On Tuesday 24th, October 2023, in Darmstadt, Germany, Lionel SUCHET, Chief Operating Officer (CNES), and Phil EVANS, Director General (EUMETSAT) celebrated the adhesion of the…
Great success for the finals of the 5th edition of ActInSpace®, the international competition dedicated to space applications The awards ceremonies for ActInSpace 2022®, the…
Nicolas Hengy has been appointed Chief Financial Officer with a seat on CNES’s Executive Committee, effective 15 June 2022. A former adviser to the Minister…
At its cabinet meeting on Wednesday 14 April, the government appointed Philippe Baptiste as President of the French space agency CNES. Born in 1972, Philippe…
Tuesday 9 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall held a videoconference meeting with Zhang Kejian, Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), for a…
When sizing space telecommunications systems, the ability to counter adverse atmospheric effects on ground to-satellite communication links is a key competitive advantage. It also optimizes…
Thursday 11 February, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall held a videoconference meeting with Steve Jurczyk, recently appointed Acting Administrator of NASA after the investiture of…
Both main satellite modules successfully mated Eurostar Neo: increased payload capacity and more efficient power and thermal control systems for video connectivity Toulouse, 12 February…
From the outset of the COVID-19 health crisis, CNES has instituted teleworking across the agency in line with government guidance. This policy has been able…
The CADMOS centre for the development of microgravity applications and space operations at CNES’s Toulouse Space Centre (CST) prepared and monitored the seven experiments that…
From 20 to 22 January, the second edition of the symposium on space addressing water challenges is being organized by the French hydrotechnical society SHF…
October 30, 2020 This November the newest member of the EU’s Copernicus programme, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, will take to the heavens from Vandenberg Air Force…
Five times more powerful and 10 times smaller than its predecessors, ANGELS has been designed to address the current challenges of New Space: miniaturization, scaled-up…