Launched: 2018Mapping Earth's global wind fields
Launched: 2013 Innovative satellite telecommunications platform
Launch: 2026ESA's ozone mission
Launch: 2024Improving Arctic and global weather forecasts
Launched: 1998First European experimental reentry vehicle
First launch: 1979 Commercial launcher securing Europe’s non-dependent space access
Launch: 2029Performing a chemical census of a large and diverse sample of exoplanets by analysing their atmospheres
Launched: 2001 Technology demonstration for telecommunications
Launch: 2034Probing the hot and energetic Universe
Launched: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014Space truck for ISS resupply
Launch: 2018Europe’s first mission to Mercury
Launch: 2025Measuring forest biomass
Launch: 2019Studying planets around other stars
Launch: 2026Removing a piece of space debris from orbit for the first time
Launched: 1996 (failed), 2000Space plasma physics in 3D
Launched: 2008 Europe’s ISS research laboratory
First launch: 2014A portfolio of operational Earth observation missions
Launched: 1975 Gamma-ray astronomy
Launched: 2005 (failed), 2010 Measuring polar-ice thickness
Launched: December 2003 and July 2004Studying how the Sun affects Earth's magnetic environment
Launch: 2024Studying the roles of clouds and aerosols in our climate
Launched: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988Operational European telecommunications satellites
First launch: 2016Geostationary satellites for relaying satellite data
First launch: 2021Europe's first electric-propulsion telecom satellite
Launched: 200210-instrument environmental satellite
Launched: 1991, 1995Radar-based Earth observation
Launched: 1967 (failed), 1968, 1969, 1972Scientific exploration of space’s particle and radiation environment
Launch: 2023Charting dark matter and dark energy’s effects on the Universe
Launched: 1992Reusable free-flying microgravity testbed
Launch: 2021Robotic arm serving Russian segment of ISS
Launch: 2016Trace Gas Orbiter (2016) and Rosalind Franklin rover mission (launch date TBC)
Launched: 1983X-ray astronomy
Launch: 2025 Global vegetation health
Launch: 2027Measuring Earth's thermal radiation
Launched: 2013Mission to map a billion local stars in 3D
First launch: 2011Europe's global satellite navigation system
Launched: 1977, 1978Probing dynamics of Earth’s magnetic field, waves and particles
Launched: 1985Intercepting Comet Halley and Comet Grigg–Skjellerup
Launched: 2005, 2008Technology demonstration for Galileo
Launched: 2009Mapping Earth's gravity
Launched: 1968 & 1972Probing Earth's magnetic field and the interplanetary medium
Launch: 2024Examining the first test of asteroid deflection
Launched: 2009Far-infrared astronomy mission
Launched: 1989Mapping the positions of more than 100 000 stars
Launched: 1990ESA contributed solar arrays and Faint Object Camera
Launched: 1997Surface probe of Saturn’s moon Titan
Launched: 2010Broadband services in public-private partnership
Launched: 2002Gamma-ray astronomy
Launched: 1977Charting Sun–Earth relations and magnetic field
Launched: 1995Infrared astronomy
Launched: 1978Ultraviolet astronomy
Launched: 2015Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle
Launch: 2023Europe's first mission to the Jupiter system
Launch: 2037Observing gravitational waves from space
Launched: 2015Technology demonstration for gravitational wave detection
Launched: 1981, 1982 (failed), 1984Maritime telecommunications satellites
Launched: 2003Europe's first Red Planet orbiter
Launched: 1977, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2015First and second generation
Launched: 2006, 2012, 2018Polar meteorological services
First launch: 2025MetOp Second Generation
First launch: 2022Meteosat Third Generation
First launch: 2019Next-generation telecom satellite platform
Launched: 1989Technology demonstration for telecommunications
Launch: 2019In-orbit technology experiments
Launched: 1977 (failed), 1978Demonstrating technologies for telecommunications
Launched: 2009Mapping the cosmic microwave background
Launch: 2026Hunting planets beyond our Solar System
Launched: 2001, 2009, 2013Technology demonstration microsatellites
Launched: 2024Precise formation flying mission
First launch: 2019The ‘chameleon’ telecom satellite
Launched: 2004Deep space comet rendezvous mission
First launch: 2019Microsatellites for identifying and tracking ships
First launch: 2024ESA’s agile research missions
First launch: 2017New small platform for geostationary telecommunications
Launched: 2003Experimental Moon mission
Launched: 2009Measuring soil moisture and ocean salinity
Launched: 1995Continuous observation of the Sun
Launch: 2020Europe’s closest mission to the Sun
First launch: 2024Europe’s reusable space transport system
First launched: 1983Laboratory module for NASA’s Space Shuttle; 22 launches
Launched: 2013Trio of satellites mapping Earth’s magnetic field
Launched: 1972UV, X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy
Launched: 1990Charting space above and below the Sun’s poles
First launch: 2012Europe’s light satellite launcher
Launched: 2005Europe’s first Venus orbiter
Launch: mid-2020’sMonitoring our unpredictable Sun to protect Earth
Launch: 2021Seeing farther into the Universe than ever before
Launched: 1999X-ray astronomy
Launch: 2024Young Professional Satellite to document Ariane 6’s inaugural launch
Launch: 2020Artificial intelligence for Earth observation
