European institutions support Europe's launcher industry

At the ESA Council Meeting at Ministerial Level in Madrid, Spain on 25 October 2018, European institutions signed a Joint Statement on European Institutional Exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega-C.

The statement was signed by the European Space Agency, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), the Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial (CDTI), the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) and the Swiss Confederation.

Pictured from left to right:
Javier Ponce Martínez, Director General at CDTI
Walther Pelzer, member of the DLR Executive Board
Thomas Jarzombek, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy
Pedro Duque, Spain's Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities
Jan Wörner, ESA Director General
Mauro Dell’ Ambrogio, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation
Stefano Gualandris, Special Advisor to State Secretary Giancarlo Giorgetti
Jean-Yves Le Gall, President at CNES
Roberto Battiston, President at ASI