Space Sentinels: new ‘tools’ in space to improve European environment and security policies

ESA and EC signed on 28 February 2008 in Brussels an agreement for the allocation of an EC budget as a contribution to the implementation of the GMES Space Component (GSC). From left to right: Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Mr Paul Weissenberg, European Commission Director/Coordinator for Aerospace, GMES, Security and Defence with the DG Enterprise & Industry, Mr Volker Liebig, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes, and Mr Heinz Zourek, European Commission Director General for Enterprise & Industry.