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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CryoSat all set to monitor sea ice
Like the ocean, glaciers and sea ice play a key role in climate processes, so we need to monitor them. Europe’s CryoSat satellite is set for launch this autumn to observe the...
News Observation InstitutionalAugust 16, 2005 -
Venus Express readying for the off
The big day is nearing for Venus Express, the European spacecraft dedicated to studying the atmosphere of Venus. After completing the final phase of functional testing, the...
News Sciences InstitutionalAugust 9, 2005 -
Casolba, enhancing the quality of solar arrays
On 7 July 2005, CNES successfully completed the Casolba mission, an important flight in the balloon campaign conducted in Teresina, Brazil. The mission served to calibrate...
News InstitutionalAugust 2, 2005 -
Elint partnership with DGA confirmed
CNES and the French defence procurement agency (DGA) have confirmed their partnership for the Elint project. The Elint demonstrator comprising 4 microsatellites will pave the way...
News InstitutionalJuly 25, 2005 -
A CNES-Esa agreement on launcher Soyuz at the...
Soyuz is getting closer to French Guiana! While the alteration work is going on at the Guiana Space Center, French space agency CNES and Esa signed an agreement on the setting up...
News InstitutionalJuly 22, 2005 -
Joint French-Israeli VENUS mission
The 1st cooperation programme undertaken by France and Israel is set to produce the VENµS Earth observation satellite, dedicated to monitoring vegetation. VENµS will be developed...
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 18, 2005 -
Deep Impact puts on a deep space firework show...
Yesterday morning, the impactor released by NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft smashed into its target comet Tempel 1, 6 months after launch. The spectacular, high-speed collision is a...
News InstitutionalJuly 5, 2005 -
An innovative project to mitigate orbital...
Is space set to become as polluted as Earth? Orbital pollution is a reality: the amount of debris orbiting round Earth is growing, calling for a “ clean-up ” of near-Earth space...
News InstitutionalJuly 5, 2005 -
CNES at the Paris Air Show - The week’s highlights
The 46th Paris Air Show has been a great success for CNES. The agency held many meetings during the one-week event, strengthening its partnership ties with industry and foreign...
News InstitutionalJune 21, 2005 -
CNES at the Paris Air Show
From 13 to 19 June 2005, CNES is at the 46th Paris Air Show. This year, the agency’s exhibition proposes to take professionals and public alike on a unique tour from space to...
News InstitutionalJune 8, 2005 -
Balloons in equatorial environment
A new balloon launch campaign is now underway in Teresina, Brazil, led by CNES in partnership with French and Brazilian research laboratories. In all, 10 flights are scheduled to...
News InstitutionalJune 3, 2005 -
François Goulard is new Minister for Research
François Goulard has succeeded François d’Aubert as Minister for Research and Higher Education. François Goulard was a member of the previous government as Junior Minister for...
News InstitutionalJune 3, 2005 -
Calipso satellite arrives in the United States
The French-U.S. Calipso* satellite arrived 20 May 2005 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to begin final preparations for its scheduled midsummer launch. Calipso is set to...
News InstitutionalJune 1, 2005 -
End of Wise bedrest campaign
Back on their feet at last! The 1st Wise experiment campaign is now over for the 12 women volunteers, after 60 days months in a bedrest position to simulate the weightless...
News InstitutionalMay 19, 2005 -
4 villages test drive the communications-enabled...
4 French municipalities have been picked to test out CNES’s communications-enabled village concept. Using satellite technologies, among other things, this experiment will bring...
News InstitutionalMay 17, 2005 -
New Argos and Sarsat instruments in orbit
The latest 2nd-generation Argos and Sarsat instruments joined their predecessors. Launched on May 20 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, the NOAA-N satellite, renamed NOAA...
News Observation InstitutionalMay 12, 2005 -
CRISP 2 flies crickets to the ISS
It was strange music to the ears of Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori on his taxi flight to the International Space Station, accompanied by 14 female house crickets for the CRISP...
News InstitutionalMay 3, 2005 -
Envisat and CNES balloons keep track of ozone
Depletion of the ozone layer by human-induced chemical emissions is a cause for concern. To keep track of the situation, Europe’s Envisat satellite is studying variations in...
News InstitutionalMay 2, 2005
