Contract signature for Sentinel-5

The €144 million contract for the Sentinel-5 instrument of Europe’s Copernicus programme was formally signed on 28 March 2014 with Airbus Defence and Space in Ottobrunn, Germany. Front, left to right: Eckard Settelmeyer (Airbus Defence and Space), Volker Liebig (ESA) and Michael Menking (Airbus Space and Defence). Back: Evert Dudok (Airbus Defence and Space), Alexander Dobrindt (German Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure), Ilse Aigner (Bavarian Minister for Economy and Media, Energy and Technology), Reinhard Schulte-Braucks (European Commission).