News and Events
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SWOT satellite climbs higher for a better view
Between 10 and 20 July, the French-American SWOT satellite, which measures the...
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CALIPSO bows out
The CALIPSO scientific mission ended on 1 August 2023. This date marks the end...
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Ariane 6 development status check
The final stages of Ariane 6’s development are underway in French Guiana and...
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Syracuse 3A successfully positioned
Teams at the Toulouse Space Centre have successfully positioned the Syracuse 3A military telecommunications satellite, launched by an Ariane 5 GS vehicle during the night of 13 to...
News InstitutionalNovember 2, 2005 -
Satellite technology helps to combat locusts
As plagues of locusts threaten to destroy crops in the Sahel region of Africa, CNES is proposing satellite technologies to track swarms.
News InstitutionalOctober 25, 2005 -
New CNES website feature focuses on Space and...
What are the obstacles currently limiting our understanding of global warming? What can Earth observation satellites see that we don’t detect from the ground? Have space...
News InstitutionalOctober 13, 2005 -
Syracuse is in orbit
Ariane scores dual mission success : the launcher placed two payloads into geostationary transfer orbit of which the French Ministry of Defence’s Syracuse 3A military...
News InstitutionalOctober 10, 2005 -
The 2nd WISE campaign begins
After the 1st phase last spring, the 2nd WISE campaign is off to a start. The 12 new volunteers are preparing to spend the next 2 months in a bedrest position with their heads...
News InstitutionalOctober 3, 2005 -
Calipso to launch end October
The Calipso satellite dedicated to studying the atmosphere will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at the end of October.
News InstitutionalSeptember 20, 2005 -
Strateole-Vorcore campaign studies the Antarctic...
From 1 September to 30 October, CNES is taking part in the Strateole-Vorcore balloon launch campaign in Antarctica. This campaign plans to release 20 or so stratospheric balloons...
News InstitutionalSeptember 1, 2005 -
CryoSat all set to monitor sea ice
Like the ocean, glaciers and sea ice play a key role in climate processes, so we need to monitor them. Europe’s CryoSat satellite is set for launch this autumn to observe the...
News Observation InstitutionalAugust 16, 2005 -
Venus Express readying for the off
The big day is nearing for Venus Express, the European spacecraft dedicated to studying the atmosphere of Venus. After completing the final phase of functional testing, the...
News Sciences InstitutionalAugust 9, 2005 -
Casolba, enhancing the quality of solar arrays
On 7 July 2005, CNES successfully completed the Casolba mission, an important flight in the balloon campaign conducted in Teresina, Brazil. The mission served to calibrate...
News InstitutionalAugust 2, 2005 -
Elint partnership with DGA confirmed
CNES and the French defence procurement agency (DGA) have confirmed their partnership for the Elint project. The Elint demonstrator comprising 4 microsatellites will pave the way...
News InstitutionalJuly 25, 2005 -
A CNES-Esa agreement on launcher Soyuz at the...
Soyuz is getting closer to French Guiana! While the alteration work is going on at the Guiana Space Center, French space agency CNES and Esa signed an agreement on the setting up...
News InstitutionalJuly 22, 2005 -
Joint French-Israeli VENUS mission
The 1st cooperation programme undertaken by France and Israel is set to produce the VENµS Earth observation satellite, dedicated to monitoring vegetation. VENµS will be developed...
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 18, 2005 -
An innovative project to mitigate orbital...
Is space set to become as polluted as Earth? Orbital pollution is a reality: the amount of debris orbiting round Earth is growing, calling for a “ clean-up ” of near-Earth space...
News InstitutionalJuly 5, 2005 -
Deep Impact puts on a deep space firework show...
Yesterday morning, the impactor released by NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft smashed into its target comet Tempel 1, 6 months after launch. The spectacular, high-speed collision is a...
News InstitutionalJuly 5, 2005 -
CNES at the Paris Air Show - The week’s highlights
The 46th Paris Air Show has been a great success for CNES. The agency held many meetings during the one-week event, strengthening its partnership ties with industry and foreign...
News InstitutionalJune 21, 2005 -
CNES at the Paris Air Show
From 13 to 19 June 2005, CNES is at the 46th Paris Air Show. This year, the agency’s exhibition proposes to take professionals and public alike on a unique tour from space to...
News InstitutionalJune 8, 2005 -
François Goulard is new Minister for Research
François Goulard has succeeded François d’Aubert as Minister for Research and Higher Education. François Goulard was a member of the previous government as Junior Minister for...
News InstitutionalJune 3, 2005