Finding space for the European Space Agency

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Lieberman, S. and Hoerber, T. 2024. Finding space for the European Space Agency. Space Policy. 68, p. 101637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2024.101637
AuthorsLieberman, S. and Hoerber, T.
Abstract

Europe has an interesting history on space policy, drawing on varied agencies through which to pursue its space ambitions since the end of WWII. The best known, and until recently most important, of these is the European Space Agency (ESA), an intergovernmental non-EU institution which oversaw the development of Galileo, Copernicus and EGNOS. Since 2021, a second agency, The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), has been in place, taking over the running of the EU’s space Programmes and flagship constellations from the GSA in Prague. This paper discusses the potential future of Europe's institutions for space, and critically analyses Thomas Hoerber's 2022 suggestion that ESA should become a Space University Institute.

KeywordsEuropean Space Agency; EU; European Union; Space; IR
Year2024
JournalSpace Policy
Journal citation68, p. 101637
PublisherElsevier
ISSN0265-9646
1879-338X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2024.101637
Official URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964624000286?via%3Dihub
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Accepted14 May 2024
Deposited03 Oct 2024
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