Le Siège de l’ESA   ESA Headquarters at 8-10 rue Mario Nikis, Paris Le Conseil de l’ESA     ESA Council meeting at Ministerial level, 27 May 2003, at ESA Headquarters in Paris   Sentinel-2 La coopération internationale     Planifier le futur     Galileo’s new technology will revolutionise our transport systems, increasing safety and improving efficiency; this will make for better quality of life and less pollution in our cities. Galileo will also bring benefits in other aspects of everyday life, with precision farming raising yields, improved information for emergency services speeding up response times, and more reliable and accurate time signals underpinning our most vital computer and communications networks. La Communication     Outside view of ESA pavilion, Le Bourget, Paris Air Show 18-24 June Administration     ESA and Thales Alenia Space signed the contract for Sentinel-3 Earth Observation satellite on 14 April 2008 in Paris. From left to right: Pascale Sourisse, President and CEO of Thales Alenia Space and Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation, signing the contract in the presence of Jean-Philippe Saint-Martin, deputy director of Valérie Pécresse's Cabinet, Minister for Higher Education and Research, Dominique Bussereau, French Secretary of State for Transport at the Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development & Land Management Ministry, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General and M. Valère Moutarlier, European Commission, Head of GMES Bureau. Les Lanceurs     Ariane 5 makes an on-time liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport ELA-3 launch zone as it begins the successful mission to orbit Superbird-7 and AMC-21. This wide-angle view also shows a portion of the assembly and integration area for Ariane 5, which is partly visible in the foreground at right. Last update: 16 février 2009