European Space Agency (DBA European Space Agency |Agence spatiale européenne)
Arrangement between the European Space Agency and the Government of Canada concerning the participation by the Government of Canada in the European Earth Watch Programme — The European Earth Watch Programme is an optional program of the European Space Agency. The contribution has been awarded for the Arctic Weather Satellite Element of the Programme, which is aimed at the development of a prototype satellite for future constellation of weather satellites to monitor the polar regions, providing long-term datasets to improve weather forecasting, and contributing toward long-term datasets to study climate change in these vulnerable locations.