Inauguration

Inauguration of the Galileo ground station at Svalbard on 20 May 2011, in characteristically snowy conditions. From left to right: Alf-Eirik Røkenes, Kongsberg’s Vice-President for Finance and Administration; Bo Anderson, Director-General of the Norwegian Space Centre; Didier Faivre, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities and Jean-Marc Pieplu, the European Commission's Galileo Project Manager.