Contract signed for new Copernicus ROSE-L mission

ESA and Thales Alenia Space have today signed a contract to develop the new high-priority Copernicus Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band (ROSE-L) environmental monitoring mission - as part of Europe's Copernicus programme. The contract was signed in the presence of Riccardo Fraccaro, Undersecretary of the Italian Prime Minister's Office, and ESA's Director General, Jan Wörner.