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October 26, 2018
World Policy Conference - Space now and in the future at 11th edition in Rabat
Innovation is integral to space policies being pursued around the world today. It is something that has been inscribed in CNES’s genes since its...
October 26, 2018
CNES takes over chair for next six months of International Charter on Space and Major Disasters
Created in 1999 by CNES, ESA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and declared operational in 2000, the International Charter on Space and Major...
October 25, 2018
CNES’s Observatoire de l'Espace and HEAD – Genève launch research programme on representations of human settlements outside Earth
This triennial programme supported by FNS, the Swiss national scientific research fund, aims to open a new chapter in cultural studies of space by...
October 25, 2018
Flooding in Aude Space technology aiding recovery of farmland and vineyards
Monday 15 October, the Aude region of Southwest France and particularly the city of Carcassonne and its surrounding area were hit by torrential...
October 24, 2018
RAIL AND SPACE: SNCF AND CNES INNOVATING TOGETHER TO BOOST RAIL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
The Rail and Space Coordination Committee aims to review progress during the past year and set goals for the year ahead.Since the last committee...
October 23, 2018
Eric Lorigny receives National Order of Merit, Nation salutes success of French instruments on Mars Curiosity rover
Monday 22 October, Frédérique Vidal, the Minister for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, awarded the National Order of Merit to Eric Lorigny...
October 22, 2018
General Philippe Steininger succeeds General Henry de Roquefeuil as Military Advisor to CNES President
At the end of his career in the French Air Force that began in 1972, General de Roquefeuil joined the French defence procurement agency DGA where...
October 22, 2018
Launch of French-Chinese CFOSat satellite - CNES and CNRS join forces to study climate change in the world’s oceans
The CFOSat mission has been designed to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-...
October 22, 2018
Ariane 5 completes 101st successful launch, BepiColombo mission on its way to Mercury, Rendezvous on 5 December 2025!
On the night of 19-20 October, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), placing into a...
October 19, 2018
CNES hosts Special Session of the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment
The special session of the forum in Paris is bringing together representatives of governments, UN agencies, the world’s leading space agencies, the...
October 18, 2018
UK-France space agreement delivers device to ocean satellite
A device built in the UK by Honeywell, which will form a vital part of the mission to make the first global survey of the world’s surface waters and...
October 18, 2018
End of mission for Microscope - CNES’s satellite bows out with successful and innovative de-orbiting
Microscope’s mission has come to an end with the depletion of the nitrogen fuel reserves needed for the satellite’s precise control microthrusters....
October 16, 2018
Next Ariane 5 mission, launch of European-Japanese BepiColombo mission on a seven-year voyage of discovery to Mercury
Friday 19 October, Ariane 5 will be sent aloft from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, carrying the BepiColombo satellite...
October 15, 2018
France-South Korea space cooperation - CNES, KARI and KMA commit together to Space Climate Observatory
This agreement marks a new milestone in space cooperation between France and South Korea, providing for new bilateral activities and boosting CNES’s...
October 10, 2018
CNES Strategy 2025 - Liliane Baste appointed Director of Change Management
The space sector is currently seeing unprecedented shifts in technology and organization around the world. The increasing importance of space data...
October 9, 2018
French Tech + Emmanuel Macron meet-up, CNES at Station F supporting innovative space technology start-ups
Tuesday 9 October, in the presence of President Emmanuel Macron and Mounir Mahjoubi, Minister of State for the Digital Sector, CNES President Jean-...
October 9, 2018
France-Uzbekistan space cooperation - CNES signs framework agreement with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Joint activities under the agreement will cover space science, Earth observation, telecommunications satellites, space applications, space research...
October 8, 2018
GeoImage, CNES gives teachers a new educational tool using satellite imagery
Under its agreement with the Ministry of Education, CNES has developed a new website called GeoImage to complement the resources already available...
October 8, 2018
France-UAE space cooperation - CNES opens office in Abu Dhabi
France and the UAE have built up a solid relationship in space since 2015, CNES being the first international space agency to sign a framework...
October 5, 2018
French space shines at IAC 2018 in Bremen - Paris to host 72nd IAC in 2021
The event attracted more than 6,500 delegates from 83 countries representing the global space community, with scientists, academics, engineers,...

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