The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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On 19 June 2007 at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, ESA and the French National Space Agency (Centre National d'Études Spatiales – CNES) signed contracts covering the provision of assistance to ESA by CNES for the Ariane Consolidation and Evolution Programme and the Ariane Accompaniment Program.
The contracts were signed by ESA’s Director of Launcher Programmes, Antonio Fabrizi (on the right), and Lionel Ravet (on the left) of the CNES Ariane Development Directorate – on behalf of Michel Eymard, CNES Director of Launchers.