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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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Huygens set for the big jump
Six months after the arrival of Cassini-Huygens at Saturn, mission scientists are gearing up for a new phase. Like a Christmas present tumbling from Santa’s sleigh, the European...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 16, 2004 -
Back to the Sun
The Sun and its impact on Earth’s climate is a topic of prime importance. The Picard project was first proposed in 1998 by the aeronomy laboratory of the French national...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 16, 2004 -
Solar System exploration sets its sights on Mars...
CNES’s board of directors has taken another step forward in its Solar System exploration plans with the decision to take part in 2 new missions. The 1st will see Europe’s Bepi-...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 7, 2004 -
Ariane 5 booster on the test stand
As well as operating launchers, the Guiana Space Centre also conducts live firing tests. On 9 November, the centre’s solid booster test stand put one of Ariane 5’s boosters—the...
News InstitutionalNovember 22, 2004 -
CNES and Aquitaine Regional Council join forces...
Atmospheric re-entry represents a key challenge for the space community. Two European projects backed by the Aquitaine Regional Council are currently focusing on this extremely...
News InstitutionalNovember 16, 2004 -
Soyuz nearing French Guiana
Soyuz 2-1a successfully lifted off 8 November on its maiden flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. This success is a major step forward for the Russian launcher before the...
News InstitutionalNovember 16, 2004 -
Parasol prepares to enter the dance
Following Demeter in June, Parasol, the second-up in the Myriade microsatellite series, is preparing for launch. Parasol will study the impact of aerosols and how they interact...
News Observation InstitutionalOctober 18, 2004 -
HELIOS II, a new generation of military satellites
CNES is gearing up for a very special kind of launch in December, when Ariane 5 will be lofting 6 satellites into orbit at once—a first for Europe’s launcher. Among the passengers...
News InstitutionalOctober 14, 2004 -
Megha-Tropiques takes a step forward
17 November 2004 CNES and ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to proceed with the development and implementation of the...
News Observation InstitutionalOctober 13, 2004 -
10-ton Ariane 5 all ready to go
Since 9 August, CNES has been feverishly preparing for the forthcoming launch of Ariane 5 ECA, an uprated version of Ariane 5 offering greater lift capacity. After the failure of...
News InstitutionalOctober 11, 2004 -
HETE surveys a violent Universe
Astronomers all over the world are holding their breath after the High-Energy Transient Explorer (HETE-2) satellite detected a trio of star explosions in September. The 3 powerful...
News InstitutionalOctober 11, 2004 -
First findings from Cassini-Huygens
Early this summer, just days after entering orbit, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft sent back its first findings from Saturn. Preliminary science results are beginning to shed new...
News Sciences InstitutionalOctober 1, 2004 -
Demeter debuts science mission
Launched on 29 June, the Demeter microsatellite (Detection of Electro Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) is now on orbit and operational. But before embarking...
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 24, 2004 -
Jason-2: watching sea level and weather
Satellites monitor sea level, wave height, wind speed and current movements from space. Like its predecessors, Jason-2 will obtain all these data from altimeter range measurements...
News InstitutionalApril 30, 2004 -
Press Release: MIRI mission: France on board the...
On 19 February 2004, the CNES Board of Directors decided to give technical and financial support to the CNRS and CEA teams working on the Mid Infrared Instrument MIRI for the...
News SciencesFebruary 24, 2004 -
Press Release: De-orbitation of Spot 1
Keeping space free of debris, CNES shows the way with decision to de-orbit SPOT 1
News ObservationNovember 13, 2003 -
Release Press: Polder 2 acquires first images and...
February 20, 2003: NASDA successfully placed into orbit its ADEOS-II satellite (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite II) on 14 December 2002 atop a Japanese H-IIA launcher. The...
News ObservationFebruary 20, 2003 -
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