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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CNES balloons to probe the Antarctic
The Concordiasi campaign set to begin on 2 September aims to enhance our understanding of the air masses over the ‘White Continent’ and improve satellite observations.
News InstitutionalAugust 20, 2010 -
The "biodiversity ark" for the Science...
As part of the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), CNES will be celebrating science at the Forum des Halles, Paris, from 20 to 24 October. Space experts, explorers, art and...
News InstitutionalAugust 13, 2010 -
Cluster reaches 10th year studying Sun-Earth...
It is now a decade since the U.S.-European Cluster quartet of satellites began their mission in space - a good time to review the results of a programme dedicated to the sometimes...
News Sciences InstitutionalAugust 13, 2010 -
C’Space at Biscarosse from 23 to 27 August
While budding young talents will be meeting up with space professionals at the CELM military base in Southwest France, a one-of-a-kind space festival awaits the visiting public on...
News InstitutionalAugust 6, 2010 -
Organic matter would have a tough time on Mars
The UVolution photochemistry experiment has delivered its 1st results. Certain organic molecules would be degraded by the Sun’s UV rays in space.
News Sciences InstitutionalAugust 2, 2010 -
Picard returns 1st image of Sun
The CNES microsatellite has delivered a 1st image of the Sun. Teams on the ground will use this image to make final adjustments before the science mission begins.
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 28, 2010 -
IASI tracks tropospheric ozone
Developed by CNES, the IASI atmospheric sounding instrument flying on the MetOp-A satellite since 2006 has made the connection between the seasons and ozone in Earth’s atmosphere.
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 5, 2010 -
Measuring time to the thousand-billionth of a...
Since 7 June 2010, the Paris Observatory and Côte d’Azur Observatory have been firing lasers into space—more specifically at the T2L2 instrument on the Jason-2 satellite. The...
News SciencesJune 29, 2010 -
New European cargo spacecraft set to fly by year-...
Europe’s second Automated Transfer Vehicle, the ATV 2 Johannes Kepler, was transported to the Guiana Space Centre on 25 May in readiness for its mission to resupply the ISS later...
News InstitutionalJune 23, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA in orbit
The 2 satellites reached orbit Tuesday 15 June atop their Dnepr launcher after lifting off from the Yasny space base in Russia.
News Observation InstitutionalJune 15, 2010 -
CoRoT discovers 7 new planets
CNES’s exoplanet-hunting spacecraft has made a series of new discoveries, reaping a rich harvest of data to help scientists better understand these far-off “solar systems”.
News Sciences InstitutionalJune 14, 2010 -
CoRoT uncovers a new Sun
Since 2006, CNES’s CoRoT satellite has been probing the stars in our Galaxy. With the data it has amassed, an international team has discovered a star that vibrates just like our...
News Sciences InstitutionalJune 14, 2010 -
The 10 FIFA World Cup venues viewed by Spot Image
11 june 2010 South Africa is hosting the FIFA World Cup from 11 June to 11 July, the first on the African continent. To mark the occasion, Spot Image is taking the high ground to...
News Observation InstitutionalJune 10, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA transferred to launch silo
The Picard and PRISMA satellites, encapsulated inside the upper composite of the Dnepr launch vehicle on 4 June, were transferred to the launch silo this Tuesday in readiness for...
News Observation InstitutionalJune 8, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA ready for lift-off
The 2 satellites were encapsulated under the launcher fairing today, where they are now awaiting launch in 10 days’ time while the Dnepr vehicle is prepared.
News Observation InstitutionalJune 4, 2010 -
Oil spill under close watch as charter enters...
Founded 10 years ago by CNES and the European Space Agency, the International Charter on Space & Major Disasters swung into action following the oil rig explosion in the Gulf...
News Observation InstitutionalJune 4, 2010 -
Picard and PRISMA-FFIORD ready to go on 15 June
The 2 missions are scheduled to launch from the Dombarovsky Cosmodrome near the small Russian town of Yasny, on the border with Kazakhstan. Picard is setting out to probe the Sun’...
News Observation InstitutionalMay 28, 2010 -
Diabsat operation gets underway on 17 May
A touring vehicle, interactive terminals and home screening are coming to the aid of diabetes sufferers in outlying regions of Southwest France.
News InstitutionalMay 21, 2010