News and Events
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SWOT satellite climbs higher for a better view
Between 10 and 20 July, the French-American SWOT satellite, which measures the...
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CALIPSO bows out
The CALIPSO scientific mission ended on 1 August 2023. This date marks the end...
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Ariane 6 development status check
The final stages of Ariane 6’s development are underway in French Guiana and...
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[PRESS] CNES IN 2022 60 YEARS SERVING FRENCH AND...
Under the banner of New Spaces, the OPC for 2022-2025 comes at a time when space is once again seeing increased competition and innovation in the fields of science and technology.
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalJanuary 12, 2022 -
Best wishes for 2022!
Together, let's pursue the space adventure started 60 years ago
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalDecember 22, 2021 -
[REPLAY] Webb launch success !
25 December, Ariane 5, operated by Arianespace, accomplished a flawless launch on its 112th flight from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) to orbit NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
News Ariane, SciencesDecember 21, 2021 -
[Live] Follow Soyouz/Galileo launch on December 4...
For its 13th launch of the year, Arianespace orbited two more satellites Galileo: FOC 23 and 24 from our Guiana space center.
News Ariane InstitutionalDecember 4, 2021 -
[PRESS] SPACEFOUNDERS CLASS OF 2021 SHINES AT...
The 10 laureate start-ups were able notably to outline their strategy and ambition to become world champions in New Space to more than 40 private investors, venture capital funds...
News Institutional affairs Specialist public, CompaniesDecember 2, 2021 -
[PRESS] ESA AND CNES WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE NEW...
In August, the two agencies formally confirmed the desire to continue co-locating their launcher teams while giving public or private entities in the European space transport...
News Institutional affairsNovember 18, 2021 -
[CNESMAG] 60 years for the future
Special issue for our birthday. And new web edition!
News Institutional affairsNovember 18, 2021 -
[LIVE] CERES launch (VV20) on 2021/11/16
Vega orbited CERES, 3 CERES Earth observation satellites for French defense applications. Launch on 2021/11/16 at 10:27 AM (Paris time).
News DefenceNovember 16, 2021 -
[PRESS] SPACEFOUNDERS, LAUREATE START-UPS IN...
After Munich in early September, SpaceFounders, CNES’s French-German accelerator programme devoted 100% to space is in Toulouse from 11 to 15 October for an intensive week-long...
News Institutional affairs Institutional, Specialist public, CompaniesOctober 12, 2021 -
[Press] Oceanographic Insitute and CNES stepup...
The CNES delegation to the maritime economy convention in Nice, led by its Chairman & CEO Philippe Baptiste, was welcomed to the Monaco Oceanographic Museum by its Director,...
News Institutional affairs InstitutionalSeptember 15, 2021 -
Our annual report 2020
Our annual report 2020 is available online.
News Institutional affairsAugust 26, 2021 -
[PRESS] HAITI - CNES ACTIVATES PLEIADES...
Activated for the 729th and 730th time after Haiti was hit by the recent earthquake and Tropical Storm Grace, the International Charter Space and Major Disasters supplied imagery...
News ObservationAugust 19, 2021 -
[CNESMAG] Ballooning:a French flair
CNESMAG 89 is available!
News SciencesAugust 4, 2021 -
[REPLAY] Ariane 5 VA254 launch on 2021/07/30
Ariane 5 orbited 2 telecommunications satellites, Star One D2 et Eutelsat Quantum, from the Guiana Space Centre. Watch the liftoff on this page.
News ArianeJuly 30, 2021 -
[Press] French instrument SuperCam records audio...
On 1 May, the French-U.S. SuperCam instrument on NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded for the first time on Mars the sounds from the Ingenuity helicopter during its fourth flight...
News SciencesMay 7, 2021 -
[CNESMAG] CSR : CNES rises to the challenge
CNESMAG 88 is available!
News SciencesMay 3, 2021 -
[Replay] French astronaut Thomas Pesquet entering...
Watch Thomas Pesquet entering the ISS on his 2nd six-month mission in microgravity (04/24)
News Other field, Proxima General public, InstitutionalApril 24, 2021 -
[PRESS] 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.
News Institutional affairsApril 14, 2021