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European Union Agency for the Space Programme

Logo: EUSPA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Agency of the European Union

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 or GNSS Agency) in 2010, and established in its current form on 12 May 2021.2 It is headquartered in Prague.1 It employed 211 people in 2022.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 12, 2004Founded1
  • HeadquartersPrague, Czech Republic1
  • Websitewww.euspa.europa.eu
  • Slogan“Linking space to user needs”1
  • Legal formAgentura Evropské unie3
  • Kind of organizationInternational organization1
  • LEI315700GI4Y06HF89TM073
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressJanovského 438/2, 170 00 Praha 7, Czechia3
Praha Holešovice EUSPA 1
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

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 or GNSS Agency) in 2010, and established in its current form on 12 May 2021.2

Employees over time

  • 20222111
  • 20171451

Timeline

  1. Jul 12, 2004Founded Founded1