European Space Agency, ESA, European Space Research Organisation, European Space Research Organization, European Launcher Development Organisation, European Launcher Development Organization, ELDO, European Preparatory Commission for Space Research, COPERS
body promoting cooperation among European States in space research and technology and their space applications, former European space research organisation created in the 1960s to develop and build a heavy launcher called 'Europa'; merged with ESRO to create the European Space Agency in 1975, Euroopa Kosmoseagentuuri asutamise konventsiooniga loodud rahvusvaheline organisatsioon, mille eesmärk on Euroopa riikide koostöö edendamine kosmoseuuringute ja -tehnoloogia vallas eranditult rahumeel