Graduated from the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Lionel Suchet is an Ingénieur Général de l’Armement (IGA, armaments engineer).
Lionel Suchet joined CNES in 1989 and spent the first fifteen years of his career in the domain of human spaceflight. In 2004, he expanded his expertise to include Universe science, and from 2008, as Head of the sub-directorate in charge of developing orbital systems projects. In 2011, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Toulouse Space Center and, in early 2016, he was appointed Director of Innovation, Applications and Science.
Since 2017, Lionel Suchet is Chief Operating Officer of CNES.
Speaking
18September
08:55 / 09:25
Bibliothèque
Session
Space Agencies: Advancing technologies and supporting the ecosystem
