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The representatives of the Alphasat/Alphabus public–private partnership met on 18 June, 2013, to celebrate the project, at the ESA pavilion at the Paris Air & Space Show.
The representatives were Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA DG; Magali Vaissière, ESA Director of TIA; Ruy Pinto, Inmarsat CTO; Eric Béranger, Astrium CEO; Sami Benamar, Thales Alenia Space Vice President; Jean-Yves Le Gall, CNES President; David Parker, UK Space Agency Chief Executive; Jan Wörner, DLR Chairmain; and Enrico Saggese, ASI President.