ESA and GomSpace sign contract to implement ESA SCOUT-1 mission for climate observation (CubeMAP)
GomSpace A/S and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract for the ESA SCOUT Earth Observation mission to be launched in 2024. The contract value is EUR 24,000,000. GomSpace revenue impact is EUR 10,000,000, whereof direct GomSpace revenue share will be EUR 7,000,000.
The mission will consist of 3 x 12U CubeSats and will become the first “climate mission” of its kind. In more detail, the mission aims to understand and quantify processes in the tropical upper troposphere and stratosphere, study its variability and contribute to trends analysis in its composition and its