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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Destination Earth is a flagship initiative of the European Commission to develop a highly accurate digital twin, or replica, of the Earth system and is set to revolutionise our understanding of natural phenomena, hazards and the impact of human activities related to climate and environmental change.
Destination Earth is led by the European Commission and is implemented by ESA together with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat). More than 100 public and private partners are involved in building the system.
ESA develops and operates the DestinE Platform, an open and secure cloud environment that will support DestinE data exploitation with the aim to meet the needs of a large and diverse community that includes citizens, scientists and academics, commercial entities and policymakers.