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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…

News, Space 12 March 2021

FRANCE-CHINA SPACE COOPERATION CNES PRESIDENT AND CNSA ADMINISTRATOR MEET

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 status check of the bilateral…

It also optimizes the performance of future high-data-rate links for science and Earth-observation missions

News, Space 5 March 2021

CNES AND ONERA LONGSTANDING PARTNERS AND WORLD LEADERS IN RADIOFREQUENCY PROPAGATION RESEARCH

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 the performance of future high-data-rate…

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 President Joe Biden on 20…

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 2021 – Airbus Defence and…

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 to build on existing teleworking…

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 the agency conceived for Thomas…

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 CNES for the French (SEIS…

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 and CNES, in partnership with…

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 Base in California. The satellite…