European Space Agency

$31,072,365.00 CAD

≈ $0.75 for every person in Canada ≈ 402 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Canadian Space Agency
Program
Contributions under the Canada/European Space Agency (ESA) Cooperation Agreement
Recipient country
France
Fiscal year
2016-2017
Agreement period
December 2, 2016 – —
Reference
csa-asc:003-2016-2017-Q3-03162

Published purpose

Earth Observation Envelope Program (EOEP). The following contribution has been awarded under the European Space Agency Contribution Program pursuant the Cooperation agreement signed between the Government of Canada and the European Space Agency. The Program EOEP is an optional Program of the European Space Agency. The purpose of the EOEP program is to develop our knowledge of Earth and to monitor its environment. EOEP supports science oriented Earth Explorer Missions, early development phases of Earth Watch and operational user-driven Earth Observation missions, and exploitation of the data generated.

In plain English AI-generated

This contribution funds Canada's participation in the European Space Agency's Earth Observation Envelope Program, which supports Earth observation missions and data exploitation to improve knowledge of Earth's environment.

Category: Research Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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