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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Participants in the 26 March 2014 opening ceremony of the latest Galileo Sensor Station on Santa Maria island in the Azores. From left to right: Carlos Henriques Rodrigues, Mayor of Vila do Porto; João Paim Vieira, National Communications Authority (ANACOM - Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações); José de Sousa, Portuguese Air Navigation (NAV Portugal E.P.E.); Olivier Conrozier, VP Sales & BD Europe for Thales; Vitor Fraga, Regional Secretary of Tourism and Transport; João Araújo, President of the Board of Directors of Edisoft; Sylvain Loddo, ESA's Galileo Ground Segment Procurement Manager ESA; Emir Sirage, representative of ESA's Portuguese Delegation; Vice-Almirante José Domingos Pereira da Cunha, CEMA (Portuguese Navy); Sérgio Barbedo, Edisoft´s Executive Director; Teresa Cardoso, Edisoft´s Aeronautics & Space Tendering & Innovation Manager; Bruno Pacheco, Regional Director of Communications and Transport; Ricardo Conde, Santa Maria Ground Station Manager Edisoft; Major João Ferreira, Security Officer at GNS (Gabinete Nacional de Seguranç).