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.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
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The second of the two solid rocket boosters (Etage d'Acceleration à Poudre - EAP) for the flight 172 Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle being transferred from the booster storage building (Bâtiment Stockage des Etages - BSE) to the launcher integration building (Bâtiment d'Intégration Lanceur - BIL) on 13 June 2006. Flight 172 will launch the telecommunications satellites JCSAT 10 & SYRACUSE 3B.