MTG contract signature

The contract between ESA and Thales Alenia Space for developing the new Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) family of satellites was signed at ESA’s headquarters in Paris, 24 February 2012.
From left to right : Alain Ratier, Director general of EUMETSAT, Reynald Seznec, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, Volker Liebig, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, and Jean-Dordain, ESA Director General.