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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[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 -
[PRESS] MARS 2020 MISSION - PERSEVERANCE ROVER...
Thursday 18 February, the Perseverance rover set down in Jezero Crater, an impact basin 45 kilometres across, home to an ancient river delta that flowed 3½ billion years ago into...
News SciencesFebruary 18, 2021 -
[CNESMAG] Exploration : moving up a scale
CNESMAG 87 is available !
News SciencesFebruary 17, 2021 -
[Mars 2020] Destination Mars : guidebook n°3
Once no more than a faint orange dot in the sky, in the space of less than a century Mars has become a keen focus of study. Its ancient river beds, outflow channels and giant...
News SciencesFebruary 12, 2021 -
[REPLAY] Soyuz successfully orbits CSO-2 satellite
Tuesday 29 December, Soyuz accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre carrying the French CSO-2 military observation and security satellite.
News DefenceDecember 29, 2020 -
Happy new year!
CNES wishes you the best for 2021. In need of space.
News Institutional affairs General public, InstitutionalDecember 23, 2020 -
[PRESS] Taranis : Vega fails on 17th flight
Mission failure. 8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified,...
News SciencesNovember 17, 2020 -
[CNESMAG] Taranis:the hidden side of storms
CNESMAG 86 is now available!
News SciencesNovember 3, 2020
