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Toulouse, May 3, 2021 - Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has paid tribute to former CEO Jean-Claude Husson, who passed away on April 28, 2021 at the age of 83. Because of his vision, humanity, pioneering spirit and passion for space, which he did so much to develop as an industry, he played a key role in a number of ambitious international projects in collaboration with the United States (NASA and industry), Russia (space agency Roscosmos and industry), Japan, China and India. He was an acknowledged pioneer in the development of constellations, end-to-end telecommunications systems and space-based altimetry. Jean-Claude Husson started his career with the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOM), in particular working in Madagascar and Mayotte. He held a number of management positions at French space agency CNES, including as Director of the Toulouse Space Center, and subsequently joined Ifremer, the French oceanographi

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