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Government agency of Estonia

Estonian Space Office
Agency overview

Jurisdiction	Government of Estonia
Headquarters	Tallinn, Estonia
Agency executive	Madis Võõras, Sectoral Manager (within Enterprise Estonia)
Website	www.eas.ee/teenus/eesti-kosmoseburoo/

The Estonian Space Office (ESO; Estonian: Eesti Kosmosebüroo) is the unit established within Enterprise Estonia by the Government of Estonia to facilitate membership in the European Space Agency and related commercial and research ties. In addition ESO serves as a contact point with the IAF, European Association for the International Space Year (EURISY) and EUMETSAT in procurement-related matters.

ESO is not a space agency. State space policy as it exists is managed through the Space Affairs Council at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. ESO functions as a centre for technology and business competence alongside Tartu Observatory which has responsibility for space science, space exploration and remote sensing. Various activities within the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development of the European Union for education, science and innovation, including funding for space programs, are coordinated by the Archimedes Foundation.

Since 2010, the Riigikogu has had a 'Space Studies Support Group' (Kosmose valdkonna toetusrühm) currently chaired by Anne Sulling.

References

"About the Space Office". eas.ee. EAS. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
"Estonian Space Governance System and Activities Today". eas.ee. EAS. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

External links

European Space Agency

Space Centres	Guiana Esrange
Launch vehicles	Ariane 6 Vega C
Facilities	Space Operations Centre Space Research and Technology Centre ESA Centre for Earth Observation European Astronaut Centre Space Astronomy Centre Space Applications and Telecommunications Centre Concurrent Design Facility Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
Communications	ESTRACK European Data Relay System
Programmes	Artemis ESM Aurora Copernicus Columbus CryoSat EGNOS Galileo ELIPS ExoMars FLPP Living Planet Programme Space Situational Awareness Programme Science Programme Cosmic Vision PRIDE
Predecessors	European Launcher Development Organisation European Space Research Organisation
Related topics	Arianespace ESA Television EUMETSAT European Space Camp GEWEX Planetary Science Archive

Projects and missions

Science

Solar physics	ISEE-2 (1977–1987) Ulysses (1990–2009) SOHO (1995–present) Cluster II (2000–2024) Solar Orbiter (2020–present) Vigil (2031)
Planetary science	Giotto (1985–1992) Huygens (1997–2005) SMART-1 (2003–2006) Mars Express (2003–present) Rosetta/Philae (2004–2016) Venus Express (2005–2014) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (2016–present) BepiColombo (2018–present) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (2023) Hera (2024) Rosalind Franklin rover (2028) Comet Interceptor (2029) EnVision (2031)
Astronomy and cosmology	Cos-B (1975–1982) IUE (1978–1996) EXOSAT (1983–1986) Hipparcos (1989–1993) Hubble Space Telescope (1990–present) Eureca (1992–93) ISO (1995–1998) XMM-Newton (1999–present) INTEGRAL (2002–present) CoRoT (2006–13) Planck (2009–2013) Herschel (2009–2013) Gaia (2013–present) CHEOPS (2019–present) James Webb Space Telescope (2021–present) Euclid (2023–present) PLATO (2026) ARIEL (2029) ARRAKIHS (2030s) Athena (2035) LISA (2035)
Earth observation	Copernicus (1988–present) Meteosat First Generation (1977–1997) ERS-1 (1991–2000) ERS-2 (1995–2011) Meteosat Second Generation (2002–present) Envisat (2002–2012) Double Star (2003–2007) MetOp (2006–present) GOCE (2009–2013) SMOS (2009–present) CryoSat-2 (2010–present) Swarm (2013–present) Sentinel-1 / 1A / 1B / 1C (2014–present) Sentinel-2 / 2A / 2B / 2C (2015–present) Sentinel-3 / 3A / 3B (2016–present) Sentinel-5 Precursor (2017–present) ADM-Aeolus (2018–present) Biomass (2024) EarthCARE (2024) Meteosat Third Generation (Sentinel-4) (2024) ALTIUS (2025) FLEX (2025) MetOp-SG-A (2025) MetOp-SG-B (2025) SMILE (2025) FORUM (2027)

ISS contributions

Columbus (2008–present)
Automated Transfer Vehicle (2008–2015)
Cupola (2010)
European Robotic Arm (2021)

Telecommunications

GEOS 2 (1978)
Olympus-1 (1989–1993)
Artemis (2001–present)
GIOVE-A (2005–present)
GIOVE-B (2008–present)
HYLAS-1 (2010–present)
Galileo IOV (2011–present)
Galileo FOC (2014–present)
EGNOS
European Data Relay System (2016–present)

Technology
demonstrators

ARD (1998)
PROBA-1 (2001–present)
YES2 (2007)
PROBA-2 (2009–present)
PROBA-V (2013–present)
IXV (2015)
LISA Pathfinder (2015–2017)
OPS-SAT (2019–present)
PROBA-3 (2024–present)

Cancelled
and proposed

Failed

Future missions in italics

Public-sector space agencies

Africa

Pan-African and pan-Arab	RASCOM Arabsat
National	ASAL EgSA NARSS ESSTI GSSTC KSA NASRDA SANSA

Americas

North America	CSA NASA NESDIS OSC FAA/AST FCC USSF USSPACECOM NRO
Latin America and the Caribbean	ALCE AEM CONAE ABE AEB DCTA INPE ITA CCE ABAE IVIC

Asia

Pan-Asian	APSCO
Central Asia	KazCosmos Roscosmos SRI VK TNSA
East Asia	CNSA SASTIND CASC CALT CAST CCF CGWIC PLAASF CASIC JAXA ISAS JSS NICT NATA KASA KARI KASI SaTReC TASA
South Asia	SPARRSO ISRO Antrix Corp DoS NRSC DSA SUPARCO
Southeast Asia	BRIN ORPA INASA MYSA PhilSA SSTL GISTDA VNSC
West Asia	ArmCosmos MAKA NSSA NEHSA ISA ISRC ISA NCSR SSA KACST-SRI SSA GORS TUA TÜBİTAK UZAY UAESA (MBRSC)

Europe

Pan-European	CEN/CENELEC CEPT ETSI Eurocontrol ECAC ESA ECSS ESTEC EAC ESRIN ECSAT ESAC ESOC ESTRACK Guiana Space Centre EUMETSAT EUTELSAT IGO ESO
EU and EEA	DG DEFIS EUSPA EU SatCen EASA BEREC ALR BELSPO BIRA-IASB SRTI CSO DTU Space ESO CNES AAE CdE DLR HSA HSO ASI LSA LSO SRON NSO NOSA POLSA CBK PAN UKE KRRiT ORO ULC PTSPACE ROSA INTA AEC EAE AEE SNSA
Other	ArmCosmos MAKA BSA KazCosmos Roscosmos SRI VVKO SSO TUA TÜBİTAK UZAY SSAU UKSA