It is with sadness that I must inform our AMSAT colleagues, of the passing away of Jean Edmond Gruau F8ZS, President of Radio Amateur Club de l'Espace and Honorary President of AMSAT-France.

Jean was the father of ARSENE radioamateur mini satellite, launched in may 1993.

He retired a few years ago from its position as Inspecteur General of the french space agency (CNES) that he contributed to create as well as the European Space Center in Kourou, french Guyana.

Jean F8ZS was a very kind man with always a lot of good stories to tell to his visiting friends about his large experience in radio transmissions and preventive failure security in space industry.

73 de Bernard F6BVP, AMSAT France founding President

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