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| − | The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975,is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to exploration of space with currently 17 member states. Its headquarters are in Paris, France. ESA has a staff (excluding sub-contractors and national space agencies) of about 1900 with a budget of about €3 billion in 2006. | + | The '''European Space Agency (ESA)''', established in 1975,is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to exploration of space with currently 17 member states. Its headquarters are in Paris, France. '''ESA''' has a staff (excluding sub-contractors and national space agencies) of about 1900 with a budget of about €3 billion in 2006. |
| − | ESA's spaceport is the Guiana Space Centre in [[Kourou]], French Guiana, a site chosen because it is close to the equator from which commercially important orbits are easier to access. During the era of Ariane 4 ESA gained the position of market leader in commercial space launches and in recent years ESA has established itself as the major competitor of NASA in space exploration. | + | '''ESA's''' spaceport is the Guiana Space Centre in [[Kourou]], French Guiana, a site chosen because it is close to the [[equator]] from which commercially important orbits are easier to access. During the era of [[Ariane 4]] '''ESA''' gained the position of market leader in commercial space launches and in recent years '''ESA''' has established itself as the major competitor of [[NASA]] in space exploration. |
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*[[Kourou (Addon)]] | *[[Kourou (Addon)]] | ||
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| + | *[[Cassini-Huygens]] | ||
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[[Category:Aerospace agency]] | [[Category:Aerospace agency]] | ||
Revision as of 23:33, 9 March 2006
The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975,is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to exploration of space with currently 17 member states. Its headquarters are in Paris, France. ESA has a staff (excluding sub-contractors and national space agencies) of about 1900 with a budget of about €3 billion in 2006.
ESA's spaceport is the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, a site chosen because it is close to the equator from which commercially important orbits are easier to access. During the era of Ariane 4 ESA gained the position of market leader in commercial space launches and in recent years ESA has established itself as the major competitor of NASA in space exploration.