Laurent Jaffart

European Space Agency (ESA) • Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity; Head of ECSAT

Laurent Jaffart is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity and Head of ESA’s European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) in Harwell, United Kingdom.

As Director of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity, Mr Jaffart leads ESA’s commitment to bolstering resilience and enhancing navigation and connectivity in line with the security and defence priorities of its Member States, the European Union and defence-related agencies across Europe. This will be crucial to establish ESA as the design authority for the European Resilience from Space (ERS) programme.

From France, Mr Jaffart has 25 years of experience in the European space and Defence sector, most notably in senior leadership roles at Airbus Defence and Space.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2026

5 - 9 October 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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International Astronautical Congress 2024

14-18 October 2024

Milan, Italy

Participation:

International Astronautical Congress 2020

12-14 October 2020

Cyberspace edition

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