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European Space Agency

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European System of Accounts

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Extended Service Area

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Extended Service Agreement

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Enhanced Subscriber Authentication

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Energy Savings Agreement

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Equal Space Area

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Economics Student Association

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What does ESA mean?

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The European Space Agency (ESA; French: Agence spatiale européenne pronunciation , Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Europea, Spanish: Agencia Espacial Europea ASE; German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Paris, ESA has a worldwide staff of about 2,200 in 2018 and an annual budget of about €7.2 billion in 2022.ESA's space flight programme includes human spaceflight (mainly through participation in the International Space Station program); the launch and operation of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon; Earth observation, science and telecommunication; designing launch vehicles; and maintaining a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou (French Guiana), France. The main European launch vehicle Ariane 5 is operated through Arianespace with ESA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing this launch vehicle. The agency is also working with NASA to manufacture the Orion spacecraft service module that will fly on the Space Launch System.

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