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November 5, 2021
CNES TAKES UP CHAIR OF CEOS CHARTING PATHS TO SUSTAINABILITY FROM STRATEGY TO PRACTICAL MEASURES
4 November, CNES takes up the Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) alongside the European Space Agency (ESA). As the ‘space...
November 4, 2021
CNES ISO 9001 AND 14001 CERTIFICATION RENEWED NO NON-CONFORMANCES FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING
CNES’s Management System was audited with excellent results in October at its four centres of excellence at Paris Les Halles, Paris Daumesnil, the...
November 3, 2021
MICROCARB CLIMATE MISSION CNES AND UKSA SIGN NEW AGREEMENT AT COP26
Glasgow, 2 November 2021. CNES and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) have signed an amendment to their April 2017 agreement with a view to...
October 27, 2021
STRATEOLE-2 BALLOON FLIGHT CAMPAIGN GETS UNDERWAY IN THE SEYCHELLES
Strateole-2 is an Earth-observation programme using stratospheric superpressure balloons led by CNES and CNRS, the French national scientific...
October 27, 2021
CNES IN DUBAI FOR 72nd INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS
From 25 to 29 October, the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is being held at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the United Arab Emirates, the...
October 24, 2021
NEW LAUNCH SUCCESS FOR ARIANE 5 SES 17 AND SYRACUSE 4A IN ORBIT
On the night of Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October, Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, accomplished a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre (...
October 21, 2021
NEXT ARIANE 5 MISSION TO LAUNCH SES-17 AND SYRACUSE 4A SATELLITES
On the night of Friday 22 and Saturday 23 October, Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, will be sent aloft from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’...
October 20, 2021
CNES AWARDS 19 NEW SME LABELS IN 2021
Since 2020, CNES offers key SME space suppliers an accreditation scheme for a broad range of products and services encompassing launchers, orbital...
October 19, 2021
CNES AND JAXA SIGN NEW COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON MARTIAN MOONS EXPLORATION MISSION
Paris, 21 October. CNES and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) today signed an implementing arrangement covering joint activities in...
October 18, 2021
CNES OPENS ONLINE STORE
Paris, 18 October. CNES announces the opening of its first online merchandise store for space enthusiasts.“CNES’s online store seeks to share our...
October 15, 2021
SUCCESSFUL CNES LAUNCHERS R&D CHALLENGE ON DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND ADVANCED CONCEPTS
Thursday 14 October, CNES’s Launch Vehicles Directorate (DLA) held its Launchers R&D Challenge Pitch Day on launch system disruptive...
October 14, 2021
MARS EXPLORATION COMES INTO THE CLASSROOM
Under the guiding hand of Sylvestre Maurice, astrophysicist at the IRAP astrophysics and planetology research institute, 12 first-year students from...
October 11, 2021
SPACEFOUNDERS, LAUREATE START-UPS IN TOULOUSE TO LAUNCH BOOST PHASE
After Munich in early September, SpaceFounders, CNES’s French-German accelerator programme devoted 100% to space is in Toulouse from 11 to 15...
September 28, 2021
ELA-4 LAUNCH COMPLEX INAUGURATED AT GUIANA SPACE CENTRE
Tuesday 28 September, in the presence of Sébastien Lecornu, Minister for Overseas Territories, CNES Chairman & CEO Philippe Baptiste and ESA...
September 22, 2021
ALPHA MISSION : PROGRESS REVIEW OF CNES EXPERIMENTS OPERATED BY THOMAS PESQUET
FRENCH EXPERIMENTS ON THE ALPHA MISSIONDreamsFor the Dreams experiment, Thomas Pesquet is wearing a sleep headband for several nights fitted with an...
September 15, 2021
OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE (ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO FOUNDATION) AND CNES STEP UP COOPERATION TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE OCEANS
  Signature of a partnership agreement between Robert Calcagno (Oceanographic Institute Director) and Philippe Baptiste (CNES CEO) on Tuesday 14...
August 19, 2021
EARTHQUAKE AND TROPICAL STORM IN HAITI - CNES ACTIVATES PLEIADES SATELLITES IN AID OF RELIEF EFFORTS
Activated for the 729th and 730th time after Haiti was hit by the recent earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace, the International Charter Space and...
August 17, 2021
VEGA COMPLETES 19TH SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT ORBITS PLEIADES NEO 4 AND FOUR CUBESATS
On the night of 16 to 17 August, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), orbiting the Pleiades...
August 12, 2021
19TH VEGA MISSION TO ORBIT PLEIADES NEO 4 SATELLITE AND FOUR CUBESATS
On the night of 16 to 17 August, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) carrying the Pleiades Neo 4 optical...
July 30, 2021
NEW LAUNCH SUCCESS FOR ARIANE 5 STAR ONE D2 AND EUTELSAT QUANTUM IN ORBIT
On the night of Friday 30 to Saturday 31 July, Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana...

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