ESA and EADS CASA signing the contract to build the instrument which will be carried on ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite.
The people on the podium (from left to right) are:
Emilia Buergo, Director Strategic Programmes, CDTI
Pedro Méndez, CEO, EADS-CASA
Vincente Gómes, Director General, CDTI
José Achache, Director of Earth Observation Programmes, ESA
Andrés Borges, SMOS Project Manager, EADS-CASA