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
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Earth viewed by the last Meteosat Second Generation (Meteosat-11) on 10 February 2019. Thanks to the Meteosat series of missions, both first and second generation, meteorologists have had a reliable and continuous data supply for nowcasting and very short-range forecasting for more than forty years. Returning detailed imagery of Europe, the North Atlantic and Africa every 15 minutes, the role of these missions is to help detect and monitor rapidly developing high-impact weather such as storms with direct benefits for citizens and sectors such as transport, agriculture and marine operations. The Meteosat Third Generation series are currently under development.