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    News
    26 August 2025
    Call for Applications: EPIC European-UAE Space Startup Competition 2025

    The European Space Agency (ESA), in collaboration with partners in the United Arab Emirates, is pleased to announce the launch of the first EPIC...

    News
    25 June 2025
    ESA boosts commercial space at Paris Air Show

    At the 55th International Paris Air Show, the European Space Agency (ESA) reinforced its commitment to commercialising space by co-hosting the newly launched Paris...

    13 June 2025
    The After

      CNES, ESA and Aerospace Angels are glad to invite you to attend THE AFTER, a special Investors event in Paris, organized in the frame of SPACELY (the space investors club powered by...

    News
    28 May 2025
    Inauguration of the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre (ESDI)

    Geraldine Naja, ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness (right), and Joanne Sieber, CEO of Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundation (left) – © ESA...

    News
    27 May 2025
    Geraldine Naja Highlights ESA’s Commercial Ambitions at Space Community Days

    At the recent Space Community Days event, Géraldine Naja, ESA’s Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, delivered a compelling overview of the agency’s achievements...

    Space exploration Space technologies Space transportation
    News
    25 March 2025
    ESA Business Incubation Centres: one of Europe’s leading start-up hubs

    Financial Times Europe’s leading Start-Up Hub ranking once again places the European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) Network in the top 10....

    Events
    18 March 2025
    Fly Me to the Moon webinar series

    The Fly Me to the Moon webinar series, organised in collaboration with the European Business Angels Network (EBAN), was designed to bridge the gap...

    Events
    11 December 2024
    ESA Investor Forum 2024: Exploring Space Technology Advancements and Commercial Opportunities

    On 9-10 December, the ESA Investor Forum, held in Frankfurt, Germany, brought together key players in the space industry to discuss the main commercial...

    News
    25 November 2024
    Insights from Nihonbashi Space Week: ESA’s Leadership on Public-Private Partnerships and Multinational Cooperation in Space Industry

    The Nihonbashi Space Week provided a platform for key figures from the European Space Agency (ESA) to discuss the future of space commercialisation. In...

    News
    08 November 2024
    Geraldine Naja discusses the European space sector at the Space2Business event

    On 5 November, the Czernin Palace in Prague hosted the first day of the Space2Business event, aimed at fostering commercial opportunities within the European...

    News
    25 October 2024
    Launching the 20 years anniversary of the ESA BIC programme

    This year marks the 20th anniversary of the European Space Agency’s Business Incubation Centre network (ESA BICs). Whilst the idea for a start-up support...

    News
    17 October 2024
    ESA announces the laureates of the 2024 Rising Stars Award

    The ESA Rising Stars Initiative, led by ESA Commercialisation Directorate, aims to identify the most promising European space start-ups and scale-ups within its ecosystem...

    News
    11 September 2024
    Winners of the first European-Japanese space startup competition 2024

    We announce the four winning companies of the European-Japanese Space Startup Competition 2024, willing to forge powerful partnerships and innovate within the space industry. ...

    Events
    18 July 2024
    ESA BIC Portugal Information Day 2024

    The European Space Agency (ESA), in coordination with the Portuguese Space Agency (Portugal Space), opened a tender on the implementation and management of an...

    News
    08 December 2023
    ESA launches a new Grand Challenge with Caracol and D-Orbit

    Four Teams to Break Barriers in Space Manufacturing in the new COSMIC LFAM ESA Grand Challenge In a collaboration among leaders in 3D printing...

    Materials - Manufacturing and...
    News
    20 October 2023
    ESA Ventures and Financing Office announces new Investor Network Signatories

    The Ventures and Financing Office is pleased to report a substantial expansion in its investor network, welcoming five new esteemed investors. Elaia Bloc Ventures...

    17 October 2023
    Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    Join our webinar on 08 November 2023 – 11:00-12:00 CET to find out more about how ESA can help you develop services in areas...

    Education and Training
    13 October 2023
    UKsec Cyber Security Summit

    ESA is presenting at this summit, which provides UK-based cyber security professionals with a platform to collaborate and exchange knowledge to secure a hyper-remote...

    Safety and security
    News
    07 September 2023
    ESA announces the 20 laureates of the 2023 Rising Stars award

    The ESA Rising Stars initiative, led by ESA’s Commercialisation Services department, is aiming at listing the most promising European space start-ups and scale-ups in...

    21 February 2023
    ISD 2024

    The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the space community to attend the Industry Space Days (ISD) at ESA/ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands) on...

    21 February 2023
    ESA Commercialisation Days: Health and Biotech

    A combination of demographic, market and technology trends is having a profound effect on the transformation of the healthcare sector. The increasing digitalisation of...

    10 February 2023
    74th International Astronautical Congress

    The 74th International Astronautical Congress will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan form the 2nd to the 6th October 2023. The International Astronautical Congress is...

    Market trends
    03 February 2023
    Space market digest #5 – 2022 investments, the LEO satellite market and space exploration perspectives

    Overall investment picture from last year The past year was not a successful one for private investments in the space industry as they globally declined...

    Satellites Space exploration Space transportation
    22 November 2022
    Space2Business

    Strategically situated in Prague, home of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, and amidst the excellence in technology innovation support programmes, Space2Business & Brokerage addresses companies,...

    Market trends
    21 November 2022
    Space market digest #2 – New space business areas and ever-growing Earth Observation market

    Development of new space business areas from research to applications   Increasing use of advanced composites for space applications is foreseen as the market...

    Materials - Manufacturing and...
    Stories
    10 October 2022
    Improving crop production with space data

    Hungarian space-related start-ups are currently diving deep into developing their businesses in the framework of ESA BIC Hungary. From time to time we would...

    Food and Agriculture
    Stories
    06 October 2022
    Access to space data as easy as filling up a glass?

    Do you need data from the universe? Skyint is a Hungarian start-up on a mission to help its users access space data on-demand, and...

    News
    16 September 2022
    ESA BIC Pitch to Fly Start-Up Competition at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2022

    The 73rd International Astronautical Conference (IAC) will take place in Paris on 18-22 September at the Paris Convention Centre. On 19 and 20 September,...

    Stories
    06 September 2022
    Cartography production using geospatial technology

    LS Engenharia Geográfica provides professional surveying services The company’s core activity consists of the acquisition, storage, analysis, exploration and mapping of spatial data, with...

    Events
    05 September 2022
    Investing in access to space? Capacity building for fund managers

    Space technology, infrastructures and digital applications offer many market segments with a high growth rate and many opportunities to take a market leading role....

    Events
    28 June 2022
    Capacity Building Programme for Fund Managers – Episode 5 – Fund setup, investment strategy, investment team, exit strategy

    Investments in space technology, infrastructures and digital applications are a quickly growing segment. In the coming years, European companies will find new business opportunities...

    Events
    02 May 2022
    Three Events, One Technology

    Students from 3 Portuguese higher education institutions were challenged to speed design a business idea using a single existing ESA patent. These challenges were...

    News
    02 May 2022
    3, 2, 1, Ignition! Lift-off to Space Solutions Business

    On the 9th of March 2022, ESA Space Solutions Portugal organized “3, 2, 1, Ignition! Lift-off to Space Solutions Business”, an event for University...

    11 April 2022
    Vivatech 2022

    Viva Technology (or VivaTech) is an annual technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups. It is traditionally held in Paris, France.

    News
    11 November 2021
    ESA boosts space entrepreneurship in Turin

    INNOVATIVE START-UP COMPANIES THAT USE SPACE TO DEVELOP THRIVING BUSINESSES WILL RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM AN ESA-BACKED BUSINESS INCUBATION CENTRE THAT HAS JUST OPENED IN...

    Events
    04 August 2021
    In-Orbit Economy Workshop: from space innovation to business development

    In this one-day workshop organised by the ESA Downstream Gateway it was covered how the space environment can boost commercial solutions through the involvement...

    25 June 2021
    In-Orbit Economy Workshop: From Space Innovation to Business Development

    The event focuses on how the space environment can boost commercial solutions through the involvement of private actors in experimenting aboard of European facilities...

    Tourism
    11 May 2021
    Radio Frequency Analytics Applications

    The hustle and bustle of modern society is often intertwined – whether intentionally or unintentionally – with radio-frequency (RF) emissions. Individuals, vehicles, and equipment...

    Safety and security
    Events
    11 May 2021
    Space for Finance Workshop: how space technology can support the digitalisation and greening of the financial sector

    This one-day workshop organised by the ESA Downstream Gateway brought together stakeholders from the finance and space world discussing the potential of space in...

    Environment - Wildlife and... Finance - Investment and... Safety and security
    Market trends
    20 April 2021
    How Space supports the Financial sector to foster the transition towards a green and sustainable future

    Sustainable finance The climate change and the consequences from air and sea pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation are causing a strong pressure on industries...

    Environment - Wildlife and... Finance - Investment and...
    18 March 2021
    Space for Finance: how space technology can support the digitalisation and greening of the financial sector

      Find out more during the workshop “Space for Finance” organised by the Downstream Gateway on April 29th 2021, from 09:00 to 13.30 CEST....

    Environment - Wildlife and... Finance - Investment and...
    26 February 2021
    Digital Twin and Holograms

    Webinar related to the call Immersive Reality. For more information, please visit the website.

    Infrastructure and Smart Cities Safety and security
    News
    04 January 2021
    From Space to Earth: Satellite integration for 5G

    5G is the fifth generation of cellular networks which will bring new opportunities for people, businesses and corporations through faster speed, higher traffic capacity,...

    13 October 2020
    Space-Comm Expo

    SPACE-COMM EXPO IS A NEW TRADE EXHIBITION, FOCUSED ON THE COMMERCIALISATION OF SPACE FOR BUSINESS, DEFENCE AND AEROSPACE Supported, and in partnership with the...