European Space Agency
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Summary
European Space Agency is an intergovernmental organization[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of intergovernmental organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,334 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: space exploration[3], spaceflight[4]
- Member of: Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee[5], Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems[6], Open Geospatial Consortium[7], RIPE Network Coordination Centre[8], DataCite[9], European Open Science Cloud Association[10], Eiroforum[11]
- Country: France[12]
- Instance of: space agency[13], international organization[14]
- Official language: English[15], French[16], German[17]
- Founder: Belgium[18], Denmark[19], France[20], West Germany[21], Italy[22], Netherlands[23], Spain[24], Sweden[25], United Kingdom[26], Switzerland[27], Ireland[28]
- Item operated: Guiana Space Centre[29], International Space Station[30], European Space Agency, ESA[31]
- Maintained by: Josef Aschbacher[32]
- Follows: European Launcher Development Organisation[33]
- Headquarters location: Paris[34]
- Postal code: 75738[35]
- Commons category: European Space Agency[36]
- Industry: research and development[37], activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies[38]
- Has part(s): SMILE[39]
- Inception: May 30, 1975[40]
- Official website: https://esa.int[41]
- IPA transcription: e:sa[42], iːsa[43], iːza[44]
- Topic's main category: Category:European Space Agency[45]
- Commons gallery: European Space Agency[46]
- Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[47]
- Participant in: Geospatial World Forum 2026[48]
- Official name: Agence spatiale européenne[49], European Space Agency[50], Europäische Weltraumorganisation[51], AGENCE SPATIALE EUROPEENNE[52]
- Legal form: international organization[53]
- Commons Institution page: European Space Agency[54]
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Type: Other[55]
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Began / founded: 1975-05-30[57]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for European Space Agency include 9950 ESA[59], an asteroid[60].
Why It Matters
European Space Agency has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 131 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include 9950 ESA[59], an asteroid[60].