News and Events
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Soyuz launches SES-15 satellite from the Guiana...
Thursday 18 May, Soyuz accomplished a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, orbiting the SES-15 telecommunications satellite for operator SES...
ArianeMay 18, 2017 -
CNES and Nexeya invest to develop nanosatellite...
To federate efforts and create a nanosatellite industry, CNES and Nexeya are investing and developing a demonstrator called ANGELS.
Observation, Telecommunications, Institutional affairsMay 18, 2017 -
XCubesat and Spacecube to be placed in orbit from...
The two cubesats XCubesat and Spacecube, developed by French students, are scheduled to be put into orbit from the ISS on 18th May around 11 am, Paris time.
News Other fieldMay 17, 2017 -
Next Soyuz mission from CSG to orbit SES-15
Thursday 18 May, Soyuz will lift off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana carrying the SES-15 satellite built by Boeing for operator SES. It will be Soyuz’s second launch from...
Ariane, TelecommunicationsMay 15, 2017 -
EUSO-SPB set down in the Pacific Ocean after over...
The second EUSO-Balloon flight landed on 7th May around 3.20 am UT.
News SciencesMay 12, 2017 -
CNES and Meteo-France sign first ever framework...
Thursday 11 May in Toulouse, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Meteo-France Chairman & CEO Jean-Marc Lacave signed a framework agreement covering all areas of cooperation...
Observation, Institutional affairsMay 11, 2017 -
78th straight success for Ariane 5
Thursday 4 May, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), orbiting two new telecommunications satellites: SGDC, built by...
Ariane, TelecommunicationsMay 5, 2017 -
Next Ariane 5 mission set to launch SGDC and...
Thursday 4 May, Ariane 5 will lift off from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, to place two new telecommunications satellites into orbit: SGDC, built by...
ArianeApril 28, 2017 -
Successful launch of NASA’s EUSO-SPB balloon
The EUSO-SPB balloon has taken off from Wanaka Airport in New Zealand to observe ultra-high energy cosmic rays
News SciencesApril 26, 2017 -
France-Germany space cooperation CNES and Max...
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Kirpal Nandra, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), have signed a memorandum of understanding on...
Observation, Institutional affairsApril 21, 2017 -
CNES and UKSA join forces to curb climate change
The UK Space Agency and their French counterparts, CNES, have reached a ground-breaking new agreement to work together to tackle climate change. UKSA’s Director of Growth,...
Institutional affairsApril 19, 2017 -
France-Australia space cooperation - Successful...
CNES has completed the three stratospheric balloon flights of its Austral 2017 campaign without a hitch, yielding a rich harvest of precious science data on climate, astronomy and...
Institutional affairs , Other fieldApril 17, 2017 -
CNES stratospheric balloons. Three major flight...
Three major stratospheric science balloon campaigns are planned this year to fly novel astrophysics experiments in the field of Universe science. CNES and French research...
Observation, SciencesMarch 29, 2017 -
TOSCA symposium sees rich harvest of results from...
Bringing together some 300 researchers, the symposium organized by CNES’s TOSCA solid Earth, ocean, land surfaces and atmosphere committee took place on 21 and 22 March. The event...
SciencesMarch 23, 2017 -
Next Ariane 5 mission set to launch SGDC and...
Tuesday 21 March, Ariane 5 will lift off from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, to place two new telecommunications satellites into orbit: SGDC, built...
ArianeMarch 20, 2017 -
Vega successfully orbits Sentinel-2B on ninth...
Monday 6 March, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), orbiting Sentinel-2B, the fifth satellite of the Copernicus...
ArianeMarch 7, 2017 -
CNES and MEDES pursue research on effects of...
Cocktail is a new study testing countermeasures designed to mitigate the unwanted effects of weightlessness on the human body, to enhance astronauts’ performance and to ready them...
SciencesMarch 2, 2017 -
Next Vega mission to orbit Sentinel-2B satellite
Monday 6 March, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana carrying Sentinel-2B, the fifth satellite of the Copernicus constellation. The launch, conducted on...
ArianeMarch 1, 2017