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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SNCF and CNES innovate with ‘Rail and Space’
French national railway operator SNCF and CNES are going to work together to devise innovative rail solutions geared to the digital era through a new Rail and Space Coordination...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalMay 27, 2016 -
CNESMAG 68 - Cooperation, a global ambition
A number of international events this year—among them the ILA Berlin Air Show in early June and the Toulouse Space Show in late June, where India will be the guest of honour—will...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalMay 25, 2016 -
NFI new industrial policy on view at the Elysée...
Monday 23 May at the Elysée Palace in Paris, France’s space team of government representatives, industry contractors, operators and CNES marked the anniversary of France’s NFI new...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalMay 24, 2016 -
Key compound of the origin of life formed in...
Researchers have shown for the first time that ribose, a sugar that is one of the building blocks of genetic material in living organisms, may have formed in cometary ices.
News SciencesApril 8, 2016 -
NASA Targets May 2018 Launch of Mars InSight...
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission to study the deep interior of Mars is targeting a new launch window that...
News SciencesMarch 9, 2016 -
22 February 1986 - SPOT 1 takes to the skies!
22 February 1986. It was a long night for those who stayed up to watch the launch. At 2:44 a.m. Central European Time (CET), Ariane roared off the pad in Kourou on its 16th flight...
News Observation, Institutional affairs General public, InstitutionalFebruary 22, 2016 -
Jason-3 reaches operational orbit
The Jason-3 satellite reached its final working orbit on 12 February.
News Sciences InstitutionalFebruary 16, 2016 -
Still a slim chance of restoring contact with...
Although Philae remains a castaway on its comet more than 200 million km from Earth, there is still a chance that contact with ESA’s Rosetta mission lander might be restored.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Teachers and educatorsFebruary 12, 2016 -
Jason-3 approaching final operating orbit
Launched 17 January from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the Jason-3 oceanography satellite, controlled by CNES teams in Toulouse, is now in its orbital positioning phase,...
News Observation, Sciences Specialist public, Science and technologyFebruary 8, 2016 -
JWST instruments are coming in from the cold
After being tested at extremely low temperatures for more than two months, the four instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope are preparing to come in from the cold.
News SciencesFebruary 4, 2016 -
Strong magnetic fields discovered in majority of...
An international collaboration, involving the Astrophysics Department-AIM Laboratory of CEA-IRFU, managed to determine, from asteroseismology, that up to 65% of stars more massive...
News SciencesJanuary 21, 2016 -
Jason-3 in orbit: the ocean odyssey continues
Jason-3 was successfully launched Sunday 17 January from Vandenberg Air Force Base in the United States. The oceanography satellite is now under the control of CNES’s engineers in...
News Observation, Sciences General public, InstitutionalJanuary 17, 2016 -
Chances of restoring contact with Philae fade
There’s still no response from Philae after ESA recently commanded its reaction wheel to spin in an attempt to move the lander.
News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJanuary 14, 2016 -
Live : Jason-3 to launch 17 January 2016
The Jason-3 oceanography satellite is now scheduled to launch Sunday 17 January at 10:42 EPSDT (19:42 CET) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California. Follow the launch...
News Sciences Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJanuary 13, 2016 -
CNES in 2016 : "Innovation & Inspiration...
“In 2016, CNES will be a pivotal player shaping the future of space” Monday 4 January, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall delivered his New Year wishes to members of the French and...
News Institutional affairs General public, InstitutionalJanuary 4, 2016 -
France takes up chair of Cospas-Sarsat Council
Meeting last week in Montreal, Canada, the Cospas-Sarsat Council appointed France as its chair, effective 11 December for a year, in the person of Bruno Chazal, France’s...
News Telecommunications InstitutionalDecember 21, 2015 -
Jason-3 to launch 17 January 2016
The Jason-3 oceanography satellite is now scheduled to launch Sunday 17 January at 10:42 EPSDT (19:42 CET) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, and the launch...
News Sciences Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 17, 2015 -
SPOT 5 makes its final curtain call
Friday 11 December 2015 at 19:29, the SPOT 5 satellite sent back its last packet of telemetry.
News Observation Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 15, 2015
