ESA provides a coordinating/policy making role for European Space policy, and promotes the pooling of information resources. Includes the maintenance of databases of satellite/remote sensing images. Acts as the European node for the CEOS network (see separate entry). Manages a commercial database host system (ESA-IRS: see separate entry).
WWW site has: information on organisation; connections to its databases of satellite images (taken since April 1992: data can be selected by area and date); European Observation Guide and Directory Service; microgravity and astrophysics information sources.