Online media briefings in five languages
Media are invited to join online media briefings in several languages ahead of the launch.
Interested journalists should register by 17:00 CET on Monday 23 March by choosing the appropriate form here. Only registered media will be able to attend and ask questions.
The briefing in English will be livestreamed via ESA Web TV on Thursday 26 March at 14:00 CET for anybody to watch.
Wednesday 25 March
10:30: Briefing in Italian
Participants:
Stefano Bianchi, Head of Flight Programmes, ESA
Massimo Falcolini, Smile Product Assurance Manager, ESA
Domenico Trotta, Internal Research Fellow, ESA
13:30: Briefing in German
Participants:
Walfried Raab, Smile Lead Payload Engineer, ESA
Marcus Kirsch, Smile Ground Segment and Operations Support Manager, ESA
Manfred Steller, Senior engineer for Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Science
14:30: Briefing in French
Participants:
Toni Tolker-Nielsen, Director of Space Transportation, ESA
Philippe Escoubet, Smile Project Scientist, ESA
Sylvain Vey, Smile Instrument and Operations Engineer, ESA
Dimitra Koutroumpa, Chargée de Recherche CNRS, LATMOS
Thursday 26 March
13:00-14:00: Briefing in Spanish
Participants:
Rocío Guerra, Smile Science Operations Development Manager, ESA
Ignasi Pardos, Vega Launch System and Engineering Manager, ESA
Jaione Martinez Cengotitabengoa, PAZ-2 Programme Manager, Airbus Defence and Space
Jenny Carter, Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, Leicester University
Raquel González Sola (General Director of Airbus Spain)
14:00: Briefing in English (also livestreamed via ESA Web TV)
Participants:
Carole Mundell, Director of Science, ESA
David Agnolon, Smile Project Manager, ESA
Ignasi Pardos, Vega Launch System and Engineering Manager, ESA
Colin Forsyth, Associate Professor in the Space Plasma Physics Group at the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Jing Li, Smile Project Manager, CAS