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European Space Agency

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35 records

1970s

3 records

  1. 1975

    1. 1975-05-30 agreement

      A conference in Paris approved the text of the European Space Agency Convention.

    2. 1975-05-31 organization established

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      The European Space Agency began operations following approval of its Convention.

  2. 1979

    1. 1979-12-24 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the CAT flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

1980s

9 records

  1. 1980

    1. 1980-05-23 launch failure

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the Firewheel flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch failure.

    2. 1980-10-30 agreement

      The ESA Convention formally entered into force after France deposited its ratification.

  2. 1981

    1. 1981-06-19 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the Meteosat 2/Apple flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1981-12-20 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the Marecs 1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

  3. 1982

    1. 1982-09-10 launch failure

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the Marecs B/Sirio B flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch failure.

  4. 1983

    1. 1983-06-16 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the ECS 1 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 1983-10-19 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the Intelsat 507 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

  5. 1984

    1. 1984-03-05 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 1 launched on the Intelsat 508 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA1. Launch vehicle success.

  6. 1986

    1. 1986-03-14 flyby

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      Mission:

      ESA's Giotto spacecraft flew past Halley's Comet.

1990s

3 records

  1. 1990

    1. 1990-04-25 mission operations

      The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990, one day after the STS-31 launch.

  2. 1996

    1. 1996-06-04 launch failure

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      Mission:

      Ariane 5G launched on the Cluster flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch failure.

  3. 1997

    1. 1997-10-30 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 5G launched on the Maqsat flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Partial launch success/failure.

2000s

4 records

  1. 2004

    1. 2004-07-01 orbital insertion

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      Mission:

      Cassini became the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

  2. 2005

    1. 2005-01-14 planetary landing

      ESA’s Huygens probe descended through Titan’s atmosphere and transmitted from its surface.

    2. 2005-02-12 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 5ECA launched on the XTAR-EUR/Maqsat-B2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2005-11-16 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 5ECA launched on the Spaceway 2/Telkom 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.

2010s

11 records

  1. 2012

    1. 2012-02-13 launch

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      Mission:

      Vega launched on the LARES/AlmaSat flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 2013

    1. 2013-05-07 launch

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      Mission:

      Vega launched on the PROBA-V/VRNREDSAT flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

  3. 2014

    1. 2014-01-20 mission operations

      ESA’s comet spacecraft resumed communications after deep-space hibernation.

    2. 2014-04-30 launch

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      Mission:

      Vega launched on the DZZ-HR flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

    3. 2014-07-27 mission operations

      Gaia began its survey observations of stars and other celestial objects.

    4. 2014-08-06 comet exploration

      Rosetta reached its target comet and began accompanying it around the Sun.

    5. 2014-11-12 comet exploration

      Rosetta’s Philae lander reached the comet’s surface.

  4. 2015

    1. 2015-06-23 launch

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      Mission:

      Vega (1) launched on the Sentinel-2A flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

    2. 2015-12-03 launch

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      Mission:

      Vega (1) launched on the LISA Pathfinder flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

  5. 2016

    1. 2016-09-30 mission end

      Rosetta’s controlled descent to comet 67P ended the mission.

  6. 2017

    1. 2017-09-15 mission end

      Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere in a planned final descent.

2020s

5 records

  1. 2022

    1. 2022-01-24 orbital insertion

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      Mission:

      An insertion maneuver placed Webb on its planned orbit around the Sun–Earth L2 region.

    2. 2022-07-12 astronomical observation

      NASA and partners released Webb’s first full-color science images and spectra.

    3. 2022-07-13 launch

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      Mission:

      Vega C launched on the LARES 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.

  2. 2024

    1. 2024-07-09 launch

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      Mission:

      Ariane 62 launched on the Dummy Payload flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA4. Partial launch success/failure.

  3. 2025

    1. 2025-01-15 mission operations

      Gaia completed its science observing phase after more than a decade of measurements.

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