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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...
Arctic ice loss: Northwest Passage now open, says space agency
- 2007-09-14
PARIS AFP — The Northwest Passage, the dreamed-of yet historically impassable maritime shortcut between Europe and Asia, has now fully opened up due to record shrinkage of Arctic sea ice, the European Space Agency ESA said on Friday. It released a mosaic of images, taken in early September by...
European rocket puts two TV satellites into orbit
- 2007-05-04
KOUROU, French Guiana AFP — A European heavy rocket placed two large broadcasting satellites into orbit on Friday, mission control at the European Space Agency's launch pad here said. The Ariane-5 ECA rocket took aloft the 4.5 tonne Astra 1L, providing high-definition TV over Europe for the Luxembourg-based firm...
Fourth launch delay for Europe weather satellite
- 2006-10-17
PARIS AFP — The hitch-strewn launch of a European weather satellite by a Russian rocket was hit by a fresh delay, mission officials said. The 4.1-tonne satellite MetOp-A was to have been launched aboard a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the Russian space base in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, at 1628 GMT. But the...
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...
New date set for problem-plagued European satellite launch
- 2006-10-05
PARIS AFP — A European weather and environment satellite, MetOp-A, whose launch from Russia's space base in Kazakhstan has been delayed four times, will be taken aloft on October 17, the launch operator said. "After completion of further checks on the Soyuz launch system, Starsem and its Russian partners, in...
Troubled European satellite launch postponed again
- 2006-10-02
PARIS AFP — The launch of a new-generation environment-monitoring satellite, MetOp-A, has been delayed for the fourth time. The four-tonne satellite was to have launched on Saturday aboard a Soyuz/Fregat rocket from the Russian space base at Baikonur, Kazakhstan. But the upper stage of the rocket received a "slight mechanical...
Russia to launch European weather probe in October
- 2006-08-07
MOSCOW AFP — Russia is to launch a European weather satellite on October 7, the European Space Agency mission in Moscow has said, giving a precise date for the launch after it was postponed three times in July. The date had been fixed "in close coordination with our Russian...
Launch of European climate satellite delayed indefinitely
- 2006-07-20
MOSCOW AFP — The launch of a European climate-monitoring satellite has been delayed for "several weeks" pending technical checks on the Soyuz-2 rocket, a European space official said. European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites spokeswoman Livia Briese said the satellite would "return to its hangar" after technical...
ESA, Galileo Industries sign contract for first four Galileo satellites
- 2006-01-19
BERLIN AFP — The European Space Agency ESA and Galileo Industries signed a 1.5-billion-euro (1.8-billion-dollar) contract for the delivery of four satellites to be used in an ambitious navigation system that Europe hopes will rival the reigning US GPS network. ESA and the Galileo consortium officially signed the contract...
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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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