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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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).