
EAC
ESTEC
(Noordwijk) (Cologne)
ECSAT
(Harwell)
ESA HQ
(Paris)
ESA sites/facilities
Offices
ESOC
(Darmstadt)
Brussels
Redu
Toulouse
Oberpfaffenhofen
Cebreros,
Villafranca
ESA ground stations
ESAC
(Madrid)
ESRIN
(Rome)
Moscow
Washington
Houston
Santa Maria
Kourou
Maspalomas
New Norcia
Perth
Malargüe
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Salmijaervi
(Kiruna)
ESA PROGRAMMES
All Member States participate (on
a GNP basis) in activities related
to space science and a common
set of programmes (Mandatory
programmes).
In addition, Member States
choose their level of
participation in Optional
programmes.
Optional
Mandatory
• General Budget: Future studies,
technological research, education,
common investments (facilities,
laboratories, basic infrastructure)
• Science: Solar System science,
astronomy and fundamental physics
• Human Spaceflight
• Telecommunications & Integrated
Applications
• Earth Observation
• Launchers
• Navigation
• Robotic Exploration
• Space Situational Awareness
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ESA 2013 BUDGET BY DOMAIN
Associated with
General Budget
4.7%, 201.3 M€
Basic Activities 5.4%, 232.1 M€
European Cooperating States
Agreement (ECSA) 0.1%, 4.6 M€
Scientific
Programme
11.9%, 507.9 M€
Earth
Observation*
22.9%, 982.5 M€
Space Situational
Awareness 0.2%, 10.1 M€
Technology support* 2.2%, 94.6 M€
*includes Third Party
Activities
Total:
4282.1 M€
Robotic Exploration & Prodex 3.2%,
138.6 M€
M€: Million Euro
Navigation*
16.6%, 708.8 M€
Launchers
16.1%, 688.8 M€
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Telecom & Integrated Applications*
7.3%, 314.3 M€
Human Spaceflight* 9.3%, 398.6 M€
ESA DIRECTORS
Director General
Jean-Jacques Dordain
Science & Robotic
Exploration
Launchers
Human Spaceflight
& Operations
Earth
Observation
Telecomms
& Integrated
Applications
Galileo &
Navigation-related
Activities
Alvaro Giménez
Cañete
Antonio
Fabrizi
Thomas
Reiter
Volker
Liebig
Magali
Vaissière
Didier
Faivre
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Technical & Quality
Management
Procurement,
Financial
Operations
& Legal Affairs
Corporate
Reforms
Human Resources,
Facility
Management
& Informatics
Policies, Planning
& Control
Franco
Ongaro
Eric Morel
De Westgaver
Gaele
Winters
Hans Georg
Mockel
Giuseppe
Morsillo
ESA COUNCIL
The Council is the governing body of ESA.
It provides the basic policy guidelines for
ESA’s activities. Each Member State is
represented on the Council and has one
vote.
About every three years, Council meets at
ministerial level (‘Ministerial Council’) to
take key decisions on new and continuing
programmes and financial commitment.
The ESA Council at ministerial level also
meets together with the EU Council to form
the European ‘Space Council’.
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ESA’S INDUSTRIAL POLICY
About 90% of ESA’s budget is
spent on contracts with
European industry.
ESA’s industrial policy:
• ensures that Member States get a
fair return on their investment;
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improves competitiveness of
European industry;
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maintains and develops space
technology;
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exploits the advantages of free
competitive bidding, except where
incompatible with objectives of the
industrial policy.
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ESA General Support Technology
Programme - GSTP
The objective of ESA's General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) is to convert promising engineering
concepts into a board spectrum of mature products, everything from individual components, to subsystems, up to
complete satellites, and beyond.
The GSTP programme is an ESA Optional programme that addresses the European space industry technology
needs in the development of emerging space applications.
The programme objective are the development of novel space missions and applications, support European Space
industry competitiveness, foster innovation and enhance European technology non-dependence by securing the
availability of European sources for critical technologies.
The GSTP programme is currently organized in 4 elements and has more than 260 on going technology projects
and, for 2011, around 56 finalised technology developments.
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ESA Technology Research Programme TRP
The objective of ESA’s Technology Research Programme (TRP) is to support all ESA programmes across all
technology domains. The TRP is an essential strategic tool for the Agency to prepare future missions and
develop European technology competencies.
The TRP programme is an ESA Mandatory programme and aims at developing technologies for future ESA
missions and maintaining key technology capabilities in European space industry. The TRP addresses the first
steps of space technology innovation going up to technology readiness level (TRL) 3 or 4.
The TRP encompasses classic technology developments, but also the Innovation Triangle Initiative (ITI) and
the Startiger. The ITI initiative is based on a permanent call for ideas for attracting unsolicited R&D proposals
for highly innovative ideas for technology spin-in and innovation. The Startiger initiative is based on periodic
calls for ideas and aims at implementing a new approach for conducting R&D activities that allows a dramatic
reduction of the turn-around time typical for technological developments.
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ESA Integrated Applications Promotion –
IAP 1)
The IAP and SATCOM-APPS programmes are dedicated to the evolution of customized solutions and the
establishment of innovative services based on feasibility and demonstration projects as well as awareness
activities.
Combining different space and terrestrial systems creates capabilities that are greater than the sum of their
parts. Therefore the concerted utilization of Satellite-Telecommunications, Earth Observation and Navigation, as
well as Human Spaceflight technologies is pursued.
The IAP programme operates via the following opportunities:
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The continuously open 'Call for Proposals'
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Open competitive 'Invitations To Tender (ITT)'
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Dedicated 'Call for User Ideas'.
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ESA Integrated Applications Promotion –
IAP 2)
These opportunities are advertised on the IAP Portal and through ESA's electronic system EMITS
(Electronic Mailing Invitation To Tender System).
While this IAP Portal presents the IAP Open Call for proposals, all open competitive Invitations To
Tender (ITT) and announces the Intended Invitations To Tender (IITT) to be released in a near future,
the EMITS portal provides the official documentation. 'Call for User Ideas' are seen as initial stepping
stones for future activities and are published on the IAP Portal only.
The overall goal of the IAP programme can be summarised as "the development of operational services for
a wide range of users through the combination of different systems".
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ESA Integrated Applications Promotion –
IAP 3)
To achieve this goal, the following objectives have been defined for IAP activities:
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Promotion of space applications to a wider range of users, especially those
who are not aware
of the benefits that space technologies can bring to them;
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Development of new operational services for these users, involving a broader participation by actors on
both the demand and supply sides;
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Utilization of at least two existing and different space assets (such as
Satellite
Communications, Earth Observation, Satellite Navigation, Human Spaceflight technologies and others), leading to
a better exploitation of existing space capacity and know-how together with a better
understanding of
how they should evolve to meet user requirements;
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Cross-fertilisation across disciplines (e.g. impact of Climate on Health, on
Energy, on
Transport, etc...) together with the development of a consistent
approach across Integrated Applications
initiatives, to maximize their
efficient and cost- effective implementation.
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