European space programmes

European organisation dedicated to space exploration

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international convention agreed by a current total of 30 European Member States.

agency in charge of developing, executing and managing the space program of the European Union

Polish state space agency

European Space Agency reusable launcher prototype

reusable rocket engine

The MUltinational Space-based Imaging System for Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Observation (MUSIS) is an international program including France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Greece, and Spain, aimed at allowing the six nations to share imagery from various military satellites through a common, generic user ground segment (UGS) according to agreed rules and quota.

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family of European satellite buses

Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and seventy-four have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by Aérospatiale and later passed to Alcatel Alenia Space. In 2006, it was sold to Thales Group as Thales Alenia Space.

thumb|Overview of the architecture of CALLISTO CALLISTO (Cooperative Action Leading to Launcher Innovation in Stage Toss-back Operations) is a reusable VTVL demonstrator propelled by a small 40 kN Japanese LOX-LH2 rocket engine. It is being developed jointly by the French (CNES), German (DLR), and Japanese (JAXA) national space agencies. thumb|Simulation of mass flow around CALLISTO thumb|Early illustration of CALLISTO thumb|Model of CALLISTO at Paris Air Show 2025 The goals for CALLISTO are to mature and demonstrate the technologies which are necessary to build and operate a reusable launch v

orbital recoverable launch vehicle of the European company ArianeGroup