CNES
Director of Strategy
After graduating from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1985, Jean-Marc Astorg joined the CNES Launchers Directorate to work on the HERMES space plane project. Since 1991, he has been deeply involved in the Ariane launcher family, taking increasing responsibilities in the development of the European launcher. In particular, he was the project manager of the Ariane 5 upper stage ESC-A development. He then directed the ‘Soyouz in French Guiana’ project, from 2003 to the first launch in 2011 consisting in building a launch pad in French Guiana for the Russian Soyouz rocket. In 2012, after the first flight of Soyouz in French Guiana, he became CNES Director of Procurement, Sales and Legal Affairs. In 2015, he was nominated as CNES Director of Launchers, managing a team of 300 engineers in charge of the CNES support to Ariane 5 exploitation, the construction of the Ariane 6 launch pad and the preparation of future launchers through demonstrators like Prometheus, Callisto and Themis. In 2022, he was nominated as CNES Director of Strategy, which covers strategy but also prospective, future studies & technology maturation, preparation of new programs, industrial policy and interfaces with private and public partners.
Director of Strategy
CNES
After graduating from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1985, Jean-Marc Astorg joined the CNES Launchers Directorate to work on the HERMES space plane project. Since 1991, he has been deeply involved in the Ariane launcher family, taking increasing responsibilities in the development of the European launcher. In particular, he was the project manager of the Ariane 5 upper stage ESC-A development. He then directed the ‘Soyouz in French Guiana’ project, from 2003 to the first launch in 2011 consisting in building a launch pad in French Guiana for the Russian Soyouz rocket. In 2012, after the first flight of Soyouz in French Guiana, he became CNES Director of Procurement, Sales and Legal Affairs. In 2015, he was nominated as CNES Director of Launchers, managing a team of 300 engineers in charge of the CNES support to Ariane 5 exploitation, the construction of the Ariane 6 launch pad and the preparation of future launchers through demonstrators like Prometheus, Callisto and Themis. In 2022, he was nominated as CNES Director of Strategy, which covers strategy but also prospective, future studies & technology maturation, preparation of new programs, industrial policy and interfaces with private and public partners.
