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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[PRESS] [#SPACEBOURGET17] Space applications CNES...
Developing applications that leverage space solutions is a key challenge for the public sector, business and emerging nations. It concerns big operators and start-ups alike, and...
News Institutional affairsJune 20, 2017 -
[PRESS] [#SPACEBOURGET17] Frédérique Vidal,...
At the 52nd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, CNES brought together the members of the ESA Council with Frédérique Vidal, the Minister for Higher Education, Research and...
News Institutional affairsJune 20, 2017 -
[PRESS] [#SPACEBOURGET17] CNES and NASA sign...
Monday 19 June at the 52nd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and NASA Acting Administrator Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. gave new momentum to...
News Observation, Institutional affairsJune 19, 2017 -
[PRESS] [#SPACEBOURGET17] President Macron visits...
At the opening of the 52nd International Paris Air Show, being held from Monday 19 to Sunday 25 June at Le Bourget, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall, accompanied by Thomas Pesquet...
News Institutional affairsJune 19, 2017 -
[PRESS] CNES expert Laurent Lestarquit wins...
Laurent Lestarquit, a CNES expert in GNSS signal processing, with his European team of José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez (Spain), Jean-Luc Issler (France, CNES), Lionel Ries (France and...
News Institutional affairsJune 15, 2017 -
CNESMAG 72 - Challenge, inventing the future of...
CNESMAG 72 is now available online!
News Institutional affairsJune 14, 2017 -
Interview: Comet Dust in Earth’s Atmosphere
Even after its mission ended, the Rosetta probe is still teaching us a lot about comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. On 9th June, Bernard Marty from the Centre de recherches...
News SciencesJune 12, 2017 -
[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
