For his leadership in setting up the routine production of the Galileo satellites leading to Galileo constellation deployment, including thequadruple Ariane 5 launch in November 2016, Wolfgang Paetsch was named the winner of the 2017 Satellites Leadership Award. Since he was unable to attend, Paul Verhoef, director of the Galileo Programme, accepted the award on his behalf at the GPS World Leadership Awards dinner. The award was presented by Rob Scott from Rockwell Collins, a co-sponsor of GPS World’s Leadership Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
