ESA Awards TRUTH Mission Contract to Airbus

Mission Will Provide a Benchmark of Earth's Energy Balance

A contract for the latest phase in the European Space Agency (ESA) TRUTHS mission, part of ESA’s Earth Observation Earth Watch program, has been awarded to Airbus. The contract covers detailed definition of the mission and payload, and focuses on payload development and de-risking activities with an option for the procurement of long lead time hardware …