ESA Picks Leonardo, Iceye Teams For Earth Observation Studies

officials on stage at world space business week

From left, Simonetta Cheli, ESA's director of Earth-observation programs, Christoph Kautz, the European Commission's director for space policy, satellite navigation and Earth observation, and Massimo Claudio Comparini, Leonardo's managing director of space.

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PARIS—The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected teams led by Leonardo and Iceye to conduct separate architecture studies for a planned sovereign Earth-observation constellation. “These studies will be the initial work to define the ideal setup, the ideal space architecture,” said Simonetta Cheli...
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