The groundbreaking ceremony – a symbolic start for the GOVSATCOM Hub at DLR's Cologne site
The groundbreaking ceremony – a symbolic start for the GOVSATCOM Hub at DLR's Cologne site
From left: Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA); Catherine Kavvada, European Commission – Director for Secure and Connected Space; Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia; Hendrik Wüst, Minister-President of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia; Stéphane Beemelmans, Deputy Chair of the DLR Executive Board; Matthias Hauer, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR); Torsten Burmester, Lord Mayor of Cologne; Melanie von der Wiesche, Head of DLR's western sites; Ulf Herzer, Director & Chief Officer of Finance and General Operations at the German Space Agency at DLR; and Walter Päffgen, Managing Director of the DLR Space Applications Institute.