ESA Member States Approve €22.1 Billion Budget to Boost Space Security and Science
ESA’s €22.1 billion budget includes funding for military-grade space security and science missions, marking a 20% increase since 2022, boosting Europe’s strategic autonomy, officials said.
- During the Bremen ministerial, ESA's 23 member states approved a record €22.1 billion to fund programs for the next three years, Aschbacher said 'This has never happened before'.
- Driven by concerns over strategic autonomy and lost launch access, European ministers at CM25 in Bremen agreed to increase spending by about 30% to strengthen Europe's position after Russia's invasion.
- Ministers agreed to allocate 4.4 billion euros for space transportation, 3.5 billion euros for Earth observation, and 1.2 billion euros for the European Resilience from Space network, Aschbacher said.
- The European Resilience from Space programme is a dual-use system for military-grade satellite functions, and Josef Aschbacher said 23 member states gave nearly unanimous support, with Germany contributing more than five billion euros.
- The coming year will be decisive to stand up a sovereign rapid-response ISR constellation, and ESA will ask defense ministries for an additional $290 million in February despite trailing the United States and China.
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European nations agree 30% boost in three-year space budget
European nations agreed on Thursday to increase spending on space over the next three years by about 30% to 22.1 billion euros, part of an effort to try to catch up to the U.S., China and private firms zooming ahead in the space race.
ESA Member States Pledge Record Level of Funding
As ESA celebrates its 50th anniversary, the agency’s 23 Member States just pledged a record 22 billion Euros for the next three years of programs from space and earth science to space transportation to human and robotic exploration to space safety and more. ESA’s budget is set by its Member States every three years and this is a 32 percent increase (17 percent when corrected for inflation) over 2022. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher called …
This week, ESA member countries voted for a three-year budget, an increase of one third. The aim is to keep Europe in the space race in a complex geopolitical context and to overcome the crisis of satellite launchers.
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