DLR and Airbus sign contract for MERLIN environmental satellite
DLR and Airbus sign contract for MERLIN environmental satellite
On 17 February 2017 in Ottobrunn, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Space Administration and Airbus Defence and Space GmbH signed a contract for the design and construction phases of the German-French climate satellite MERLIN (Methane Remote Sensing LIDAR Mission). From left to right: Andreas Wolke, Head of the Office of Management and Budget at the DLR Space Administration, Gerd Gruppe, DLR Executive Board Member responsible for the Space Administration, Franz Josef Pschierer, Bavaria's Vice Minister of Economic Affairs, Michael Menking, Head of Earth Observation, Navigation and Science at Space Systems for Airbus Defence and Space and Eckard Settelmeyer, Head of Earth Observation, Navigation and Science at the Friedrichshafen site.
