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Management changes, News, Space 16 April 2026

François Jacq appointed CEO of CNES

François Jacq has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of CNES for a five-year term, succeeding Philippe Baptiste.

News, Space 19 March 2026

CS Group – Sopra Steria selected by CNES

CS Group – Sopra Steria selected by CNES to structure the future European space surveillance offering Paris, March 19, 2026 – CS Group, a subsidiary of the Sopra Steria Group,…

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News, Satellites, Space 26 February 2026

France, Cyprus and Greece Partner to Develop Next-Generation Satellite Optical Communications Technologies

Hellas Sat, CNES, Thales Alenia Space and Safran sign a framework cooperation agreement to develop a pioneering optical communications system for the future Hellas Sat 5 satellite Cyprus, February 26,…

News, Space 14 February 2026

Sophie Adenot, French ESA astronaut, on her way to the International Space Station

CNES – Friday, February 13, 2026, at 11:15 CET, the Falcon 9 launcher successfully completed its mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, placing SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule into orbit with French…

Industry, News 2 February 2026

Seventh class of SpaceFounders opens for submissions

Space Founders/ CNES / French Government, February 2, 2026. The result of a collaboration between CNES, Bundeswehr University Munich (UniBw) and the Italian space agency ASI, the SpaceFounders accelerator programme aims to…

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Defence, News 23 January 2026

Thales Alenia Space selected by CNES and DGA

Thales Alenia Space selected by CNES and DGA for payload and user ground segment for France’s DESIR radar imaging space mission Toulouse, January 21st, 2026 – Thales Alenia Space, the…

News, Satellites 26 July 2025

Airbus-built CO3D constellation successfully launched

Airbus-built CO3D constellation successfully launched to map our planet in 3D Toulouse, France, 26 July 2025 – The four Airbus-built CO3D (Constellation Optique 3D) satellites have been successfully placed into orbit…

News, Space 26 July 2025

MicroCarb: Europe’s first mission to monitor

MicroCarb: Europe’s first mission to monitor and map atmospheric carbondioxide successfully launched A joint collaboration between France and the UK to map, on a global scale, the sources and sinks…

Who's Who 26 May 2025

François Jacq – CEO of CNES

François Jacq was appointed Chairman & CEO of Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency. At the cabinet meeting of the French government, Friday 23 May, François Jacq…

News, Space 5 February 2025

CNES and JAXA sign SOLAR-C

CNES and JAXA sign SOLAR-C Implementing Arrangement 3 February 2025, CNES Chairman & CEO Lionel Suchet and Hitoshi Kuninaka, Director General of theInstitute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) at…

News, Space 24 November 2023

Hot fire: Ariane 6 ready to rumble

ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket passed a major full-scale rehearsal today in preparation for its first flight, when teams on the ground went through a complete launch countdown followed by…

News, Space 25 October 2023

EUMETSAT joins the Space for Climate Observatory

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 European operational satellite agency for…

Challenges, News 16 February 2023

Great sucess for the finals of the 5th edition of ActlnSpace

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 major international hackathon aimed at…

Who's Who 15 June 2022

Nicolas Hengy appointed CNES Chief Financial Officer

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 for Higher Education, Research and…

Who's Who 16 April 2021

PHILIPPE BAPTISTE APPOINTED CNES PRESIDENT

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 Baptiste holds a PhD from…

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CNES

François Jacq appointed CEO of CNES

CS Group – Sopra Steria selected by CNES

France, Cyprus and Greece Partner to Develop Next-Generation Satellite Optical Communications Technologies

Sophie Adenot, French ESA astronaut, on her way to the International Space Station

Seventh class of SpaceFounders opens for submissions

Thales Alenia Space selected by CNES and DGA

Airbus-built CO3D constellation successfully launched

MicroCarb: Europe’s first mission to monitor

François Jacq – CEO of CNES

CNES and JAXA sign SOLAR-C

Hot fire: Ariane 6 ready to rumble

EUMETSAT joins the Space for Climate Observatory

Great sucess for the finals of the 5th edition of ActlnSpace

Nicolas Hengy appointed CNES Chief Financial Officer

PHILIPPE BAPTISTE APPOINTED CNES PRESIDENT

Emirates first to deploy Boeing 777-300ERSF freighter

Saudia Cargo expands with four Boeing 777-200F freighters

Castlelake to acquire easyJet: strategic rationale

Vietnam Airlines secures preliminary $2.9B EXIM support

Iridium Completes Acquisition of Aireon

How Thales Won Exail After Safran Walked Away

Directed-Energy Counter-Drone: RF vs Laser, Drone Hardening

Satellite connectivity: multi-orbit and cloud-orchestrated

Airspan Joins ARES : Europe’s Strategic CommunicationsChallenge

Helicopter safety: it is finally time to admit that “see and avoid” is no longer enough

Artemis II: the real delay is not the Moon’s

European Industrial Governance: Why the Airbus Model Succeeds in Civil Aviation but Reaches Its Limits in Combat and Innovation Systems

Thierry Dauxois appointed President of the CNRS

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