14:00 – Opening of the session
- by president Bruno Stoufflet
In memoriam:
- Claude GOUMY, who died on 18 September 2026, former Chief Executive of Matra Espace and Matra Marconi Space, Honorary Member of Section 2.
- Jean-Claude WANNER, who died on 24 August 2026, was a founding member of the Academy, an Ingénieur général de l’Armement, and an honorary member and Secretary of Section 3 from 1987 to 1999.
14:20 – Introduction of the newly elected full members
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15:20 – Break
15:30 – Lecture: ‘Serious threats to space: when military and economic interests jeopardise the utopia of space for all’
- by Jacques ARNOULD, ethics expert at CNES, and General (2S) Jean-Daniel TESTÉ, former Joint Space Commander and Full Member of the Academy,
16:30 – Medals of the Academy
- Sébastien DECK, Research Director at ONERA, for “his major contribution to the ongoing progress of aerodynamics as applied to aeronautics and aerospace”
- LV Damien SABATIER, H160 helicopter pilot, EV Marine BENTIVOGLIO, H160 co-pilot, and MP Vanessa LE GALL, H160 chief winch operator, for “their decisive action, their endurance and their ability to adapt during five successive rescue operations whilst Storm Benjamin was sweeping off the coast of Finistère, from 23 to 26 October 2025
17:00 – Vermeil Medal
- Frédéric TESTON, Initiator and subsequently Head of In-orbit Demonstration at ESA; Yann SCOARNEC, Head of the Proba 3 satellite project at SENER; and Andrei ZHUKOV, Principal Investigator for Instrumentation and Head of Science Operations at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, for “their pivotal roles in the success of the groundbreaking PROBA 3 mission”
17:15 – Literary Prize Presentation
- Bruno VIELLE,for his remarkable book « 1933 AIR FRANCE, Une flotte en héritage »
- Philippe VARNOTEAUX, for his remarkable book « Hammaguir, Première base spatiale française, 1947-1967 »
17:30 – Thesis Prize in Law, Economics and Sociology of Air and Space Transport
- Dr Aveline CLOITRE for the outstanding quality of the work carried out on her thesis: « Dynamiques entrepreneuriales dans l’écosystème spatial : le rôle des structures d’accompagnement entrepreneurial pour un entrepreneuriat durable »
17:45 – Great Prize
- Franck DELMOTTE, Eckart MARSCH et Milan MAKSIMOVIC, for their “key role in the Solar Orbiter mission, thereby honouring the entire scientific community for a flagship project in European space research”
18:30 – Cocktail reception hosted by Toulouse City Hall
Free admission in the limit of available seats.
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