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 annual European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) was launched at the European Navigation Conference (ENC) in Rotterdam, 15 April 2014. ESNC recognises products, services and innovations designed to improve our daily lives with the help of satellite navigation. The ESNC participants at the ENC event, from left: Thorsten Rudolph, (Managing Director of Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen AZO running the ESNC competition), Robert Klarner (DLR German Aerospace Center), Kathrin Sturm (AZO), Jeremy Philpott (European Patent Office), Kai Herrmann (BMVI), Bert Meijovgel (Netherlands Space Office), Wim Ploeg (Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Environment), Niels Eldering (ESA Technology Transfer Programme Office), Jean-Marc Pieplu (European GNSS Agency GSA) and Andreas Dippelhofer (AZO).