News and Events
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France-United States space cooperation CNES and...
Thursday 10 August, CNES was with NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena to mark the 25th anniversary of the launch by Ariane of the TOPEX/Poseidon ocean...
ObservationAugust 11, 2017 -
Vega successfully orbits VENuS and OPTSAT-3000...
Tuesday 1 August, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), orbiting the VENuU and OPTSAT-3000 satellites. The launch,...
Observation, Sciences, Institutional affairs , Other fieldAugust 2, 2017 -
Next Vega mission to orbit. VENUS and OPTSAT-...
Tuesday 1 August, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana carrying the VENµS and OPTSAT-3000 satellites. The launch, conducted on behalf of CNES and the Israel...
Observation, Institutional affairsJuly 28, 2017 -
France-Israel space cooperation. Upcoming launch...
The French-Israeli VENµS satellite (Vegetation and Environment monitoring on a New MicroSatellite) set to be orbited on 1 August by a Vega launcher from the Guiana Space Centre...
Observation, Institutional affairsJuly 20, 2017 -
European space cooperation, CNES and ESRIN meet...
Tuesday 18 July, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met ESA Director of Earth Observation Joseph Aschbacher at ESRIN, the European Space Research INstitute, to discuss the Earth...
Institutional affairsJuly 18, 2017 -
CNES at EUCASS 2017 (European Conference for...
CNES is at EUCASS 2017, the European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences, starting on Monday 3 July in Milan. CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall gave a speech at the...
Institutional affairsJuly 3, 2017 -
French-U.S. Jason-2 satellite takes on new...
Over the past nine years, the Jason-2 ocean-observing satellite conceived by CNES and NASA in partnership with Eumetsat (European Organisation for the Exploitation of...
ObservationJune 30, 2017 -
Next Ariane 5 mission set to launch Hellas Sat 3-...
Wednesday 28 June, Ariane 5 will lift off from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, to place two new telecommunications satellites into orbit: Hellas Sat 3...
Ariane, TelecommunicationsJune 26, 2017 -
CNES signs two Ariane 6 development contracts for...
At the 52nd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, CNES signed two contracts for the development of the Ariane 6 ground segment in French Guiana
ArianeJune 21, 2017 -
Venus to be launched from the Guyana Space Centre...
The French-Israeli Earth observation satellite’s launch date has been confirmed. It will depart on 1st August 2017 from the Guyana Space Centre (CSG).
News SciencesJune 21, 2017 -
Rosetta mission science results A fifth of Earth’...
Thanks to the Rosetta space mission to 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, which sought to gain new insights into how our solar system formed by analysing the comet and its behaviour as it...
SciencesJune 13, 2017 -
79th straight success for Ariane 5
Thursday 1 June, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), orbiting two new telecommunications satellites: ViaSat-2, built by...
Ariane, TelecommunicationsJune 2, 2017 -
Science Programmes Committee Meeting focuses on...
A meeting of CNES’s Science Programmes Committee (CPS) was held at CNES headquarters in Paris on Wednesday, 31 May 2017. The CPS advises the CNES Board of Directors on matters...
Sciences, Institutional affairsMay 31, 2017 -
Next Ariane 5 mission set to launch ViaSat-2 and...
Thursday 1 June, Ariane 5 will lift off from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, to place two new telecommunications satellites into orbit: ViaSat-2,...
Ariane, TelecommunicationsMay 29, 2017 -
France-Israel space cooperation Presentation of...
Thursday 25 May, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was in Tel Aviv, where in the presence of Ofir Akunis, Israel’s Minister of Science and Technology, he met Avi Blasberger,...
Ariane, Observation, Institutional affairsMay 26, 2017 -
France-China space cooperation 11th meeting of...
Tuesday 23 May in Paris, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Wu Yanhua, Vice-Administrator of the China National Space Administration, chaired the 11th meeting of the French-...
Observation, Institutional affairsMay 23, 2017 -
X-Cubesat and Spacecube successfully launched...
The launch of both nanosatellites is a success, for research and education.
News Other fieldMay 19, 2017 -
CNES to organize SpaceOps 2018 in Marseille from...
CNES invited this week to Marseille the committee in charge of planning the 15th SpaceOps International Conference on Space Operations to be held at the Palais du Pharo from 28...
ObservationMay 18, 2017