Mr Jean-Claude Trichet (2nd from left) in the Main Control Room of the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. Mr Trichet is President of the European Central Bank (ECB). Mr Trichet is accompanied by members of the ECB Executive Board.
Standing to Mr Trichet's right is Gaele Winters, ESA's Director of Operations and Infrastructure, and Elisabeth Ardaillon-Poirier, ECB Director of Communications. To Mr Trichet's left are ECB board members Lucas Papademos, Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell, Otmar Issing, and José Manuel González-Páramo. ESOC's Head of Ground Systems Engineering, Jean-Francois Kaufeler, stands at the rear.