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.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicThank you for liking
You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!
A Galileo FOC satellite in position for testing inside ESA’s HERTZ (Hybrid European RF and Antenna Test Zone) chamber. Test objects up to entire satellites are placed onto the heavy duty positioning system seen here, which can be moved for far-field measurements, or else the Near Field Scanner seen to the left is set to perform near-field measurements.