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April 24, 2019
France-China space cooperation - France guest of honour at China Space Day - CNES at commemorations marking anniversary of the launch of China’s first satellite
China’s space authorities are celebrating China Space Day with a number of events in the city of Changsha, Hunan Province. This year’s China Space...
April 23, 2019
World first French SEIS instrument detects ‘marsquake’
19 December 2018, NASA’s InSight lander set down the French SEIS seismometer on the surface of Mars. On 6 April, on the 128th Martian day or ‘sol’...
April 23, 2019
European Heritage Days 2019 - CNES’s Observatoire de l’Espace cultural arm partners with ECPAD on call for audiovisual creation projects
Gérard Azoulay, the head of CNES’s Observatoire de l’Espace, commented: “The winning project will seek to enquire through archive material how human...
April 18, 2019
CNES and Aude Prefecture join forces for Earth observation
Under the agreement, a post-October 2018 flood observatory will be developed to monitor areas affected by this catastrophic flood event over time...
April 16, 2019
France-UAE space cooperation - CNES and UAESA at 11th session of Strategic Dialogue
The Strategic Dialogue provides for an annual high-level meeting to promote and advance cooperation between the two nations. A dedicated framework...
April 15, 2019
“Space in my City” 15th edition to kick off in Clichy-sous-Bois
Tuesday 23 April, the 15th edition of the ‘Space in my City’ operation will kick off in Clichy-sous-Bois, near Paris. This outreach and education...
April 12, 2019
CNES Chief Operating Officer Lionel Suchet made Knight of the Legion of Honour
  Friday 12 April, CNES Chief Operating Officer Lionel Suchet was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall presented...
April 10, 2019
International space cooperation - CNES at the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs
Jean-Yves Le Gall first chaired a panel session on ‘Connecting @ll Space People: The IAF and IAC Success Stories’, alongside Pascale Ehrenfreund,...
April 8, 2019
CNES relations with Ministry of Armed Forces Military Inspectors General visit Toulouse Space Centre
Since its inception in 1961, CNES has served the Ministry of Armed Forces, one of its overseeing ministries alongside the Ministry for Higher...
April 8, 2019
CNES and ESA to take part in Orange Silicon Valley’s Fab Force program
Orange Silicon Valley is Orange’s strategic Bay Area presence, which was established in 1999. Fab Force is an alliance bringing together large...
April 8, 2019
CNES Science Programmes Committee Strict parity for 2019-2024
CNES also holds its Space Science Survey seminar every five years, chaired by the CPS. The next seminar will be held from 8 to 10 October in Le...
April 5, 2019
Soyuz successfully launches four new satellites for O3b constellation from Guiana Space Centre
With a total launch mass of 2,800 kilograms (700 kilograms each), the four telecommunications and Internet satellites, built by prime contractor...
April 4, 2019
France the engine driving Europe’s space programmes, ESA visits Toulouse Space Centre
Wednesday 3 April, ESA Director General Jan Wörner was at the Toulouse Space Centre to meet ESA teams working with those of CNES on the NEOSAT and...
April 2, 2019
Next Soyuz mission from CSG to launch four new O3b satellites
This will be Soyuz’s second launch from the CSG this year and the fourth flight of the year from the base.With a total launch mass of 2,800...
April 2, 2019
CNES at ‘Prospects for Space in 2019’ seminar
Jean-Yves Le Gall reflected on the current context in which French space is this year expected to generate in excess of €4.4 billion and sustain...
April 1, 2019
EntrySat all set for launch First CubeSat dedicated to studying atmospheric re-entry of orbital debris
First CubeSat capable of analysing re-entry of orbital debrisKeeping proliferation of orbital debris in check is increasingly focusing attention as...
March 27, 2019
IAF Spring Meetings 2019 - IAF Bureau dinner in honour of 72nd IAC in Paris in 2021
Tuesday 26 March, IAF Bureau members were invited to CNES’s Head Office in Paris Les Halles for a dinner honouring IAC 2021, which will take place...
March 26, 2019
Munich Satellite Navigation Summit - France hails global success of Galileo
Organized by the University of Munich’s Institute of Space Technology and Space Applications (ISTA), this annual convention brings together the...
March 25, 2019
State visit to France of President Xi Jinping, France set to fly to the Moon with China
On the occasion of the state visit to France of the President of the People’s Republic of China, CNES and the China National Space Administration (...
March 22, 2019
Vega completes 14th successful launch Orbits Italy’s PRISMA satellite
Weighing 879 kilograms at lift-off and with an expected service life of five years, PRISMA is ASI’s latest Earth-observation satellite. It was...

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