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Contract signed for ESA’s Sentinel-3 Earth Observation Satellite |
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PR - The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia
Space today signed a €305 million contract to provide the first
Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite, devoted to oceanography and
land-vegetation monitoring, as part of the European GMES programme. As
prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space is responsible for the
satellite’s design, development and integration.
he contract was signed today in Paris by Volker
Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation, and Pascale Sourisse,
President and CEO of Thales Alenia Space, in the presence of
Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, officials from the European
Commission, the French Ministry of Research and Higher Education and
Dominique Bussereau, French Secretary of State for Transport at the
Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development & Land Management
Ministry.
Underlining the value of this mission for Europe, Volker Liebig
commented: "This satellite is an important element of GMES and will
enable Europe to observe important ocean parameters".
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