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Arianespace plans bid to launch Galileo satellites: CEO
- 2008-04-26
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP — The European commercial space-launch consortium Arianespace said Saturday it would make a bid to launch 26 satellites from French Guyana to kickstart the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation programme. The European Parliament on Wednesday signalled its green light for the deployment of Galileo, seen by...
Problem-plagued European satellite to launch on Tuesday
- 2006-10-15
PARIS AFP — A European weather and environment satellite, MetOp-A, whose launch from Russia's space base in Kazakhstan has been delayed four times, is set to go into space on Tuesday The MetOp-A observation satellite, the most complex ever built, will carry around a dozen instruments for measuring weather patterns...
Venus Express set for liftoff
- 2005-10-18
PARIS AFP — Venus Express, the European Space Agency's first mission to explore Earth's closest neighbour, will be launched next Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The ESA gave the prospective launch time as 0443 GMT. The 1.27-tonne unmanned spacecraft, which will be taken aloft by a...
Russian craft heads for space station with US, Italian astronauts
- 2005-04-15
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP — A Soyuz spacecraft and its three-man crew made a successful blast off on its way to dock at the International Space Station. The craft successfully reached orbit nine minutes later and will dock at the International Space Station ISS on Sunday. "It was a...
Three astronauts blast off for ISS
- 2004-04-19
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP ? A Soyuz rocket carrying US astronaut Edward Michael Fincke, Dutchman Andre Kuipers and Russia's Gennady Padalka blasted off for the International Space Station. The rocket successfully entered orbit nine minutes after taking off from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:19 am (0319 GMT), officials...
Three astronauts prepare to blast off for ISS on Monday
- 2004-04-18
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP ? An American, European and Russian astronaut were preparing for their lift-off toward the International Space Station from Moscow's launch pad in Kazakhstan. "Everything up till now has gone off as planned," Sergei Gorbunov, spokesman for Russia's Rosaviakosmos space agency, told AFP. "The cosmonauts feel very...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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