News and Events
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Vega makes 13th successful launch orbits MOHAMMED...
ArianeNovember 21, 2018 -
ExoMars 2020 - Oxia Planum selected as landing...
Oxia Planum will be the landing site for the ExoMars 2020 mission—the second mission in the ExoMars programme, led by ESA in cooperation with Roscosmos. The site was recommended...
SciencesNovember 20, 2018 -
Argos-3 instrument successfully activated on...
ObservationNovember 20, 2018 -
New CoRoT exoplanet catalogue coming on line
The catalogue of exoplanets and transiting objects observed by CoRoT is to be published to mark the fifth anniversary of the end of space telescope’s mission after it was...
News SciencesNovember 19, 2018 -
CNES in Moscow for 20th anniversary of the...
Monday 19 November, CNES took part in a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station (ISS). Entitled “Space is an Open Area for International...
Institutional affairsNovember 19, 2018 -
Ministers endorse vision for the future of Europe...
The Intermediate Ministerial Meeting of 2018 (IMM18) took place the 25th october in Spain at ESAC (European Space Astronomy Centre) in Villanueva de la Cañada (Madrid).
News Institutional affairsNovember 14, 2018 -
Plato : Construction of Europe's exoplanet...
The Plato telescope will be led by OHB System AG as prime contractor and launched in 2026.
News SciencesNovember 14, 2018 -
Source of Saturn’s kilometric radiation revealed
Using data from the Cassini mission, scientists are unravelling the mechanisms that drive auroral radio emissions at Saturn’s poles, which are key to understanding certain...
News SciencesNovember 13, 2018 -
Soyuz successfully orbits Metop-C satellite with...
During the night of 6-7 November, Soyuz accomplished a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, placing the European Metop-C (...
Ariane, ObservationNovember 7, 2018 -
Forecasting weather and understanding climate...
CFOSat (China-France Oceanography Satellite) was launched today, Monday 29 October, into low Earth orbit. This first joint mission with China is set to deliver data for weather...
News Observation, SciencesOctober 29, 2018 -
CNES takes over chair for next six months of...
The 40th meeting of the Steering Committee of the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters is being held this week in Toulouse from 22 to 26 October. On this occasion,...
ObservationOctober 26, 2018 -
Ariane 5 completes 101st successful launch,...
SciencesOctober 22, 2018 -
Three satellites shortlisted for Earth Explorer 10
Three new satellite concepts have been selected by ESA to compete for its 10th Earth Explorer mission. The winner will join the agency’s environment and climate research programme...
News SciencesOctober 19, 2018 -
UK-France space agreement delivers device to...
ObservationOctober 18, 2018 -
Innovative end for Microscope
Having reached the end of its mission, the French Microscope satellite is set to perform one last manoeuvre with a new de-orbiting system designed to avert space debris. Isabelle...
News SciencesOctober 15, 2018 -
Cassini reveals giant dust storms on Titan
These giant dust storms seen at the equator on Titan rise as far as 10 kilometres above the surface. Mars and Earth are no longer the only worlds in the solar system where such...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyOctober 5, 2018 -
CALIPSO and CloudSat have been reunited
After a brief separation in september due to a maneuver , CALIPSO and CloudSat have been reunited on the same orbit.
News SciencesOctober 3, 2018 -
Hayabusa2/MASCOT - mission MASCOT lands...
After its release from Hayabusa2 today just before 04:00 and a short free-fall descent at an estimated speed of 15 cm/s, MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid surface SCOuT) successfully landed...
SciencesOctober 3, 2018