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  1. The European Space Agency (ESA) is an 
  2. organization of European countries (Austria, 
  3. Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland,
  4. Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, 
  5. Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK) that engages
  6. in space research and technology. It was
  7. founded 1975, with headquarters in Paris. 
  8. ESA developed various scientific and
  9. communications satellites, the Giotto space
  10. probe, and the Ariane rockets. 
  11.  
  12. Subject by: Robert Small
  13.