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December 3, 2020
CNES SCIENCE PROGRAMMES COMMITTEE MEETS
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall began with a review of the main events since the last meeting of the CPS. Following the launch failure of Vega on...
December 2, 2020
SOYUZ SUCCESSFULLY ORBITS FALCONEYE SATELLITE FROM GUIANA SPACE CENTRE FOR UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Wednesday 2 December, Soyuz accomplished a flawless launch from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, orbiting the FalconEye...
November 24, 2020
PHILIPPE LOGNONNÉ AND SYLVESTRE MAURICE, LAUREATES OF FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES’ CNES ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE SCIENCE PRIZE
Tuesday 24 November, Philippe Lognonné, a professor at the University of Paris and geophysicist at the IPGP Earth sciences institute, and Sylvestre...
November 23, 2020
ActInSpace® 2020: Despite the global health crisis, 2,300 people participated in the hackathon! Next step: the finals in 2021!
ActInSpace ®, the international hackathon, took place on 13 and 14 November, simultaneously over 5 continents, in 40 countries and 61 cities,...
November 23, 2020
SENTINEL-6 MICHAEL FREILICH CNES CENTRAL TO SEA-LEVEL MONITORING BY TOPEX/JASON/SENTINEL-6 SATELLITES
Almost 30 years ago, CNES and NASA embarked on the endeavour of measuring mean sea level with a high degree of accuracy, launching the ambitious...
November 20, 2020
CNES SOLICITS PROPOSALS FOR A TARANIS 2 MISSION
To this end, and more precisely to assess potential technical options for the mission’s instruments and spacecraft bus, the project organization...
November 17, 2020
VEGA FAILS ON 17TH FLIGHT
Statement by CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall after the failure of Vega on its 17th flight: “This failure of Vega reminds us once more that we are...
November 13, 2020
CNES AT THE PARIS PEACE FORUM
The growing space debris population poses a major risk to current orbital operations and the future use of space. As ‘cleaning’ space of these...
November 13, 2020
“SPACE FOR GUIANA”, A NEW DIVISION TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN CNES AND THE GUIANESE PEOPLE
CNES announces the creation of a “Space for Guiana” Division reporting to the Director of the Guiana Space Centre (CSG). The new division’s mission...
November 12, 2020
17TH VEGA FLIGHT TO LAUNCH SEOSAT-INGENIO SATELLITE FOR ESA AND TARANIS MISSION FOR CNES
On the night of 16 to 17 November, Vega will lift off from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) carrying the SEOSAT-Ingenio satellite...
November 9, 2020
CNES ISO 9001 AND 14001 CERTIFICATION RENEWED NO NON-CONFORMANCES FOR FOURTH YEAR RUNNING
CNES’s Management System was audited in October with excellent results at its four centres of excellence in Paris Les Halles, Paris Daumesnil, the...
November 6, 2020
UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN SIDE OF STORMS, FRANCE’S TARANIS SATELLITE TO LAUNCH IN NOVEMBER
Sprites, elves, jets… few people know that scientists habitually use such other-worldly words to describe transient luminous events or TLEs, light...
October 30, 2020
20 YEARS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CHARTER SPACE & MAJOR DISASTERS SPACE ASSISTING DISASTER VICTIMS
Initiated by CNES and ESA, joined shortly thereafter by CSA (Canadian Space Agency), the founding act of the International Charter Space and Major...
October 22, 2020
FRANCE-JAPAN SPACE COOPERATION, BROAD STATUS REVIEW OF PROJECTS
Thursday 22 October, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Hiroshi Yamakawa, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), held a...
October 21, 2020
CNES-ONERA COOPERATION - NEW FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT SIGNED
As longstanding partners in space research, CNES and ONERA are combining their expertise to address new challenges in the fields of launchers,...
October 14, 2020
ActInSpace® goes live again! Registrations reopen for the international competition for imagining tomorrow’s products and services thanks to space and launch your start-up!
Interrupted last March because of the pandemic, registrations for the international ActInSpace® competition have just reopened, and candidates have...
October 13, 2020
ANGELS, France's first industrial nanosatellite, extends the scope of space IoT
Technology offering a five-time performance increase and greater service capabilityANGELS is so sensitive that transmitters on the ground can reach...
October 12, 2020
INTERNATIONAL SPACE COMMUNITY CONVENES FOR 71ST IAC
From Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 October, the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is bringing together the international space community...
October 8, 2020
Successful final test firing of the P120C solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C
 Succès du dernier essai du moteur P120C d’Ariane 6 et Vega-C Credits: Service Optique ESA/CNES Success of the third and final static test fire of...
October 5, 2020
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY FORUM 2020, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SERVING HUMANKIND
Monday 5 October, Jean-Yves Le Gall took part in the 17th Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum, a yearly event organized by Japan. In his...

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