Signature of the Galileo Ground Mission Segment contract and Galileo Ground Control Segment Contract, on 22 June 2011 at the Paris Air Show.
From left to right: Laurent Wauquiez, French Minister for European Affairs, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Reynald Seznec, CEO, Thales Alenia Space, Didier Faivre, ESA Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, Colin Paynter, Astrium Ltd and Antonio Tajani, European Commission Vice-President.