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European Space Agency
Czech: Evropská kosmická agentura ; Danish: Den Europæiske Rumfartsorganisation ; German: Europäische Weltraumorganisation ; Estonian: Euroopa Kosmoseagentuur ; French: Agence spatiale européenne ; Finnish: Euroopan avaruusjärjestö ; Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Διαστήματος ; Hungarian: Európai Űrügynökség ; Irish: Gníomhaireacht Spáis na hEorpa ; Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Europea ; Luxembourgish: Europäesch Weltraumorganisatioun ; Dutch: Europese Ruimtevaartorganisatie ; Norwegian: Den europeiske romfartsorganisasjon ; Nynorsk: Den europeiske romfartsorganisasjonen ; Polish: Europejska Agencja Kosmiczna ; Portuguese: Agência Espacial Europeia ; Romanian: Agenția Spațială Europeană ; Romansh: Agenzia spaziala europeica ; Spanish: Agencia Espacial Europea ; Swedish: Europeiska rymdorganisationen ;
	ESA Headquarters in Paris, France
Abbreviation	ESA; ASE;
Formation	30 May 1975; 49 years ago
Headquarters	Paris, Île-de-France, France
Official language	English, French and German
Administrator	Johann-Dietrich Wörner; Director General
Primary spaceport	Guiana Space Centre
Parent organisation	22 European states Austria ; Belgium ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Ireland ; Italy ; Luxembourg ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Spain ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; United Kingdom ;
Budget	€5.72 billion ; (~US$6.43 billion) (2019)
Website	www.esa.int

European Space Agency or ESA (ESA; French: Agence spatiale européenne, ASE) is an international organisation with 22 member countries. Its job is to explore space.

Its headquarters are in Paris, France. ESA has a staff of more than 2,000 with an annual budget of about €4.43 billion / US$5.51 billion (2015).^[4]

The member countries of ESA are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

ESA's space flight programme includes

human spaceflight,
the launch and operations of unmanned exploration missions to other planets and the Moon,
Earth observation.
running a major spaceport, the Guiana Space Centre at Kourou, French Guiana,
designing launch vehicles.

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.

On February 21, 2024, the agency's ERS-2 satellite came into the atmosphere of the Earth.^[5]^[6] The gravitational field (or gravity) of Earth [resulted] in the satellite ending up hitting the ocean.^[5] Earlier the satellite functioned (or worked) as a European Remote-Sensing Satellite.^[7]