I am now ready to offer my services to client taking benefit of the expertise I have acquired. 

Client companies can be within the international space organisations and industries, insurance companies and brokers. 

I am coming from a French world-wide well-known company, which is one of the world's leaders in satellite-based telecommunication system. 

I can provide temporary support, short-term (1 to 2 weeks) and mid-term (1 month), on-site (world-wide) and off-site. The support has to be understood as a complement to client's core capabilities, working as a team or individually, based on practical experience given by a senior level professional. 

I can assist in all phases of study and program development, including: 

• Proposal related activity : 
• Request for proposals (RFP) defining the requirements, specifications and statement of work 
• Proposals in reply to the RFP requirements 
• Proposals analysis. 
• Program development related activity: 
• Participation in all type of reviews (design, readiness, test, operation, on-ground and in-orbit acceptance …) at all level (overall system, satellite, sub-systems, units …); 
• Follow-up of program progress:   
• Development; 
• Integration &test; 
• Launch prep and launch. 
• Technical support to insurance companies and brokers: 
• Participation in risk analyses for the satellite development, launch, early orbit operation, in-orbit operation … 

• Postal address: 
Philippe GSELL ... Toulouse France 
• Phone and fax: 
International phone and fax number: 33 5 61 .. .. .. 
National phone and fax number: 05 61 .. .. .. 
• Current electronic Internet mail: 
Current E-mail to: philippe.gsell
• Internet site on the Web: 
http://www.chez.com/phgsell/
http://eurespace.online.fr

End 60's, I started with the design, development and manufacturing of test equipment for missile and spacecraft equipment. Then I participated to an international industrial team for the development, integration and test, and launch of the first European commercial communication satellite. I was responsible for the electrical Integration and test of the satellites. 

Mid 70's, I participated to proposals for communication , air navigation, direct-broadcast and earth observation satellite payload as engineering and proposal manager. 

Beginning of the 80's, I started new programs as engineering, integration and test manager for comm. and DBS satellite payload. 

Then, I have been selected to implement a new activity in the company leading to new large facilities, new skill of employee and to do the job. I have been for several years at the head the Integration & Test sector responsible for all type of satellite payload integration and test (communication, direct-broadcast, earth observation, scientific) including hardware and software development for test equipment with a team of almost 70 peoples. 

Beginning of the 90's, I changed to the program management division of the company taking the responsibility of the communication sector as director with a team of almost 100 peoples. 

• Communication programs  (for more information in French on programs  see Bulletin menu ) 
• Symphonie (A to C) for the French and German Department of Telecommunication 
• Telecom 1 (A to C) and 2 (A to D) for the French company France Telecom 
• Syracuse 1 and 2 payload for the French Department of Defense 
• Eutelsat II (F1 to F6) for the European Eutelsat organisation 
• Intelsat VII (701 to 708) for the international Intelsat organisation 
• Turksat I (A to C) for the Turkish Department of Telecommunication 
• Arabsat II (A & B) and III (A) for the Arabsat organisation of the Arab League 
• Amos I for the Israeli company IAI (1990) 
• Nilesat 1 for the Egyptian Nilesat company 
• Sinosat 1 for the CAST of People Republic of China 
• Direct-broadcast programs 
• TDF 1 and 2 for the French Department of Telecommunication 
• TVSAT 1 and 2 for the German Department of Telecommunication 
• Tele X for the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) 
• Mabuhay I for the Mabuhay company of Philippines 

• Multimedia programs 
• M2A for the Indonesian PSN company 

• Programs for mobile service 
• Globalstar I (1 to 56) for the US Globalstar LP company 

• Radio broadcast programs 
• Worldstar (Afristar, Asiastar, Ameristar) for the US WorldsSpace company 

• Earth observation programs 
• Spot 1 to 5 for the French space agency (CNES) 
• ERS 1 & 2 for the European Space Agency (ESA) 
• Topex/ Poseidon for the French space agency (CNES) and NASA 

• Air navigation programs 
• MTSAT for the Japan Ministry of Transport (MOT) 

• Scientific programs 
• Giotto for the European Space Agency (ESA) 
• ISPM for the European Space Agency (ESA) 

Relationship were based on partnership, customers or sub-contractors relations: 

• Aérospatiale (Space and defense) of Cannes in France that is now Alcatel Space Industries; 
• Alcatel Space Industries (formerly Thomson-CSF then Alcatel Espace) of Toulouse in France; 
• Matra-Marconi Space of Toulouse in France and Portsmouth in the UK that is now Aérospatiale-Matra; 
• DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (DASA) (formerly Junkers, MBB, Erno, Dornier) of Munich and Bremen in Germany; 
• Space System Loral (SSL) (formerly Ford Aerospace) of Palo-Alto / California in the USA; 
• Hughes Space and Com (HSC) of Los Angeles / California in the USA; 
• Lockheed Martin (LMCO) (formerly RCA, GE Astro) of Princeton / New Jersey in the USA; 
• Mitsubishi Company (MELCO) of Kamakura / Tokyo in Japan; 
• Thomson Tube Electronique (TTE) of Velizy in France and Ulm in Germany. 
• Bosch Telekom (formerly AEG, Telefunken) of Baknang in Germany. 

• English: fluent. 
• German: school level + 2 years in Germany