Contract signed for building of GMES Sentinel-1 satellite


Signature for Sentinel-1
 
Signature of procurement contract for Sentinel-1 with Thales Alenia Space, at ESA pavilion, the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 18 June 2007 . From left to right : Mr Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation, Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General and Mrs Pascale Sourisse, President & CEO Thales Alenia Space.

Signature for Sentinel-1
 
Signature of procurement contract for Sentinel-1 with Thales Alenia Space, at ESA pavilion, the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 18th June 2007.

Sentinel-1
 
Sentinel-1, the first Earth observation satellite to be built for Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme.



Release date: 27 August 2007