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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Calipso ready to go
Launch day is fast approaching for Calipso! Friday 21 April, the French-U.S. satellite will be orbited from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, ending a wait of several months...
News InstitutionalApril 19, 2006 -
IASI signals a change in weather forecasting
This July, a Soyuz launcher will orbit the 1st of 3 European MetOp1 weather satellites. MetOp-A will be carrying the IASI2 instrument developed by CNES in partnership with...
News InstitutionalApril 12, 2006 -
Enhanced performance for data collection and...
One has made its name tracking ocean yachtsmen, while the other has helped to save nearly 19,000 lives since 1982. Developed and operated by a network of international partners,...
News Observation InstitutionalApril 12, 2006 -
Venus Express reaches its final destination
After a 400-million-km cruise since its launch last November, Europe’s Venus Express space probe reached its destination on 11 April, with a series of complex manoeuvres to...
News Sciences InstitutionalApril 11, 2006 -
Project leader of the year is from CNES!
Michel Bach, Parasol Project Leader at CNES, received on 4 April the Project Leader of the Year award in the Industrial Projects category at the 2006 Project Management forum held...
News InstitutionalApril 5, 2006 -
New launch date set for Calipso
Pushed back on 7 November 2005 as a result of strike action at Boeing, the launch of the NASA/CNES Calipso satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, is now scheduled...
News InstitutionalApril 5, 2006 -
High tech working to feed populations
CNES and its subsidiaries CLS and Novacom Services are using satellite data to mitigate and track locust swarms in the Sahel. This initiative will be highlighted at the Tech For...
News InstitutionalMarch 30, 2006 -
Monitoring and predicting epidemics with...
Bird flu, Chikungunya fever, SRAS and West Nile Virus have all been in the news in recent weeks. They are a reminder that there are still many contagious diseases around the world...
News InstitutionalMarch 23, 2006 -
Radar altimetry: 15 years of progress
The international symposium on “15 years of progress in radar altimetry”, organized by CNES and Esa, reviewed the key advances made possible by altimetry satellites. More than 500...
News InstitutionalMarch 23, 2006 -
Vinci: full steam ahead
Vega, Ariane 5 and other launchers could be attracted by the performance of Vinci, Europe’s new cryogenic rocket engine. Recent tests have confirmed its high level of reliability.
News InstitutionalMarch 15, 2006 -
MRO blazes trail for future Mars missions
Nasa’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reached its destination 10 March, 7 months after launch, and is now in position to gradually descend into a low science orbit around the...
News InstitutionalMarch 15, 2006 -
Europe sets it stall for high-power satellite...
With the agreement signed 15 March by CNES and ESA concerning development of the Alphabus spacecraft bus, Europe intends to remain a key player in the world market for very-high-...
News InstitutionalMarch 15, 2006 -
CryoSat recovery mission confirmed for 2009
After the loss of CryoSat, 8 October 2005, Esa has confirmed the CryoSat recovery mission to study Earth’s cryosphere. CryoSat-2 is scheduled to launch in 2009, with CNES’s Doris...
News Observation InstitutionalMarch 15, 2006 -
CSG subcontractors reduce reliance on space
As of end 2003, the Guiana Space Centre’s 64 suppliers, subcontractors and service providers employed close on 2,100 people. A survey conducted for CNES by INSEE*, France's...
News InstitutionalMarch 8, 2006 -
New look for CNES
On Earth, in Space is the mantra you are used to seeing on the CNES website. Recently, you will have noticed that our logo has received a makeover, too. Now, after a lengthy...
News InstitutionalMarch 7, 2006 -
Nasa cuts down science programmes budget
With 3 billion dollars less allocated to science over the next 3 years, Nasa’s budget request for 2007-2010 implies that several missions will be delayed or stalled.
News Sciences InstitutionalMarch 1, 2006 -
Spot at 20
20 years ago, the Spot adventure—which has orbited 5 satellites and acquired over 10 million images of our planet—began. 22 February 1986, the launch of Spot 1 marked the...
News Observation InstitutionalFebruary 21, 2006 -
Polder science data processing closes at CNES
Between them, the Polder 1 and Polder 2 instruments dedicated to studying the Earth-atmosphere system operated for 15 months, accumulating a wealth of data products for the...
News Observation InstitutionalFebruary 15, 2006
