VIP/Ministerial gathering ESA Redu space centre on 8 April 2014. The signing of three contracts secured the future and growth of ESA’s ground station in the south of Belgium, Redu, near Luxemburg.
From left to right: Mr. Eric Beka (High Representative Belspo), Mr Jan Matthijssen (National Security Agency Belgium), Mr Etienne Schneider (Deputy Prime Minister Luxemburg), Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain (Director General ESA), Philippe Courard (Minister Belgium), Mrs. Magali Vassiére (ESA Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications), Mr Edmond Maldague (Director General of Redu Space Services), Mr Martin Halliwell (Chief Technology Officer SES), Mr. Gerhard Bethscheider (SES TechCom), Mr Frank Preud’Homme (Board Member QinetiQ Space Belgium)