News and Events
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First Sentinel-2 snow map
The CESBIO has developed a method to map the snow cover from Sentinel-2-like level 2A products.
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyFebruary 18, 2016 -
Jason-3 reaches operational orbit
The Jason-3 satellite reached its final working orbit on 12 February.
News Sciences InstitutionalFebruary 16, 2016 -
Test cubes floating freely inside LISA Pathfinder
ESA’s LISA Pathfinder has released both of its gold–platinum cubes, and will shortly begin its demanding science mission
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyFebruary 16, 2016 -
Still a slim chance of restoring contact with...
Although Philae remains a castaway on its comet more than 200 million km from Earth, there is still a chance that contact with ESA’s Rosetta mission lander might be restored.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Teachers and educatorsFebruary 12, 2016 -
Jason-3 approaching final operating orbit
Launched 17 January from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the Jason-3 oceanography satellite, controlled by CNES teams in Toulouse, is now in its orbital positioning phase,...
News Observation, Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyFebruary 8, 2016 -
Press Release: Jason-3 mission returns first data
The Jason-3 oceanography satellite, developed by CNES working with international partners and successfully launched Sunday 17 January from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB),...
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyFebruary 4, 2016 -
JWST instruments are coming in from the cold
After being tested at extremely low temperatures for more than two months, the four instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope are preparing to come in from the cold.
News SciencesFebruary 4, 2016 -
Euclid-France Days 2015 presentations
The presentations made during the Euclid-France days 2015 are available in this site.
News SciencesJanuary 25, 2016 -
Strong magnetic fields discovered in majority of...
An international collaboration, involving the Astrophysics Department-AIM Laboratory of CEA-IRFU, managed to determine, from asteroseismology, that up to 65% of stars more massive...
News SciencesJanuary 21, 2016 -
Press release: COP 21 space agenda - Jason-3...
The Jason-3 oceanography satellite was launched Sunday 17 January at 19:42 CET from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, by a Falcon 9 launcher supplied by NASA. The...
News ObservationJanuary 18, 2016 -
4th Euclid Newsletter
The fourth Euclid Newsletter has been published.
News SciencesJanuary 18, 2016 -
Jason-3 in orbit: the ocean odyssey continues
Jason-3 was successfully launched Sunday 17 January from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States. The oceanography satellite is now under the control of CNES’s engineers in...
News Observation, Sciences General public, InstitutionalJanuary 17, 2016 -
Chances of restoring contact with Philae fade
There’s still no response from Philae after ESA recently commanded its reaction wheel to spin in an attempt to move the lander.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJanuary 14, 2016 -
Live : Jason-3 to launch 17 January 2016
The Jason-3 oceanography satellite is now scheduled to launch Sunday 17 January at 10:42 EPSDT (19:42 CET) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. Follow the launch...
News Sciences Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJanuary 13, 2016 -
Euclid construction authorized!
Euclid, ESA's dark Universe mission, has passed its preliminary design review, providing confidence that the spacecraft and its payload can be built. Dedicated to dark energy...
News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 21, 2015 -
Jason-3 to launch 17 January 2016
The Jason-3 oceanography satellite is now scheduled to launch Sunday 17 January at 10:42 EPSDT (19:42 CET) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, and the launch...
News Sciences Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 17, 2015 -
SPOT 5 makes its final curtain call
Friday 11 December 2015 at 19:29, the SPOT 5 satellite sent back its last packet of telemetry.
News Observation Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 15, 2015 -
Surveying the extragalactic Universe
A collaboration of international research teams has published a new 3D map of galaxy clusters compiled from observations of two regions of the sky each covering 25 square degrees...
News SciencesDecember 15, 2015