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NEXT STOP LIÈGE | Innovative<br />
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Aerospace<br />
and aeronautics<br />
Aerospace is a cutting-edge sector. More<br />
than 100 researchers (astrophysicists and<br />
astronomers) work at the world famous<br />
Astrophysics Institute. The University of Liège<br />
is the Belgian leader in the space sector : it is<br />
the only university in French-speaking Belgium<br />
to offer a Master’s in Space Sciences and a<br />
Master’s in Aerospace Civil Engineering.<br />
The Liège Space Centre is approved by the ESA<br />
(European Space Agency) to carry out testing<br />
campaigns in space and to qualify space<br />
instruments, specifically optical instruments.<br />
This also includes tests on entire satellites<br />
(Planck and Aelous recently). Michaël Gillon<br />
and the Trappist team have consolidated<br />
this leading position. Their discovery of an<br />
exoplanetary system around the star Trappist-1<br />
is considered as a major breakthrough for the<br />
possibility of detecting traces of life in space.<br />
Michaël Gillon was named one of the<br />
100 personalities of the year by Time<br />
magazine in 2017 and received the ‘NASA<br />
Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal’<br />
in 2018. In 2021, he was voted ‘Walloon of<br />
the year’ and also received the Francqui<br />
prize.<br />
In 2022, an international team of scientists,<br />
led by Laetitia Delrez, an astrophysicist<br />
at the University of Liège (ULiège),<br />
announced the identification of two<br />
‘super-Earth’ planets. One of them may<br />
potentially be habitable.<br />
© Safran - Adrien Daste<br />
Companies in the news<br />
Some examples are :<br />
Amos :<br />
specialises in the development of very high<br />
precision optical, mechanical and optomechanical<br />
systems, mainly intended<br />
for export for the space industry and<br />
professional astronomy. In January 2020,<br />
AMOS won recognition for being able to take<br />
breath-taking images of the surface of the<br />
sun. In 2023, a large telescope designed by<br />
Amos was installed in India on the site of the<br />
Mount Abu observatory.<br />
MPP :<br />
is active in part inspection in the aerospace<br />
and other industrial sectors. To remain at<br />
the cutting edge, the Liège SME works with<br />
major players in technology, such as London<br />
Imperial College.<br />
Safran Aero Boosters :<br />
supplies more than half of the world’s<br />
aircraft engine compressors alone. The top<br />
global company has two subsidiaries in the<br />
United States and combines the know-how<br />
of 1,700 talented professionals.<br />
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