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.
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The container containing the latest Galileo satellite, FOC FM06, being carefully hoisted off the lorry that has carried it from maker OHB in Bremen, Germany. Its underside was then carefully cleaned (the rest of the container having already been sprayed clean outside) before it was taken out of the bay into the cleanroom environment of the main ESTEC Test Centre. The satellite arrived on 18 December 2014.