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.

Signatories:
ESA - Jan Worner, Director General
CNES - Jean-Yves Le Gall, President
DLR - Walther Pelzer, Member of the DLR Executive Board
ASI - Roberto Battiston, President
CDTI - Javier Ponce, Director General
Swiss Confederation - Mauro Dell’ Ambrogio, Secretary of State