Agnès Mestreau

European Space Agency (ESA) • ESA-ESTEC Head of the Systems Engineering Division

Agnes Mestreau is working at European Space Agency, ESA/ESTEC. After her engineering graduation, she joined ESA in 1992 and was involved in the development of the ENVISAT optical instruments. In 1994, she continued her professional experience in industry at Sodern (part of ArianeGroup) where she worked as optical engineer, head of optical section and finally as project manager of equipment. In 2004, she returned to ESA as team leader of assessment studies of future instruments and missions in the Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) team. In 2009, she became the ESA Project Manager of the Proba-3 mission, the first high precision formation flying in the context of a large-scale science experiment. From 2018 until 2024, she has been Head of the Systems Engineering Division in the Directorate of Technology, Engineering and Quality, and since 2024, she is the Head of Space Segment Systems Engineering Division covering systems, payload systems, AIT, functional and environmental verification of space segment. She participates in different review boards for ESA space missions and also for multi-partner missions.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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International Astronautical Congress 2024

14-18 October 2024

Milan, Italy

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International Astronautical Congress 2023

2-6 October 2023

Baku, Azerbaijan

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