ESA signs contract with Thales Alenia Space to provide Galileo’s mission segment

July 25, 2011 at 7:46 am | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a comment

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: Thales

Le Bourget, June 22, 2011 – Thales Alenia Space  announced today the signature of a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission, for the development and deployment of the ground-based Galileo Mission Segment (GMS) and the Galileo Security Facility (GSF). This contract, amounting 281 Million Euros will cover almost four years of activity including maintenance. [more]