N° 60–2023: Media Invitation: ESA Director General’s Annual Press Briefing

Europe will regain its autonomous access to space in 2024, with the inaugural flight of the heavy-lift launcher Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Hear more about Hera, the planetary defence mission which will be launched at the end of 2024 and EarthCARE, ESA’s Earth observation mission studying the role that clouds and aerosols play in reflecting solar radiation.

Updates will also be provided to media on how commercial European space companies will compete to deliver supplies to the International Space Station by 2028.

ESA Directors will join Josef Aschbacher to detail ESA's new scientific, exploration, planetary defence, Earth observation, connectivity and navigation missions for 2024 – and the technology and operations that underpin them all.

Media representatives are invited to register by 12:00 CET on Tuesday 9 January 2024 for an on-site presence in Paris or to receive access codes for the ESA WebEx online session. Only those registered will be able to ask questions.
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ESA Director General’s Annual Press Briefing will also be streamed via esawebtv.esa.int on 11 January from 10:00 CET.

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For further information, please contact ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office - Camille Bello: media@esa.int

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About the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space. 

ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. 

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are Associate Members. 

ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement. 

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions. 

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int