The European Space Agency (ESA) 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 deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
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An ESA-led project with Airbus Defence and Space developed and tested a supercapacitor design able to provide brief bursts of very high power levels to space missions as required. The project designed and constructed a working prototype ‘Bank of Supercapacitors’ based on 34 supercapacitors in series with three strings in parallel, incorporating thermal sensors to keep it from overheating and degrading, and potted for safe operation in the space environment