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.
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One of ESA’s ambitions is to boost the commercialisation of space for a green and digital Europe, opening space to new players including non-space-based companies, in a global space economy projected to exceed US $1 trillion by 2040.
On 29 January 2025, at the European Space Conference in Brussels, Belgium, Luca del Monte, Head of the Commercialisation Services Department at ESA joined talks on the 'Business of Space: Opportunities and Challenges in the Investment Journey'.
Find further information on how ESA facilitates the commercialisation of space via ESA's Commercialisation Gateway.