ESA, together with the National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC), an entity under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the P.R. China, have cooperated in the field of Earth observation application development for the last 29 years. This cooperation has been successively strengthened by the creation of a dedicated joint Earth Observation cooperation called the Dragon Cooperation.

This successful cooperation between Europe and China will continue in 2024 with the latest follow-on, Dragon 6. ESA and MOST/NRSCC are pleased to offer the opportunity to join the Dragon 6 programme. This presents European and Chinese scientists in the EO community a unique opportunity to work on a broad range of projects, which encourage increased exploitation of ESA and Chinese Earth observation satellite data, using optical, infrared, thermal and microwave sensors.

Proposal submission for the Dragon 6 Cooperation Call is now closed.

Read the Dragon-6 invitation letter to learn more.

Further detailed information on the previous Dragon 5 Programme are available on the ESA/MOST Dragon 5 Cooperation Programme website.