European Space Agency: International organisation (France), launches, rockets and satellites

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19Orbital launches

40All launches (incl. suborbital)

47Satellites in orbit

4Satellites built

1Rockets / spacecraft

European Space Agency is a international organisation based in France, founded in 1975. Our records show 19 orbital launches, 47 satellites in orbit and 1 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

Official website · Wikipedia · More from France

Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

ESTEC 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit

Products

Rockets and spacecraft

Name	Type	Status	First flight	Launches	To low orbit
Space Rider	Spaceplane	Retired		0

Activity

Orbital launches per year

121314152224

Last 15 years. Peak: 2 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

GalileoSat	4
Flexbus	4
OTS	3
ESA Geos	2
Meteosat	2
CAT	2
Cubesat 12U	2
Proteus	2

Recent launches

Date	Mission	Vehicle	Site	Result
9 Jul 2024	Cubesats	Ariane 62	CSG	Success
13 Jul 2022	LARES 2	Vega C	CSG	Success
3 Dec 2015	LPF	Vega	CSG	Success
23 Jun 2015	Sentinel-2A	Vega	CSG	Success
11 Feb 2015	IXV	Vega	CSG	Success
30 Apr 2014	KazEOSat-1	Vega	CSG	Success
7 May 2013	PROBA-V	Vega	CSG	Success
13 Feb 2012	LARES	Vega	CSG	Success
16 Nov 2005	Telkom 2	Ariane 5ECA	CSG	Success
12 Feb 2005	XTAR-EUR	Ariane 5ECA	CSG	Success
21 Oct 1998	Ariane Met	Super Loki	CSG	Success
30 Oct 1997	TEAMSAT	Ariane 5G	CSG	Success

In the news

Recent headlines

M30’s Sparkling Stars NASA · 6 Nov 2026
Cork Takes the Heat So DRACO’s Data Can Survive SpaceNews · 5 Nov 2026
OHB Awarded €554 Million Contract for Next-Gen Sentinel-3 Satellite European Spaceflight · 5 Nov 2026
One geology step closer to the Moon ESA · 4 Nov 2026
ExoMars rover twin rehearses first drive ESA · 4 Nov 2026
European rover trains for Mars in the desert ESA · 4 Nov 2026
Farewell to the Fluid Science Laboratory after 18 years in orbit ESA · 4 Nov 2026
ESA investigates potential future European-led orbital outpost ESA · 3 Nov 2026
Shaping Europe’s future in low Earth orbit ESA · 3 Nov 2026
ESA to Support Industry-Led Reusable Booster Flight Demonstrations European Spaceflight · 2 Nov 2026

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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q42262 )
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

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.