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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A studious start to the year for COROT
After a flawless launch on 27 December, COROT, CNES’s planet-hunting satellite, is now undergoing a series of tests in darkness to make sure it is acclimatizing well to its new...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
COROT discovers its first exoplanet!
It’s called CoRoT-Exo-1b, spans a diameter of between 200,000 and 250,000 km and completes an orbit of its parent star in just 1½ days. But for the engineers and scientists...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
COROT moves up a grade
Three months after launch, CNES’s COROT stellar seismology and exoplanet hunting mission is poised to reach a highly symbolic milestone. In a few days’ time, the project team that...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
COROT science observations underway
After stabilizing the boresight in fine-pointing mode, using the instrument as a super star tracker, teams at CNES and French national scientific research centre CNRS have...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
Climate - Calipso science data now available to...
Unlike the mythological figure from which it takes its name, the French-U.S. Calipso mission dedicated to studying clouds and aerosols hasn’t waited 10 years to release its...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
French Calipso Principal Investigator wins NASA...
The French-U.S. Calipso satellite completed its 1st year in orbit on 28 April. To mark the occasion, Jacques Pelon, the Principal Investigator on the French side, has been awarded...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
Calipso flying high
Orbited 28 April, the NASA/CNES Calipso satellite is designed to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on climate change. With the data validation phase of the mission drawing...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
COROT fuels up
The COROT satellite has completed an important step in its 5-week launch campaign after fuelling up for its 3-year mission. Launch is still scheduled for 21 December from Baikonur.
News InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
COROT enters home straight
CNES’s trailblazing COROT satellite is all set to embark on its quest for new worlds, with launch scheduled 27 December, 15:23 Paris time.
News InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
Keeping an eye on epidemics from space
Malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, West Nile virus and Chikungunya are all mosquito-borne diseases. What can we do to control these insects capable of spreading viruses...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
First light from IASI
After 3 weeks in decontamination, the IASI instrument was activated yesterday and is now in pre-operational mode. The first image and first atmospheric spectra obtained suggest...
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
COROT arrives safely in Baikonur
Carefully stowed inside its container, the COROT satellite arrived safely at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday 15 November. It made the trip on an Antonov 124 cargo aircraft...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
Space, Defence and European Security
19-22 September, the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) hosted a symposium on space, defence and European security in Kourou with CNES, ESA, European firms, the WEU Assembly and the...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
P80 - a newcomer in the solid propulsion stakes
Europe’s family of launchers is set to grow, with a kid brother for Ariane 5 called Vega expected some time late next year. Vega is designed for the launch of small satellites,...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
Alain Ducasse Formation's dishes aboard the...
“Caponata”, “Roasted quails in a Madiran wine sauce”, “Smooth celeriac purée with nutmeg”, “Rice pudding with preserved fruit”, all make up a mouth-watering menu, but not, as you...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
A ground station for Jason-2
The Jason-2 altimetry satellite will take over from Jason-1 in 2008, extending the continuous series of ocean measurements acquired starting in 1992 with Topex/Poseidon. Ground...
News InstitutionalSeptember 26, 2006 -
IASI ready for the lift-off
The big day is fast approaching for IASI! After 3 abortive attempts in July, the launch of the MetOp satellite carrying the IASI instrument is now all set for 7 October. The Soyuz...
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 26, 2006 -
Pluto is no longer a planet
At its General Assembly in Prague, the International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto should no longer be considered a planet in the Solar System. It shall now be classed in...
News InstitutionalAugust 25, 2006
