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Topic Name: A new milestone in the GMES Space Component Programme successfully achieved
Category: STAR (Space, Telecommunications & Radioscience)
Research persons: Josef Aschbacher, Mr Volker Liebig
Location: Head of GMES Space Office, ESA, ESRIN, United States
Details
ESA’s Member States participating in the GMES
Programme approved the transition to Phase-2 of Segment 1 of the GMES Space
Component Programme.
Oversubscription of the programme by the ESA Council at ministerial level in
2005 was confirmed, with oversubscription to phase 2 of 116%, giving a total
amount of €500 million. This additional contribution to the programme will allow
ESA to confirm the development of the first three Sentinel satellites.
Moreover, some countries, which were unable to confirm their contributions in
time, are expected to subscribe later. The GMES Space Component Programme is
co-funded by the European Commission.
Mr Volker Liebig, Director of Earth
Observation Programmes, says that, "With GMES, Europe will have a global
environmental information system in place which will be unique in the world.
Europeans can be proud of that fact. Indeed, other nations give GMES as an
example of how operational Earth-observing systems can be used to provide
critical information to decision-makers and citizens."
ESA, which is responsible for the management and
coordination of the overall GMES Space Component in Europe, will, as a result of
this transition to Phase-2, be able to make progress on development of the
Sentinel satellite series and, in particular, build Sentinel-1, -2 and -3,
together with the necessary ground segment.
Prior to launch of the ESA-built Sentinels, which is planned for 2011-12, ESA
will coordinate the provision of EO data required by the GMES services currently
implemented by the EC. This will help to gradually take GMES from the
pre-operational phase to the fully operational stage once the Sentinel
satellites are in place.
GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) is an EU-led initiative
aimed at implementing information services dealing with environment and
security.
For more information, please contact:
Josef Aschbacher
Head of GMES Space Office
Directorate of Earth Observation Programmers
ESA, ESRIN
Email: josef.aschbacher @ esa.int
Some Related Links:
https://escies.org/ReadArticle?docId=164
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/GMES/GSC_GSE_colocation_JA.pdf
http://www.spacecomponent.com/
http://www.gamequarium.com/space.html
 
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