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WALLONIE ESPACE INFOS N 44 Mai-Juin 2009 WALLONIE ESPACE INFOS n°84 janvier-février 2016 WALLONIE ESPACE INFOS n°84 janvier-février 2016 Coordonnées de l’association Wallonie Espace Wallonie Espace WSL, Liege Science Park, Rue des Chasseurs Ardennais, B-4301 Angleur-Liège, Belgique Tel. 32 (0)4 3729329 Skywin Aerospace Cluster of Wallonia Chemin du Stockoy, 3, B-1300 Wavre, Belgique Contact: Michel Stassart, e-mail: [email protected] Le présent bulletin d’infos en format pdf est disponible sur le site de Wallonie Espace (www.wallonie-espace.be), sur le portal de l’Euro Space Center/Belgium, sur le site du pôle Skywin (http://www.skywin.be). SOMMAIRE : Thèmes : articles Mentions Wallonie Espace Page Correctif - Actualité : Sentinel-1B lancé le 22 avril par Soyouz (avec ULg, Thales Alenia Space 2 OUFTI-1) – Agence spatiale interfédérale de Belgique – Vingt ans pour Belgium , Amos, VitroCiset Wallonie Espace – Une Ardéchoise, pilote de CSL Belgium, Gillam, SABCA, Samtech, Sonaca, Spacebel, Techspace Aero, UCL, ULB, ULg, CSL, Euro Space Center, Skywin 1. Politique spatiale/EU + ESA: La « première » 2016 du DG de l’ESA – 5 Tableaux Budgets ESA – Compte-rendu Conférence sur la stratégie spatiale européenne : qui mène la danse dans le couple ESA-Commission européenne ? – A l’heure du Space 4.0 – Intérêt du Grand-Duché pour les ressources dans l’espace – La Corée du Nord exclue de la communauté spatiale ? 2. Accès à l'espace/Arianespace : Interview exclusive d’Alain SABCA, Techspace Aero, Thales 17 Charmeau (Airbus Safran Launchers) – Enquête de la Commission Alenia Space Belgium sur la prise de contrôle d’Arianespace – Duel Arianespace-SpaceX : c’est Ariane 5 qui gagne ! – Débuts, cette année, des lanceurs chinois de nouvelle génération – Tableau mondial des nouveaux lanceurs en préparation (avec des révélations !) WEI n°84 2016-01 - 1 WALLONIE ESPACE INFOS n°84 janvier-février 2016 3. Télédétection/GMES : Le rôle capital des satellites pour la sauvegarde Centre ESA de Redu 34 de notre planète – Constellation américano-séoudienne – L’observateur spatial belge de la biosphère globale 4. Télécommunications/télévision : SES et Eutelsat en grande forme sur 36 l’ensemble du globe 5. Navigation/Galileo : Constellation indienne au grand complet, bien 37 avant Galileo ! 6. Sécurité/Défense : Initiative Govsatcom de l’Union Européenne 38 7. Science/Cosmic Vision : Satellite espion américain muté en 39 observatoire de la voûte céleste – Un livre sur l’Astrosat indien 8. Exploration/Aurora : Coopération internationale pour un retour sur la 40 Lune – Priorité à ExoMars 2020 ! 9. Vols habités/International Space Station : Touche belge pour le 43 planeur spatial Dream Chaser 10. Débris spatiaux/SSA : Nettoyage de l’espace avec CleanSat ? 45 11. Tourisme spatial : Jeff Bezos en tête avec Blue Origin 45 12. Petits satellites/Technologie/Incubation : Tableau des initiatives de 46 micro-lanceurs en Europe 13. Education/formation aux sciences et techniques spatiales : La KUL à 48 l’honneur avec le Prix Odissea 2015 14. Wallonie-Bruxelles dans l'espace : Missions spatiales (lancements Skywin, Thales Alenia Space 50 récents) Belgium , SABCA, Techspace Aero, Cegelec, Redu Space Services, Spacebel, VitroCiset Belgium 15. Calendrier 2015-2016 d’événements spatiaux pour la Belgique Euro Space Center, ULg, 51 WSLlux Annexes-tableaux (en anglais) : Les prochaines missions de l’Europe ULg 54 dans l’espace (2016-2025) - Palmarès des succès à l’exportation de l’industrie spatiale européenne - Commandes à venir pour les satellites civils de télécommunications et de télévision Lecture sur le spatial : Du nouveau avec Aero Spatium sur tablette 68 Correctif concernant l’article paru dans le n°83 concernant le Baron Marcel Ackerman (1931-2015) qui a rejoint les étoiles Marcel Ackerman fut directeur de l’IASB (International d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique de 1986 à 1996. Il fit preuve d’une grande audace en coopérant avec l’IKI (Institut de Recherche Spatiale) de Moscou. Dernière nouvelle : lancement Soyouz du satellite de télédétection radar Sentinel-1B, le 22 avril, à 22 h 02:23. Le soleil sera en train de se coucher sur la Guyane, ce qui devrait permettre des images spectaculaires d’un bel envol vers l’espace. Rappelons que ce 4ème satellite du système Copernicus d’observation du globe pour l’environnement et la sécurité devrait avoir – sous réserve du feu vert de l’ESA - comme co-passagers : deux micro-satellites (le WEI n°84 2016-01 - 2 WALLONIE ESPACE INFOS n°84 janvier-février 2016 Microscope français, le Norsat-1 norvégien) ainsi que trois Cubesats. Parmi lesquels OUFTI-1, le 1er engin spatial de la Wallonie, résultat des travaux d’une cinquantaine d’étudiants de l’Université de Liège et de la HEPL/ISIL, sous la houlette de Gaetan Kerschen, Jacques Verly, Valéry Broun et Amandine Denis ! Info récente sur l’Agence spatiale interfédérale de Belgique Inscrit dans le programme du gouvernement Michel, le projet de création de l’Agence spatiale interfédérale de Belgique fait son petit bonhomme de chemin… Il progresse à un train de sénateur. J’apprends de source sûre qu’une première salve de réunion inter- cabinet vient d’avoir lieu. L’agence serait une réalité opérationnelle le 1er janvier 2017. Sa naissance pourrait être officialisée à l’ESA lors du Conseil ministériel des 1er et 2 décembre, auquel participera Elke Sleurs, la Secrétaire d’Etat à la Politique Scientifique. Le processus de sa mise en place est lié à l’avenir de Belspo (SPP/Service Public de Programmation de la Politique Scientifique, dont la dissolution est programmée dans la déclaration gouvernementale. Quid des Etablissements scientifiques fédéraux de science et de culture (musées, bibliothèque, patrimoine artistique, instituts), qui sont dans le giron de Belspo ? Comment seront-ils désormais organisés et financés ? Le Pôle Espace d’Uccle, qui comprend l’ORB (Observatoire Royal de Belgique), l’IRM (Institut Royal Météorologique) et l’IASB (Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique), avec les moyens correspondants, sera-t-il transféré au sein de l’Agence en préparation ? Autant de questions qui semblent encore être en suspens. Wallonie Espace : déjà vingt ans mais plus entreprenant que jamais pour bien servir le spatial européen ! Vingt années au service de l’espace en Belgique, en Europe et dans le monde : un beau bilan pour le Cluster Wallonie Espace, qui représente les acteurs wallons (industriels, instituts, laboratoires) de la technologies des systèmes spatiaux et services satellitaires et qui est membre fondateur du Pôle de compétences Skywin. Voici un bref historique de ce groupement qui N’a cessé de grandir pour mettre en évidence, en la valorisant, l’activité spatiale en Région Wallonne : 1996 : Assemblée constitutive, le 5 janvier 1996, au siège du Parlement wallon, avec le président René Hannon et 12 membres (Amos, Ciset (aujourd’hui VitroCiset), ETCA (à présent Thales Alenia Space Belgium), Gillam, SABCA, Sonaca, Spacebel, Techspace Aero, UCL, ULB, ULg, CSL. Novembre 1996 : adoption du logo Wallonie Espace (voir l’en-tête de ce bulletin) 1997 : 1er événement "astronaute d'un jour" de Wallonie Espace en mars à l'Euro Space Center/Belgium. 1997 : Francis Vanderhaeghen (Spacebel), président. 2001 : Michel Gillard (Gillam), président 2003 : Arrêté ministériel octroyant une mission de "Cluster" à Wallonie Espace avec l’arrivée de Michel Stassart, après un court intérim de Théo Pirard (jusqu'en novembre 2003) WEI n°84 2016-01 - 3 WALLONIE ESPACE INFOS n°84 janvier-février 2016 Avril 2005 : Michel Gruslin (Techspace Aero), président 2006 : 1er « Wallonia Space Days » avec Amos, en mars à Liège, sur le thème des ATs (Auxiliary Telescope) du VLTI au Cerro Paranal. 2007 : création du Pôle Skywin, avec le Cluster Wallonie Espace comme membre fondateur, avec Michel Stassart dans Wallonie Espace et dans Skywin. 2008 : 2ème édition « Space Days » à Liège avec Spacebel, sur le thème des microsats. fin 2008 : fin du Cluster "Wallonie Espace" qui est incorporé dans le Pôle Skywin. 2009 : Jean Horanieh (Thales Alenia Space Belgium/ETCA), président 2010 : Jean Marc Defise (Centre Spatial de Liège), président. 2010 : 3ème édition « Space Days » avec Thales Alenia Space Belgium et Samtech (qui fait aujourd’hui partie du Groupe Siemens) sur le thème des lanceurs. 2011: Thierry du Pré (Spacebel), président. 2012 : 4ème « Space Days » à Liège, avec le CSL et l’ULg, sur la télédétection spatiale « zoom on earth ». 2014 : Patrick Bury (Thales Alenia Space Belgium), président 2014 : 5ème édition « Space Days » à l’Euro Space Center à Transinne-Libin sur le thème des services liés aux applications spatiales « Space value on earth » 2015 : 35 membres pour Wallonie Espace 2016 : les 20 ans de Wallonie Espace Du nouveau au CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) : une Ardéchoise aux commandes pour un nouveau positionnement Le Centre Spatial de Liège, au Liege Science Park du Sart Tilman, est un fleuron, tant scientifique que technologique, de Wallonie. Un double positionnement au sein de l’Université comme centre de recherches et de tests (avec les missions spatiales de l’ESA et de la NASA), au service de la (re)conversion de l’économie liégeoise (en étant le cœur d’un « spatiopôle » avec des PME spécialisées dans des systèmes de technologie spatiale, ainsi que dans des services par et pour satellites. Le 2 février, son Conseil de Gestion, présidé par le Recteur de l’Université de Liège, a confirmé la nomination de Christelle Bertrand au poste de Directeur général. Elle sera épaulée par le Professeur Serge Habraken et par Jean-Sébastien Servaye, qui sont nommés respectivement Directeur Académique et Scientifique (pour succéder au professeur Pierre Rochus, qui accède à la pension ce 1er octobre) et Directeur Opérationnel. Ils seront rejoints prochainement par un Directeur Administratif et Financier (appel à candidatures en cours). Cette équipe de direction pourra s’appuyer sur les Responsables de Laboratoire et les Responsables de Programme en place: Christophe Grodent pour le programme « Tests & systèmes d’essais », Etienne Renotte pour le programme « Systèmes spatiaux », Jean-Hervé Lecat pour le programme « Partenariats technologiques ».
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