ESA signed a contribution agreement with the European Commission to build a Copernicus mirror site in the Philippines – the first of its kind in southeast Asia. Celebrated at Palace Egmont in Brussels, attending the contract signature ceremony were: Koen Doens, Director General for International Partnerships at the European Commission, Josef Aschbacher, ESA’s Director General, and Pablito Mendoza, Deputy Chief of Mission and Consul General of the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Belgium.