Major Galileo contracts signed


Signing Thales-Alenia contract
 
(Left to right) Matthias Ruete, Director General ‘Energy and Transport’ of the European Commission, Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of ESA, René Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities and Mr Luigi Pasquale, Presidente e Amministratore Delegato of Thales-Alenia Space, at the signing of the system support contract for Galileo.

René Oosterlinck and Berry Smutny
 
(Left to right) René Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, and Berry Smutny, CEO of OHB-System AG, after signing the work order for 14 Galileo satellites.

Signature of Arianespace contract
 
(Left to right) Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director-General of ESA, René Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & CEO of Arianespace after signature of Arianespace contract for Galileo launch services.



Release date: 23 April 2010