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[Replay] Ariane 5 VA258 launch: mission accomplished!
The heavy European launcher Ariane 5 orbited the communications satellite...
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Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/14)
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather...
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[Success] Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/14)
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather...
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[PRESS] President Macron watches Thomas Pesquet’s...
At 16:09, the Soyuz capsule carrying Thomas Pesquet and his Russian colleague Oleg Novitsky landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing to a close a particularly successful human...
News Other field, ProximaJune 6, 2017 -
[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on 1st June 2017
Ariane 5 orbited two telecommunications satellites, ViaSat-2 et Eutelsat 172B, from the Guiana Space Centre. Lift-off happened on 06/01 at 20:45 (Guiana time), 06/02 at 1:45 (...
News Ariane General public, InstitutionalJune 2, 2017 -
SEIS instrument integration under way
The SEIS seismometer was received in Toulouse and will soon be studying Mars’s interior structure
News Other fieldMay 23, 2017 -
X-Cubesat and Spacecube successfully launched...
The launch of both nanosatellites is a success, for research and education.
News Other fieldMay 19, 2017 -
[PRESS]CNES AND NEXEYA INVEST TO DEVELOP...
To federate efforts and create a nanosatellite industry, CNES and Nexeya are investing and developing a demonstrator called ANGELS.
News Observation, Telecommunications, Institutional affairsMay 18, 2017 -
XCubesat and Spacecube to be placed in orbit from...
The two cubesats XCubesat and Spacecube, developed by French students, are scheduled to be put into orbit from the ISS on 18th May around 11 am, Paris time.
News Other fieldMay 17, 2017 -
ANNUAL REPORT 2016
CNES 2016 Annual report is available online.
News Institutional affairsMay 16, 2017 -
[Press] Ségolène Royal presents Jean-Yves Le Gall...
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall has been made Commander of the National Order of Merit by government order of 2 May. He received his insignia from Ségolène Royal, Minister for...
News Institutional affairsMay 15, 2017 -
[Press] CNES and Meteo-France sign first ever...
Thursday 11 May in Toulouse, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Meteo-France Chairman & CEO Jean-Marc Lacave signed a framework agreement covering all areas of cooperation...
News Observation, Institutional affairsMay 11, 2017 -
[REPLAY] ARIANE 5 LAUNCH ON 04 MAY 2017
Thursday 04 May, Ariane 5 completed a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre, orbiting two telecommunications satellites, SGDC et KOREASAT-7.
News ArianeMay 5, 2017 -
[PRESS] Jacques-Emile Blamont made Grand Officer...
Wednesday 19 April, President François Hollande awarded the insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour at a ceremony in the Élysée Palace to Professor Jacques-Emile Blamont...
News Institutional affairsApril 21, 2017 -
France-Japan space cooperation CNES and JAXA to...
Monday 10 April in Tokyo, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Naoki Okumura, President of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), signed an agreement to prepare the MMX (...
News Sciences, Institutional affairsApril 10, 2017 -
[PRESS] 33rd Space Symposium to ‘invent the...
CNES is at the 33rd Space Symposium being held Monday 3 to Thursday 6 April in Colorado Springs, United States. Founded in 1984, the symposium is a key event for the international...
News Institutional affairsApril 6, 2017 -
[PRESS] CNES stratospheric balloons. Three major...
Three major stratospheric science balloon campaigns are planned this year to fly novel astrophysics experiments in the field of Universe science. CNES and French research...
News SciencesApril 5, 2017 -
[PRESS] Jean-Yves Le Gall of France has been...
The new chairship starts on 1 July 2017.
News Institutional affairsMarch 16, 2017 -
[PRESS] French Space Operations Act: Very...
Six years after the French Space Operations Act (FSOA) came into effect, CNES brought together space stakeholders today to analyse its impacts in light of the latest evolutions in...
News Institutional affairsMarch 15, 2017 -
[PRESS]Ségolène Royal announces launch of...
Friday 10 March, Ségolène Royal, Minister for the Environment, Energy and Maritime Affairs, in charge of international climate relations, and Louis Schweizer, the Commissioner...
News Institutional affairsMarch 10, 2017 -
[Replay] Vega mission to orbit Sentinel-2B...
Monday 6 March, Vega lifted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana carrying Sentinel-2B, the fourth satellite of the Copernicus constellation. The launch, conducted on...
News TelecommunicationsMarch 7, 2017
