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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Contract signing for Jason-CS / Sentinel-6 at the 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment in Berlin, Germany, on 11 May 2015. From left: Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes; Gerd Gruppe, a member of the DLR’s Executive Board; Rainer Bomba, Germany’s State Secretary for Transport; Alain Ratier, Eumetsat Director General; Michael Menking, Head of Earth Observation, Navigation & Science for Airbus Defence and Space; Astrid Christina Koch, from the European Commission.