ESA Television

Television channel

ESA Television
Ownership

Broadcast area	Europe
Owner	European Space Agency
Links
Website	ESA Television

ESA Television is the television network of the European Space Agency. It is a satellite-only broadcast network which periodically transmits programming via Eutelsat's Eutelsat 9A satellite to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East as part of the Europe by Satellite public information service. In addition, live events are transmitted via different Eutelsat satellites covering the European continent.

In the years leading to 2008, ESA did not broadcast simultaneously over the internet, but did (and does) make programming available for download via an FTP website, which requires users to log in to access material. A username and password is made available by registering for the ESA Television Notification Service.

In 2008, ESA began webstreaming some activities using the Livestream.com platform. The channel aims to provide coverage of launches, astronauts and space exploration, and provides regular webcasts from ESA establishments in Europe, launches from Europe's spaceport in Kourou and from anywhere that ESA missions fly.^[1]

References

^ "European Space Agency". Livestream.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

External links

ESA Television official site
ESA live video (only during special events)
ESA channel at Livestream.com

European Space Agency

Spaceports	Guiana Space Centre Esrange
Launch vehicles	Ariane 5 Ariane 6 Soyuz Vega
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 ATV Copernicus Sentinel Columbus CryoSat EGNOS GALILEO ELIPS ExoMars FLPP Living Planet Programme Space Situational Awareness Programme Science Programme Horizon 2000 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–present) Solar Orbiter (2020–present) Vigil (2020s)
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 (2014–present) Sentinel-2 / 2A / 2B (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)