Astrophysicist Alain Lecavelier des Etangs (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France) talks how the idea for PicSat was born at a meeting in 2014 (final part). Also see https://picsat.obspm.fr/science/scien... for science references.

With many thanks to Jean Mouette from the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris for technical support with the interview.