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News, Space 16 February 2021

France-United States space cooperation discussions between CNES and NASA

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…

News, Space 11 February 2021

First Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite is born

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…

Industry, News 11 February 2021

SPACE ECOSYSTEM ADAPTING TO HEALTH SITUATION FRENCH NEWSPACE NOW A REALITY

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…

News, Space 28 January 2021

CADMOS actively preparing Thomas Pesquet’s alpha mission

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…

News, Space 21 January 2021

NASA and CNES extend Insight mission and french SEIS seismometer operations on mars

NASA has extended its InSight mission on Mars for two years, running through December 2022, with a high level of funding from NASA and from…

News, Space 20 January 2021

Space helping to adress water challenges

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…

Challenges, Industry, Innovation, News, Satellites, Space 30 October 2020

Copernicus Sentinel-6 measuring sea-levels using radar altimetry

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…

Challenges, Defence, Industry, Innovation, News, Satellites, Space 14 October 2020

ANGELS, France’s first industrial nanosatellite, extends the scope of space IoT

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…

Industry, Innovation, News, Satellites, Space 8 October 2020

Successful final test firing of the P120C solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C

Success of the third and final static test fire of the P120C rocket motor, lasting 130 seconds, at Europe’s Spaceport in French GuianaThe P120C solid…

News, Satellites 30 September 2020

FRANCE-INDIA SPACE COOPERATION

FRANCE-INDIA SPACE COOPERATION FOCUS ON CLIMATE SCIENCE AND SPACE EXPLORATION Wednesday 30 September, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall held talks with his Indian counterpart, Dr. K…

News, Satellites 20 April 2020

Climate change with TRISHNA

Airbus will support France and India to monitor climate change with TRISHNA @CNES @AirbusSpace @ISRO Paris, 20 April 2020 – The French Space Agency (Centre…

Space 9 July 2019

Airbus to develop CO3D Earth Observation programme for CNES

The next generation in optical satellite constellations Production of 3D high-resolution data for global digital elevation model Strategic move to support export contracts for French…

News, Space 28 May 2019

Space Forum Luxembourg at the Forefront of the NewSpace Dynamic

Luxembourg, May 27th, 2019 – Space industry specialist have made the trip from all over Europe and beyond to attend the third edition of the…

Who's Who 7 May 2019

Appointments to CNES Executive Committee – Caroline Laurent appointed Director of Orbital Systems

Caroline Laurent is appointed Director of Orbital Systems (DSO) and to CNES’s Executive Committee, effective 1 September 2019. She will join CNES on 1 July….