ESA and EC take major step forward in GMES

Tim HewisonClimate, Earth Observation, GEO/GEOSS News, Politics

ESA and the European Commission have signed a €48 million grant that will allow the space agency to ensure the coordinated and timely supply of satellite-based Earth Observation data for the preoperational phase of GMES from 2008 to 2010. The signing of the grant marks the first real cooperation between the two in the GMES framework.