Euopean Space Agency Space News

• Read ESA's Strategy 2040

  

  ESA's Strategy 2040

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• ESA Open Days 2025

  

  ESA Open Days 2025

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• Week in images: 01-05 September 2025

  

  Week in images: 01-05 September 2025

  Discover our week through the lens

• Estonia celebrates 10 years in ESA

  

  Estonia marked its 10th anniversary in the European Space Agency alongside the plenary session of the European Interparliamentary Space Conference on 4 September.  

• Glittering glimpse of star birth

  Image: Webb image of a glittering glimpse of star birth

• Galileo ‘daughter mission’ name revealed: Celeste

  

  Following the announcement of the upcoming launch of LEO-PNT’s first satellites, ESA has now unveiled the name of the mission. Celeste, as it has been officially designated, will test the potential of a new, low Earth orbit layer of satellites to enhance Galileo’s resilience and complement its capabilities.

• Second MTG-Imager satellite passes thermal vacuum test

  

  The second of the Meteosat Third Generation Imagers, MTG-I2, has passed some important milestones in the cleanroom facilities at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, southern France.

• New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first data

  

  Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its cutting-edge instruments, offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.

• Week in images: 25-29 August 2025

  

  Week in images: 25-29 August 2025

  Discover our week through the lens