The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space today signed a 305 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite, devoted to oceanography and land-vegetation monitoring, as part of the European GMES program.
As prime contractor, Thales Alenia Space is responsible for the satellite's design, development and integration.
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