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Successful launch for CFOSat

Monday 29 October, the China France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was placed into orbit by a Chinese Long March 2C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan launch base in Inner Mongolia...

News Observation

October 29, 2018

[REPLAY] Ariane 5 launch - BepiColombo (VA245)

Ariane 5 completes 101st successful launch. The European BepiColombo mission on its way to Mercury. Rendezvous on 5 December 2025!

News, Event Ariane, Sciences

October 20, 2018

Cassini reveals giant dust storms on Titan

These giant dust storms seen at the equator on Titan rise as far as 10 kilometres above the surface. Mars and Earth are no longer the only worlds in the solar system where such...

News Sciences Specialist public, Science and technology

October 5, 2018

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch (100th) on September 25...

Ariane 5 orbited two telecommunications satellites from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana: Horizons 3e for Intelsat and its partner SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation;...

News, Event Ariane General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technology

September 26, 2018

Saturn’s north polar hexagon

Analysis of data from the Cassini probe has revealed that a vortex towering more than 300 kilometres above Saturn’s north pole mirrors the famous hexagon cloud pattern observed...

News Sciences

September 19, 2018

MA-9: MASCOT’s landing site on asteroid Ryugu

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced today near Tokyo the three landing sites selected for the Hayabusa2 mission, whose small French-German MASCOT surface scout...

News Sciences General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technology

August 23, 2018

Choosing landing site for MASCOT proves “a real...

At CNES in Toulouse, the scientists and engineers working on the Hayabusa2/MASCOT mission have finished identifying and ranking 10 possible landing sites for MASCOT on Ryugu. No...

News Sciences Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technology

August 14, 2018

[Replay] 4 new Galileo satellites in orbit !

Ariane 5 ES orbited four more satellites (satellites 23 to 26) for the Galileo constellation. Liftoff happened at 13:25 (Paris time).

News Ariane General public, Institutional

July 25, 2018

CNESMAG 77 – Miniaturization: smallsats step up...

Mini-, micro-, nano-, pico- are the new prefixes ruling the world of satellites today. Why? Because space too is riding the wave of the digital revolution and its stupendous...

News, Book Telecommunications

July 18, 2018

[ARIANE 6] New P120C engine successfully tested

The solid-rocket booster for the future Ariane 6 and Vega-C launchers was successfully tested Monday 16 July on CNES’s BEAP solid booster test stand at the Guiana Space Centre.

News Ariane Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technology

July 16, 2018

Copernicus Sentinel-3B delivers first images

The very first image, captured on 7 May, shows the transition between day and night over the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.

News Observation

May 23, 2018

CNES:The spirit of space

In 2018, CNES has the spirit of space. Read more...

News Institutional affairs

May 23, 2018

[PRESS] CosmiCapital, CNES launches space...

At a meeting of the board of its subsidiary Telespace Participation, CNES has selected CapDecisif Management to set up and manage CosmiCapital, a capital innovation fund designed...

News Institutional affairs

May 14, 2018

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on April 5, 2018

Ariane 5 ECA orbited 2 telecommunications satellites DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS 4 from the Guiana Space Centre on the night of 5/6 April, 2018. Watch the replay !

News Ariane General public, Institutional

April 6, 2018

CNESMAG 76 - France/Germany: together in space

CNESMAG 76 about France - Germany space cooperation is online

News Institutional affairs

April 4, 2018

CNESMAG 75 - Digital : boosting space

CNESMAG 75 about digital is online !

News Institutional affairs

February 13, 2018

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on January, 25th 2018 (...

Ariane 5 ECA orbited Al Yah 3 and SES-14, 2 telecommunications satellites from the Guiana Space Centre on Thursday January, 25th.

News Ariane

January 26, 2018

[PRESS] France and China step up space...

CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall signed a memorandum of understanding on climate actions and space exploration with Wu Yanhua, Acting Administrator of the China National Space...

News Observation, Institutional affairs

January 10, 2018

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[CNESMAG] Exploration : moving up a scale

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Successful launch for CFOSat

[REPLAY] Ariane 5 launch - BepiColombo (VA245)

Cassini reveals giant dust storms on Titan

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch (100th) on September 25...

Saturn’s north polar hexagon

MA-9: MASCOT’s landing site on asteroid Ryugu

Choosing landing site for MASCOT proves “a real...

[Replay] 4 new Galileo satellites in orbit !

CNESMAG 77 – Miniaturization: smallsats step up...

[ARIANE 6] New P120C engine successfully tested

Copernicus Sentinel-3B delivers first images

CNES:The spirit of space

[PRESS] CosmiCapital, CNES launches space...

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on April 5, 2018

CNESMAG 76 - France/Germany: together in space

CNESMAG 75 - Digital : boosting space

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on January, 25th 2018 (...

[PRESS] France and China step up space...

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