Rainer Sandau
Retired from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and acts currently as:
- Director Satellites and Space Applications of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
- HonoraryPresident of the “Society for Academic Youth Advancement in STEM ” (GeFaN).
- Adjunct Professor at Baylor University, Texas, USA.
- Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics.
He has led and been involved in instrumentations of six space missions to Venus, Mars and for Earth observation, and also in numerous concepts for instruments and small satellites for or with different countries and space agencies, e.g. Argentina, UK, Russia, Syria, Taiwan, Tunesia, ESA and NASA (from the concept of a German stereocamera on-board SPOT 5, to a lander concept jointly done with NASA/JPL for ESA’s comet mission ROSETTA.)
He has held different positions, including Deputy Director of the Institute of Space Research in Berlin, Germany, and Director R&D of the Swiss/US company LH (Leica). He represented the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) at the UN COPUOS and COSPAR.
He authored over 300 publications, holds over 25 patents, and is co-author or editor of 34 books and conference proceedings.