(Space News) February 4, 2010, By Peter B. de Selding
The French and German governments on Feb. 4 said they would jointly build an Earth observation satellite to measure atmospheric concentrations of methane, a contributor to the greenhouse effect linked to global warming, to be launched by 2014. Meeting in Paris as part of a joint government summit led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the two governments also agreed to ask their respective space agencies to map a strategy for a next-generation Ariane rocket, with recommendations due by the end of this year.
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