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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We live in an ever-changing world, with immediate, emerging and long-term risks. With the increasing breadth and diversity of global challenges, the understanding of 'safety and security applications' as a notion has become much broader, extending beyond the traditional military definition.
Today, many space programmes such as weather and Earth observation satellites, the Galileo Public Regulated Service, satellite-based communications, and European launchers serve national and European civil and defence needs on a daily basis. Space is required in order to adequately avoid, mitigate or manage most risks to our society and economy.
'Safety & security applications' on Earth cover a very wide scope of threats that can be difficult to predict. These threats are constantly increasing in scale and diversity and involve a growing number of state and non-state actors.