On 16 May in Paris, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) signed a cooperation agreement relating to the EGNOS and Galileo programmes.
The agreement was signed by Giuseppe Viriglio, Director of Telecommunication and Navigation Programmes at ESA and Pedro Pedreira, Executive Director of the GSA. Its purpose is to ensure the continuity of the cooperation between ESA and the European Union (EU) regarding the implementation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) programmes.
The image shows Mr Pedreira (front left) and Mr Viriglio (front right) shaking hands after the signing, watched by Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA's Director General