Guy Lebègue, is a French engineer in the space domain, graduated from École centrale Paris

École Centrale Paris

École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...

, alumni 1962.

He is the inventor of the name Spacebus

Spacebus

Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and fifty-two have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by...

, the largest series of European communications satellite

Communications satellite

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...

 sold all over the world, with a total business revenue over 8 G€ (2008).

Short Biography

During his 18 months conscription

Conscription

Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...

 period, in the French Air Force

French Air Force

The French Air Force , literally Army of the Air) is the air force of the French Armed Forces. It was formed in 1909 as the Service Aéronautique, a service arm of the French Army, then was made an independent military arm in 1933...

, as Officer

Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...

, he was graduated as Air traffic controller

Air traffic controller

Air traffic controllers are the people who expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. The position of the air traffic controller is one that requires highly specialized skills...

, at École nationale de l'aviation civile

École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile

The ' is a French and a national French civil aeronautics academy .It was founded in 1949 in Paris Orly and moved to Toulouse in 1968....

, al. 1963. Then he was responsible of the BA 120 Cazaux airbase's Control tower

Control tower

A control tower, or more specifically an Air Traffic Control Tower , is the name of the airport building from which the air traffic control unit controls the movement of aircraft on and around the airport. Control towers are also used to control the traffic for other forms of transportation such...

 in 1963.

Then he joigned Sud-Aviation in 1964, the largest French Aerospace industry, where he worked at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center

Cannes Mandelieu Space Center

The Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is an industrial plant dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing, located in both the towns of Cannes and Mandelieu in France...

 for its whole career. The company evolved successively to Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

 in 1970, then Alcatel Space in 1998. He retired in 1999.

He worked first as a scientist on the development of attitude control of satellites, then on the Meteosat

Meteosat

The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme and the Meteosat Second Generation program....

 program as Image quality

Imaging science

Imaging science is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the generation, collection, duplication, analysis, modification, and visualization of images . As an evolving field it includes research and researchers from physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer vision, computer science,...

 responsible. Then he moved to Marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, and finally Public Relations

Public relations

Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....

.

Inventor of the Spacebus name

When in the Satellites Marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

 department, and as a result of a brainstorming competition between the French Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

 and the German MBB

MBB

MBB may refer to:* Magandang Balita Biblia, a Tagalog translation of the Holy Bible* Make-before-break, a type of contact arrangement of an electrical switch, which ensures that when a switch transition happens, the new contact is always made before the old one is broken* Malayan Banking Berhad, a...

 Engineers, he invented, August 23, 1983 the name Spacebus

Spacebus

Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and fifty-two have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by...

 for the communication satellites series. He thought about this name by analogy with Airbus

Airbus

Airbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....

, whose name was proposed by Roger Béteille

Roger Béteille

Roger Béteille was born in Vors , France on 28 August 1921. After graduating from the École Polytechnique, he studied at the École Sup’Aéro and at the Centre des Hautes Études d’Armement. In 1945 he acquired his pilot’s licence...

, Mister Airbus, which was his chief in Cannes, few years ago. So, somewhere, by analogy, he is considered, in the space domain, as Mister Spacebus.

A Franco-German Spacebus agreement, was signed on December 9, 1983 between Henri Martre, Aérospatiale's President, and Hans Vogels, MBB's President. The trademark

Trademark

A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or...

 is registered, becoming the name of a product sold on a large international market.

Then, Guy Lebègue participated to the marketing and sale of this large series of Spacebus satellites, many dozens being sold all over the world, with 64 already launched, making the majority of the turnover

Revenue

In business, revenue is income that a company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In many countries, such as the United Kingdom, revenue is referred to as turnover....

 of the Cannes plant.

Journalist

When in the Public relations

Public relations

Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....

 department of Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale

Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...

 Satellite

Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....

 Division, he was a journalist, permanent correspondent for the Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, most articles were published in French and in English.

Publications

Among dozens of articles published during ten years, quote: Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Turksat

Turksat (satellite)

Turksat is name of many Turkish communication satellites. The Turksat project is supervised by Aérospatiale and Turksat .-Turksat 1A:...

: a turnkey satellite », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°72, October 1990. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Eutelsat

Eutelsat

Eutelsat S.A. is a French-based satellite provider. Providing coverage over the entire European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, it is one of the world's three leading satellite operators in terms of revenues.Eutelsat’s satellites...

 II: OK For West-to-East Service! », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°73, November 1990. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Huygens Space probe

Huygens probe

The Huygens probe was an atmospheric entry probe carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini–Huygens mission. The probe was supplied by the European Space Agency and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens....

: A Seven-Year journey! », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°76, March 1991. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Gulf War

Gulf War

The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...

 : Military satellites, the Lesson », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°79, June 1991. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Satellites: 30 Years of Franco-German Cooperation », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°89, June 1992. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Envisat

Envisat

Envisat is an Earth-observing satellite. It was launched on 1 March 2002 aboard an Ariane 5 from the Guyana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guyana into a Sun synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of...

-1: Going Green! », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°95, February 1993. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Spacebus

Spacebus

Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and fifty-two have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by...

 3000: A Platform for 'Satellite Alliance' », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°99, June 1993. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Arabasat 2: New generation, New Services », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°100, January 1993. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Globalstar

Globalstar

Globalstar is a low Earth orbit satellite constellation for satellite phone and low-speed data communications, somewhat similar to the Iridium satellite constellation and Orbcomm satellite systems.-History:...

 Mobile Telephony: Planetwide within three Years », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°115, February 1995. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Helios

Helios 1B

The Hélios 1B was a French military photo-reconnaissance satellite in which Italy and Spain also participated. It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on 3 December 1999 at 16:22:00 UTC. The spacecraft rode aboard an Ariane 40 rocket which also carried the French military...

: The orbiting Spyglass », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°118, May 1995. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « ISO

Infrared Space Observatory

The Infrared Space Observatory was a space telescope for infrared light designed and operated by the European Space Agency , in cooperation with ISAS and NASA...

: Capturing the Unseen », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°118, May 1995. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Spacebus

Spacebus

Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and fifty-two have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by...

 3000: Emulating Aircraft line production », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°124, January 1996. Guy Lebègue, (trad. Robert J. Amral), « Arabasat 2A: the new generation of Spacebus

Spacebus

Spacebus is a satellite bus produced at the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center in France by Thales Alenia Space. Spacebuses are typically used for geostationary communications satellites, and fifty-two have been launched since development started in the 1980s. Spacebus was originally produced by...

 3000 », in Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale

Revue aerospatiale was a monthly magazine published by the French aerospace company Aérospatiale.-History:Aérospatiale created the magazine Aérospatiale in January 1970 as part of its public relations effort. The publication was, to start, a monthly, and was edited by PEMA-2B...

, n°130, July 1996.

Photographer

Guy Lebègue made a lot of pictures to be used licenced free on Wikipedia. They are listed in the Commons categories :

• Astronautics
• Astronomy
• French Riviera
• Music

Speaker

Guy Lebègue prononced many conferences on satellites, mainly in France, but also in Amman

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

, Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

, when the first Arabsat satellite was launched. Large shows were organised by the French ambassy, at Faculté des Sciences de l'Université, at Institut Royal Géographique and at Centre culturel français, Amman

Amman

Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost...

, Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

, February 1985.

Distinctions

Guy Lebègue is graduated Senior from the Association aéronautique et astronautique de France

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