ESA Study Team - Athena
ESA Study Team
During the Assessment Phase of the Athena mission a number of ESA experts from different technology discipines will support the study. Initially the mission design baseline will be elaborated in the ESTEC Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), with the support of many sub-system experts from the Technical and Quality Management Directorate. Subsequently the study will be carried out in industry by two competitive parallel contracts. The ESA study team includes:
Frederic Safa, (acting) Study Manager
Mark Ayre, Spacecraft Study Manager
Alex Stefanescu, Payload Study Manager
Anne Pacros, Science Instrument Module Study Manager
Matteo Guainazzi, Study Scientist
Erik Kuulkers, Telescope Scientist
Jan-Uwe Ness, Science Operatiion Scientist
Martin Linder, Payload Study Manager and cryogenics
Matthias Ehle, Science Operations Study Lead
Jakob Livschitz, System Engineer (Athena & LISA Science Ground Segments)