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
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An engineering model of a Hiber CubeSat inside ESA's Hertz chamber at ESTEC in the Netherlands. The front spiral antenna is used to send and receive signals from the modems of Hiber customers, used to track or harness data from items such as haulage vehicles, power cables, pipelines or sensors for precision agriculture. The long straight antenna is employed to receive commands from the ground and downlink satellite telemetry.