The Quarterly Bulletin of the COUNCIL OF EUROPEAN AEROSPACE SOCIETIES 3AF–AIAE–AIDAA–CzAeS –DGLR–FTF–HAES–NVvL–PSAA–RAAA–RAeS–SVFW–TsAGI–VKI Issue 4 - 2014 December 1 2 3 TOUCH DOWN! 1122 NOVEMBER 2014 AATT 15:34 UTC, ‘PHILAE’, THE ROSETTROSETTAA MISSION’S LANDER TOUCHESTOUCHES DOWN ON THE NUCLEUS OF COMET 67P/CHUR67P/CHURYMOV-GERASIMENKO:YMOVYMOV-GERASIMENKO: SPSPACEACE EUROPE MARKS QUITE AN IMPORTIMPORTANTTANTANTANT DATTEE IN THE HISTORHISTORYY OF SPSPACEACE EXPLORAEXPLORATIONTION . 1 THIS IMAGE CONFIRMSIRMS THATTHAATT ‘PHILAE’ IS ONO THE SURFACESURFACE OF THE COMET 2 THETHE ROSETTAROSETTA MISSION CREW MEMBERS ATAT THE EUROPEAN OPERATIONSOPERAAATIONSTIONS SPACESPAACECE CENTRE IN DARMSTADT,DARMSTADT, GERMANY,GERMANY, CELEBRATECELEBRATE ‘PHILAE’ SUCCESSFUL LANDING 3 ININ THE PREMISES OF THE ‘PHILAE’ SCIENCE OPERATIONSOPERATIONS AND NAVIGATIONNAVIGAVIGATION CENTRE IN CNES, TOULOUSE, FRANCE, THIS IS THE RELIEF AND THE EXPLOSION OF JOY WHAT IS THE CEAS ? THE CEAS MANAGEMENT the council of european aerospace societies (ceas) is an International non-Profit asso ciation, with the aim to develop a framework within which BOARD the major aerospace societies in europe can work together. It presently comprises 15 Member socie ties: 3af (france), aIae (spain), It Is structured as follows : aIdaa (Italy), czaes (czech republic), dGlr (Germany), ftf (sweden), haes (Greece), nVvl (netherlands), Psaa (Poland), aaar (romania), • General functions: President, director raes (united Kingdom), sVfw (switzerland), tsaGI (russia), VKI ((Von General, finance, external relations & Karman Institute, Belgium) and euroaVIa. Publications, awards and Membership. following its establishment as a legal entity conferred under Belgium law, this association began its operations on January 1 st , 2007. • two technical Branches: Its basic mission is to add value at a european level to the wide range of – aeronautics Branch services provided by the constituent Member societies, allowing for – space Branch greater dialogue between the latter and the european institutions, governments, aerospace and defence industries and academia. each of these two Branches, composed of the ceas is governed by a Board of trustees, with representatives of specialized technical committees, is placed each of the Member societies. under the authority of a dedicated chairman. Its Head Office is located in Belgium: c/o DLR – Rue du Trône 98 – 1050 Brussels. the offIcers of the Board In 2014: www.ceas.org President: fred abbink [email protected] WHAT DOES CEAS Vice-President, finance: cornelia hillenherms OFFER YOU ? [email protected] KnowledGe transfer : Vice-President, Publications and external • a well-found structure for technical committees relations: Pierre Bescond hIGh -l eVel euroPean conferences [email protected] • technical pan-european events dealing with specific disciplines and the broader technical aspects Vice-President, awards and Membership: • the ceas european air and space conferences: every two years, Kaj lundahl a technical oriented confe rence, and alternating every two years also, [email protected] a Public Policy & strategy oriented conference director General (including financial PuBlIcatIons : Management): Mercedes oliver herrero • Position/discussion papers on key issues [email protected] • ceas aeronautical Journal • ceas space Journal chairman of the aeronautics Branch: • ceas Quarterly Bulletin christophe hermans • aerospace events calendar – www.aerospace-events.eu [email protected] relatIonshIPs at a euroPean leVel : chairman of the space Branch: • european commission constantinos stavrinidis • european Parliament [email protected] • asd (aerospace and defence Industries association of europe), easa (european aviation safety agency), eda (european defence agency), chairman of the Programme coordination esa (european space agency), eurocontrol committee: Pierre Bescond • other european organisations [email protected] euroPean ProfessIonal recoGnItIon : editor-in-chief of the ceas Quarterly Bulletin: • directory of european Professionals Jean-Pierre sanfourche honours and awards : [email protected] • annual ceas Gold Medal to recognize outstanding achievement • Medals in technical areas to recognize achievement Quarterly Bulletin, design & Page setting: YounG ProfessIonal aerosPace foruM sophie Bougnon sPonsorInG [email protected] ceas Quarterly Bulletin - december 2014 2 • CEAS MEMBER SOCIETIES The CEAS Member Societies Association Aéronautique CEAS Trustees: – Kaj lundahl Schweizerische Vereinigung für et Astronautique de France (3AF) wiboms väg 9 • se - 171 60 solna Flugwissenschaften/Swiss Association 6,rue Galilée – f-75016 Paris [email protected] of Aeronautical Sciences (SVFW) tel.: + 33(0) 1 56 64 12 30 +46 8 270 264 – +46 703 154 969 (mob) ruaG/aviation – seetalstrasse 175 www.3af.fr – Prof. Petter Krus : linköping university Po Box 301 – ch-6032 emmen President: Michel scheller se - 58183 linköping – [email protected] tel.:+41 41 268 4049 General Delegate: Jacques sauvaget +46 13 282 792 – +46 708 282 792 (mob) www.svfw.ch [email protected] Secretary: President and CEAS Trustee: dr Jürg wildi, Secretary General: Gilles Marcoin emil Vinterhav – sankt Göransgatan 135 cto of ruaG – [email protected] CEAS Trustees: Pierre Bescond se-112 19 stockholm – tel.: +46 70 555 1869 CEAS Trustee: dr Georges Bridel [email protected] [email protected] a/o alr – Gotthardstr. 52 – ch-8002 Zurich and Jacques sauvaget tel.: + 41 79 405 7645 Executive Secretary : anne Venables Hellenic Aeronautical Engineers Society [email protected] [email protected] (HAES) [email protected] Event Coordination: alexa faucher 3, Karitsi str. 10561 – Gr-10561 athens [email protected] Phone & fax (haes): +30-210 - 323 - 9158 Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute sophie Videment working hours Phone:+30 22620-52334 Russian Aerospace Society ( TsAGI ) [email protected] Mob.:+30 697 997 7209 1, Zhukovsky st. – Zhukovsky, Moskow region, e-mail (haes): [email protected] 140 180, russian federation Asociación de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos President: Ioannis Vakrakos tel.: +7(495) 556 - 41- 01 de España (AIAE) [email protected] Chief Executive and CEAS Trustee: coIae. francisco silvela 71, entreplanta CEAS Trustees: sergey l. chernyshev, d.sc. 28250 Madrid (spain) triantafyllos (akis) tsitinidis [email protected] – www.tsagi.com tel.: + 34 91 745 30 30 [email protected] CEAS Trustee: andrey shustov – [email protected] [email protected] - www.coiae.es tony economopoulos – [email protected] President: Ms estefania Matesanz romero ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Vice-President: Mrs Mercedes oliver-herrero Nederlandse Vereniging voor Associate Member: Czech Aeronautical [email protected] Luchtvaart techniek (NVvL) CEAS Trustees: c/o national aerospace laboratory Society (CzAeS) faculty of Mechanical engineering/ Mrs Mercedes oliver-herrero anthony fokkerweg 2 dept aerospace Ms estafenia Matesanz romero nl- 1059 cM amsterdam Karlovo namésti 13 - 121 35 Praha 2 Secretary: [email protected] tel.: + 31 527 248 523 (secretariat) czech republic [email protected] – www. nvvl.org Head of Department of Air Transport: President and CEAS Trustee: Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e daniel hanus – [email protected] fred abbink – [email protected] Astronautica (AIDAA) www.czaes.org casella Postale 227 – I-00187 roma V.r. Secretary General and CEAS Trustee: tel / fax : + 39 06 883 46 460 christophe hermans [email protected] – www.aidaa.it tel.: 31 527 248523 EUROAVIA President: Prof. leonardo lecce [email protected] Kluyverweg 1 - 2629 hs, delft, nl [email protected] President and CEAS Trustee: horatiu Goanta Secretary General: Prof. cesari cardani Polish Society of Aeronautics and EUROAVIA Representative: Jacqueline chindea [email protected] Astronautics (PSAA) [email protected] CEAS Trustees: nowowiejska 24 – 00665 warsaw – Poland Phone: +40 743 00 1578 – www.euroavia.eu Prof. franco Persiani - università di Bologna President: Zdobyslaw Goraj Via fontanelle 40 – I - 47 121 forli [email protected] Von Karman Institute for Fluid [email protected] Phone: +48 - 22 - 685 1013 Dynamics (VKI, Belgium) Prof. amalia ercoli finzi CEAS Trustees: Jacek rokicki dr tony arts Politecnico di Milano – Via la Masa 34 [email protected] chaussée de waterloo, 72 - B- 1640 rhode-st- I - 20156 Milano Miroslaw rodzewicz – [email protected] Genèse - www.vki.ac.be [email protected] [email protected] General Secretary: andrzej Zyluk Secretary : daniela Vinazzza Administrative Officer: agneszka wnuczek SOCIETIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED A MEMORAN- [email protected] DUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CEAS: Romanian Aeronautical & Astronautical American Institute of Aeronautics and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Association (AAAR) Astronautics (AIAA) Raumfahrt Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR) 220d Iuliu Maniu ave - 061126 Bucharest 6 - 1801 alexander Bell drive, reston, Va 20191 Godesberger allee 70 – d- 53175 Bonn romania, P.o. 76, P.o.B. 174 – www.comoti.ro [email protected] tel.: + 49 228 30 80 50 President and CEAS Trustees: Valentin [email protected] – www.aiaa.org [email protected] – www.dglr.de silivestru [email protected] President: Prof. rolf henke CEAS Tustee: Ion fuiorea < [email protected] [email protected] Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA) Po Box 838 – 10830 Beijing, china (Prc) CEAS Trustees: dr cornelia hillenherms Royal Aeronautical Society(RAeS)