Grant to improve Europe's flow of satellite earth-observation data

On 18 December the the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced a €48M grant to ensure the effective supply of the earth observation data collected from space.

On 18 December the the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced a €48M grant to ensure the effective supply of the earth observation data collected from space. The data will be sent to the <a href=http://www.gmes.info/index.php?id=home>Global Monitoring for Environment and Security</a> (GMES) service, a European initiative which collates up-to-date and accurate information about the state of the planet. This can then be used as the basis for decisions on environmental and security issues by governments, companies and individuals. GMES beings its test phase in 2008.

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