Didier Alary has worked in the Space domain for more than 30 years. He ended a long and active career in 2019, heading Advanced Space Systems at Airbus Defence and Space. Prior to that position, he was Head of Innovation, head of Earth Observation advanced concepts, and had several positions in the design and development of spacecraft and ground segments. In total this represents more than 30 years of space experience. Before 1988 he worked in Manufacturing Engineering at Schlumberger for seven years.
Didier is currently working as a consultant, a researcher and an academic sponsor in various academic bodies (ISAE, SAClab, CSU-T). His research works are hosted by the SIRIUS chair especially on the Space Traffic Management topic. This chair is sponsored by Airbus DS, TAS and CNES and operated jointly by the legal department of the University of Toulouse and the Toulouse Business School.
Didier Alary graduated in Electronics at the Ecole Centrale de Paris (1981), he is a corresponding member of the IAA, contributed to the IAA Cosmic Study on Space Traffic Management (STM) and is currently a member of the IAF and IAA STM working groups. He has published many papers including a series on the necessity to set up an international organization to manage space traffic.
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