- Guy Lebègue
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name = Guy Lebègue
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birth_place =Maubeuge ,France
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field =Engineer andScience journalist
work_institutions =Cannes Mandelieu Space Center
alma_mater =École centrale Paris École nationale de l'aviation civile
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known_for =Inventor of the nameSpacebus
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footnotes =Guy Lebègue, is a French engineer in the space domain, graduated from
École centrale Paris , alumni 1962.He is the
inventor of the nameSpacebus , the largest series of Europeancommunications satellite saled all over the world, with a total business revenue over 6 G€ (2007).Short Biography
During his 18 months
conscription period, in theFrench Air Force , as Officer, he was graduated asAir traffic controller , atÉcole nationale de l'aviation civile , al. 1963. Then he was responsible of the "BA 120 Cazaux" airbase'sControl tower in 1963.Then he joigned
Sud-Aviation in 1964, the largest French Aerospace industry, where He worked at theCannes Mandelieu Space Center for its whole career. The company evoluted successively toAerospatiale in 1970, thenAlcatel Space in 1998. He retired in 1999.He worked firstly as a
scientist on theMeteosat program as Image quality responsible. Then he moved toMarketing , and finallyPublic Relations .Inventor of the Spacebus name
When in the Satellites
Marketing department, and as a result of a brainstorming competition between the FrenchAerospatiale and the GermanMBB Engineers, heinvented , August 23, 1983Guy Lebègue, "Nom générique pour la famille de plate-formes MBB-AS : Spacebus", 23/08/1983, archives Aerospatiale/Cannes et [http://www.guy-lebegue.fr/docs/spacebus.pdf archives personnelles Guy Lebègue] ] the nameSpacebus for thecommunication satellites series. He thought about this name by analogy withAirbus , whose name was proposed byRoger Béteille , "Mister Airbus", which was his chief in Cannes, few years ago.A "Franco-German Spacebus agreement", was signed on December 9, 1983 [Pierre Madon, « Satellites de télécommunications : demain les Spacebus - signature accord franco-allemand », dans "
Revue aerospatiale ," N° 6, February 1984] between Henri Martre, Aerospatiale's President, and Hans Vogels, MBB's President. TheTrademark is registred [http://www.guy-lebegue.fr/docs/marque_SBF.pdf INPI:fiche Spacebus] ] , becoming the name of a product saled on a large international market.Journalist
When in the
Public relations department ofAerospatiale Satellite Division, he was ajournalist , permanent correspondent for theRevue aerospatiale , most of them published in French and in English.Publications
Among dozens of articles published during ten years, quote:
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Turksat: a turnkey satellite », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°72, October 1990.
* en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), «Eutelsat II: OK For West-to-East Service! », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°73, November 1990.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Huygens Space probe: A Seven-Year journey! », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°76, March 1991.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), «Gulf War :Military satellites , the Lesson », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°79, June 1991.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Satellites: 30 Years ofFranco-German Cooperation », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°89, June 1992.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), «Envisat -1: Going Green! », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°95, February 1993.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), «Spacebus 3000: A Platform for 'Satellite Alliance' », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°99, June 1993.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Arabasat 2: New generation, New Services », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°100, January 1993.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), «Globalstar Mobile Telephony: Planetwide within three Years », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°115, February 1995.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Helios: The orbiting Spyglass », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°118, May 1995.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « ISO: Capturing the Unseen », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°118, May 1995.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), «Spacebus 3000: Emulating Aircraft line production », in"Revue aerospatiale ", n°124, January 1996.
*en Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Arabasat 2A: the new generation ofSpacebus 3000 », in "Revue aerospatiale ", n°130, July 1996.Speaker
He prononced many conferences on satellites, mainly in France, but also in
Amman ,Jordan , when the firstArabsat satellite was launched. Large shows were organised by the French ambassy [ [http://www.guy-lebegue.fr/docs/amm2.pdf Annonce des manifestations, French ambassy in Jordan] ] , at "Faculté des Sciences de l'Université" [ [http://www.guy-lebegue.fr/docs/amm_fac.pdf Reportage in Saout Acha'B, 6 February 1985] ] , at "Institut Royal Géographique" and at "Centre culturel français" [Jordan Times , Reportage, Fébruary 3, 1985] ,Amman [ [http://www.guy-lebegue.fr/docs/amm.pdf Thanks to Guy Lebègue, French ambassy en Jordanie] ] ,Jordan , February 1985.Distinctions
Guy Lebègue is graduated Senior from the Association aéronautique et astronautique de France
Footnotes
See also
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Sud Aviation
*Aerospatiale
*Meteosat
*Spacebus
*Alcatel Space External links
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