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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In addition to data provided by the Sentinel satellites, the Copernicus Contributing Missions play a crucial role, delivering complementary data to ensure that a whole range of observational requirements is satisfied. The existing or planned Contributing Missions include commercial missions from EU Member States or Copernicus Participating States, commercial Very High Resolution (VHR) optical and radar mission operators, and other emerging European New Space mission operators that make some of their data available for Copernicus.