ESTEC: Government / agency, launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / European Space Agency / ESTEC

0Orbital launches

2All launches (incl. suborbital)

0Satellites in orbit

4Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

ESTEC is a government organisation, founded in 1964. Our records show 2 launches.

Part of European Space Agency ·

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
20 Feb 1974	C111/2	Centaure 2C	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success
20 Feb 1974	C111/1	Centaure 2C	ESRANGE, Kiruna	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

LMT Group and Novaspace partner to develop strategy for 5G/6G satellite communications hub in Latvia SpaceNews · 1 Oct 2026
ESTEC, ESA’s technical heart, seen from orbit ESA · 25 Sep 2026
Record participation in ESA’s Industry Space Days 2026 ESA · 24 Sep 2026
Three space companies win ESA awards for excellence and innovation ESA · 17 Sep 2026
Galileo's first civil authenticated position fix under spoofing conditions ESA · 17 Sep 2026
Galileo's first civil authenticated position fix in spoofing conditions ESA · 17 Sep 2026
From drone flight to sounding rocket ESA · 30 Jul 2026
Meet space startups at ESA’s Industry Space Days ESA · 27 Jul 2026
Plato's electronics ready for space ESA · 20 Jul 2026
Artemis II crew at ESTEC ESA · 20 Jul 2026

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Provenance

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This entry merges 1 source: GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.