{"id":1723,"date":"2018-07-18T10:01:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T14:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2026-08-06T06:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:32:19","slug":"pascal_wauthier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/sdadirectors\/pascal_wauthier\/","title":{"rendered":"Pascal Wauthier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1.png\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" class=\"wp-image-2105\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>SDA Executive Director<\/h3>\n<p>Pascal joined SES in 1990. His role in the Technology organization is to lead SES Space Operations. This function is responsible for safely operating the SES GEO and MEO (O3b) satellites. This includes leading following Operational Teams: the Satellite Control Centers located in Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Manassas and Princeton as well as the Flight Dynamics Engineering, Software Engineering and Operations Architecture teams.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining SES, Pascal worked as Research Assistant in the Mathematics Department at Namur University and as Software Project Manager in a Luxembourgish Company. During his 29 years career at SES, Pascal led the Flight Dynamics section to become a Center of excellence in safe co-location operations and management of risk of close approach with other objects, as well as in orbital software development and transfer orbit mission design.  He also led the integration of the satellite operations of the News Skies, Americom, O3b and ASTRA fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Pascal is a Belgian and Luxembourgish national who holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from Namur University (Belgium) and an MBA from the Open University (United Kingdom).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"formats":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sdadirectors"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Helen Weedon","avatar_url":"\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/wp-content\/uploads\/wpforo\/avatars\/hweedon_48.png","archive_link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/author\/hweedon\/","biodata":"Radical Moves"},"dsm_categories":[{"term_name":"SDA Directors","term_id":25,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.space-data.org\/sda\/category\/sdadirectors\/"}],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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