euesa1-9, Exercise 2: Brexit and ESA

Model answer:

ESA is a separate intergovernmental organisation, not an EU body, and its members include non-EU countries such as Norway and Switzerland. So leaving the EU did not take the UK out of ESA; it stayed a full member and kept its seat on the council.

What changed was the UK's position in programmes owned by the EU: it lost its role in Galileo and EGNOS (including access to the encrypted government service), its participation in Copernicus was uncertain for a time (later reports say it was restored; check), and some British firms lost contracts.

Confirm the current position with a government or ESA source.