European Union Agency for the Space Programme

European Union Agency
for the Space Programme
EUSPA headquarters in Prague
Agency overview
AbbreviationEUSPA
Formed12 May 2021; 3 years ago (2021-05-12)
Preceding agencies
  • European GNSS Supervisory Authority
  • European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency
TypeSpace agency
EU agency
JurisdictionEuropean Commission
HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic
Executive Director
Rodrigo da Costa
OwnerEuropean Union
Annual budgetEU Space Programme
€1.997–2.221bn[1]
Websiteeuspa.europa.eu

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is a space agency, managing the European Union Space Programme as one of the agencies of the European Union (EU). It was initially created as the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Supervisory Authority (GSA) in 2004, reorganised into the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (also GSA) in 2010, and established in its current form on May 12, 2021. EUSPA is a separate entity from the European Space Agency (ESA), although the two entities work together closely.

  1. ^ "EU Space Programme – Performance | European Commission".