United space in Europe

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Aeolus

Launch: 2018
Mapping Earth's global wind fields

Mapping Earth’s global wind fields
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Alphasat

Launched: 2013 Innovative satellite telecommunications platform

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Science & Exploration

ARD

Launched: 1998
First European experimental reentry vehicle

First European experimental reentry vehicle
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Enabling & Support

Ariane

First launch: 1979 Commercial launcher securing Europe’s non-dependent space access

1979 Commercial launcher securing Europe’s non-dependent space access
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Artemis

Launched: 2001 Technology demonstration for telecommunications

Technology demonstration for telecommunications
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Science & Exploration

Athena

Launch: 2031
Probing the hot and energetic Universe

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Science & Exploration

ATV

Launched: 2008, 2011, 2012
Space truck for ISS resupply

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Science & Exploration

BepiColombo

Launch: 2018
Europe’s first mission to Mercury

Launch: 2015 Europe’s first mission to Mercury
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Biomass

Launch: 2022
Measuring forest biomass

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Science & Exploration

Cheops

Launch: 2019
Studying planets around other stars

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Science & Exploration

Cluster

Launched: 1996 (failed), 2000
Space plasma physics in 3D

Space plasma physics in 3D
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Science & Exploration

Columbus

Launched: 2008 Europe’s ISS research laboratory

Europe’s ISS research laboratory
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Science & Exploration

Cos-B

Launched: 1975 Gamma-ray astronomy

Gamma-ray astronomy
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CryoSat

Launched: 2005 (failed), 2010 Measuring polar-ice thickness

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EarthCARE

Launch: 2022
Studying the roles of clouds and aerosols in our climate

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ECS series

Launched: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988
Operational European telecommunications satellites

Operational European telecommunications satellites
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EDRS

First launch: 2016
Geostationary satellites for relaying satellite data

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Electra

First launch: 2021
Europe's first electric-propulsion telecom satellite

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Envisat

Launched: 2002
10-instrument environmental satellite

10-instrument environmental satellite
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ERS-1 & -2

Launched: 1991, 1995
Radar-based Earth observation

Radar-based Earth observation
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Science & Exploration

ESRO series

Launched: 1967 (failed), 1968, 1969, 1972
Scientific exploration of space’s particle and radiation environment

Scientific exploration of space’s particle and radiation environment.
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Science & Exploration

Euclid

Launch: 2022
Charting dark matter and dark energy’s effects on the Universe

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Science & Exploration

Eureca

Launched: 1992
Reusable free-flying microgravity testbed

Reusable free-flying microgravity testbed
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Science & Exploration

European Robotic Arm

Launch: 2017
Robotic arm serving Russian segment of ISS

Robotic arm serving Russian segment of ISS
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Science & Exploration

Exomars

Launch: 2016, 2020
Mars orbiter and lander, followed by rover and surface platform

Mars orbiter and lander, followed by rover
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Science & Exploration

Exosat

Launched: 1983
X-ray astronomy

X-ray astronomy
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Flex

Launch: 2024
Global vegetation health

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Science & Exploration

Gaia

Launched: 2013
Mission to map a billion local stars in 3D

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Galileo

First launch: 2011
Europe's global satellite navigation system

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Science & Exploration

GEOS-1 & -2

Launched: 1977, 1978
Probing dynamics of Earth’s magnetic field, waves and particles

Operational European telecommunications satellites
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Science & Exploration

Giotto

Launched: 1985
Intercepting Comet Halley and Comet Grigg–Skjellerup

Intercepting Comet Halley and Comet Grigg–Skjellerup
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Giove-a & b

Launched: 2005, 2008
Technology demonstration for Galileo

Technology demonstration for Galileo
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GOCE

Launched: 2009
Mapping Earth's gravity

Mapping Earth’s gravity
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Science & Exploration

HEOS-1 & -2

Launched: 1968 & 1972
Probing Earth's magnetic field and the interplanetary medium

Probing Earth’s magnetic field and the interplanetary medium
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Science & Exploration

Herschel

Launched: 2009
Far-infrared astronomy mission

Far-infrared astronomy mission
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Science & Exploration

Hipparcos

Launched: 1989
Mapping the positions of more than 100 000 stars

Mapping the positions of more than 100 000 stars
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Science & Exploration

Hubble Space Telescope

Launched: 1990
ESA contributed solar arrays and Faint Object Camera

Launched: 1990 ESA contributed solar arrays and Faint Object Camera
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Science & Exploration

Huygens

Launched: 1997
Surface probe of Saturn’s moon Titan

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Hylas-1

Launched: 2010
Broadband services in public-private partnership

Broadband services in public-private partnership
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Science & Exploration

Integral

Launched: 2002
Gamma-ray astronomy

Gamma-ray astronomy
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Science & Exploration

ISEE-2

Launched: 1977
Charting Sun–Earth relations and magnetic field

Charting Sun–Earth relations and magnetic field
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Science & Exploration

ISO

Launched: 1995
Infrared astronomy

Infrared astronomy
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Science & Exploration

IUE

Launched: 1978
Ultraviolet astronomy

Ultraviolet astronomy
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Enabling & Support

IXV

Launched: 2015
Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle

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Science & Exploration

James Webb Space Telescope

Launch: 2021
Contributing two instruments to the next great space observatory

Contributing two instruments to the next great space observatory
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Science & Exploration

Juice

Launch: 2022
Europe's first mission to the Jupiter system

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Science & Exploration

LISA Pathfinder

Launched: 2015
Technology demonstration for gravitational wave detection

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Marecs series

Launched: 1981, 1982 (failed), 1984
Maritime telecommunications satellites

Maritime telecommunications satellites
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Science & Exploration

Mars Express

Launched: 2003
Europe's first Red Planet orbiter

Europe’s first Red Planet orbiter
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Meteosat series

Launched: 1977, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2015
Europe's weather satellites for daily forecasting

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MetOp series

Launched: 2006, 2012
Polar meteorological services

Polar meteorological services
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MetOp-SG Series

First launch: 2021
MetOp Second Generation

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MSG series

Launched: 2002, 2005, 2012
Second-generation European meteorology satellites

Second-generation European meteorology satellites
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MTG series

First launch: 2021
Meteosat Third Generation

Meteosat Third Generation
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Neosat

First launch: 2019
Next-generation telecom satellite platform

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Olympus

Launched: 1989
Technology demonstration for telecommunications

Technology demonstration for telecommunications
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OTS-1 & -2

Launched: 1977 (failed), 1978
Demonstrating technologies for telecommunications

Demonstrating technologies for telecommunications
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Science & Exploration

Planck

Launched: 2009
Mapping the cosmic microwave background

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Science & Exploration

Plato

Launch: 2026
Hunting planets beyond our Solar System

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Enabling & Support

Proba series

Launched: 2001, 2009, 2013
Technology demonstration microsatellites

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Quantum

First launch: 2019
The ‘chameleon’ telecom satellite

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Science & Exploration

Rosetta

Launched: 2004
Deep space comet rendezvous mission

Deep space comet rendezvous mission
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SAT-AIS

First launch: 2019
Microsatellites for identifying and tracking ships

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Sentinel family

First launch: 2014
A portfolio of operational Earth observation missions

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SmallGEO

First launch: 2017
New small platform for geostationary telecommunications

Hispasat 36W-1 with SmallGEO platform
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Science & Exploration

SMART-1

Launched: 2003
Experimental Moon mission

Experimental Moon mission
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SMOS

Launched: 2009
Measuring soil moisture and ocean salinity

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Science & Exploration

SOHO

Launched: 1995
Continuous observation of the Sun

Continuous observation of the Sun
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Science & Exploration

Solar Orbiter

Launch: 2020
Europe’s closest mission to the Sun

Europe’s closest mission to the Sun
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Science & Exploration

Spacelab

First launched: 1983
Laboratory module for NASA’s Space Shuttle; 22 launches

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Swarm

Launched: 2013
Trio of satellites mapping Earth’s magnetic field

Trio of satellites mapping Earth’s magnetic field
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Science & Exploration

TD-1

Launched: 1972
UV, X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy

Launched: 1972 UV, X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy
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Science & Exploration

Ulysses

Launched: 1990
Charting space above and below the Sun’s poles

Charting space above and below the Sun’s poles
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Enabling & Support

Vega

First launch: 2012
Europe’s small satellite launcher

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Science & Exploration

Venus Express

Launched: 2005
Europe’s first Venus orbiter

Europe’s first Venus orbiter
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Science & Exploration

XMM-Newton

Launched: 1999
X-ray astronomy

X-ray astronomy
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