ESA and DLR sign MOU regarding Innovative Space Data Transmission

October 26, 2010 at 3:07 pm | Posted in Remote Sensing Law Current Events | Leave a comment

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: Softpedia.com

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have just signed a new agreement, which paves the way for the development of an advanced type of optical data relay terminal

The state-of-the-art device should fly on the Sentinel 2 satellite, which ESA will launch soon. The two organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding together.

The document was signed today, October 21, in Paris, at the ESA Headquarters.