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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[Replay] 4 new Galileo satellites in orbit !
Ariane 5 ES orbited four more satellites (satellites 23 to 26) for the Galileo constellation. Liftoff happened at 13:25 (Paris time).
News Ariane General public, InstitutionalJuly 25, 2018 -
CNESMAG 77 – Miniaturization: smallsats step up...
Mini-, micro-, nano-, pico- are the new prefixes ruling the world of satellites today. Why? Because space too is riding the wave of the digital revolution and its stupendous...
News, Book TelecommunicationsJuly 18, 2018 -
[ARIANE 6] New P120C engine successfully tested
The solid-rocket booster for the future Ariane 6 and Vega-C launchers was successfully tested Monday 16 July on CNES’s BEAP solid booster test stand at the Guiana Space Centre.
News Ariane Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyJuly 16, 2018 -
Copernicus Sentinel-3B delivers first images
The very first image, captured on 7 May, shows the transition between day and night over the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
News ObservationMay 23, 2018 -
CNES:The spirit of space
In 2018, CNES has the spirit of space. Read more...
News Institutional affairsMay 23, 2018 -
[PRESS] CosmiCapital, CNES launches space...
At a meeting of the board of its subsidiary Telespace Participation, CNES has selected CapDecisif Management to set up and manage CosmiCapital, a capital innovation fund designed...
News Institutional affairsMay 14, 2018 -
[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on April 5, 2018
Ariane 5 ECA orbited 2 telecommunications satellites DSN-1/Superbird-8 and HYLAS 4 from the Guiana Space Centre on the night of 5/6 April, 2018. Watch the replay !
News Ariane General public, InstitutionalApril 6, 2018 -
CNESMAG 76 - France/Germany: together in space
CNESMAG 76 about France - Germany space cooperation is online
News Institutional affairsApril 4, 2018 -
CNESMAG 75 - Digital : boosting space
CNESMAG 75 about digital is online !
News Institutional affairsFebruary 13, 2018 -
[Replay] Ariane 5 launch on January, 25th 2018 (...
Ariane 5 ECA orbited Al Yah 3 and SES-14, 2 telecommunications satellites from the Guiana Space Centre on Thursday January, 25th.
News ArianeJanuary 26, 2018 -
[PRESS] France and China step up space...
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall signed a memorandum of understanding on climate actions and space exploration with Wu Yanhua, Acting Administrator of the China National Space...
News Observation, Institutional affairsJanuary 10, 2018 -
4 new Galileo satellites in orbit !
Ariane 5 ES orbited 4 Galileo satellites from The Guiana Space Centre on Monday 12, December 2017. Watch the replay !
News, Event Ariane General public, InstitutionalDecember 13, 2017 -
CNESMAG 74 - Climate : One Planet Summit
CNESMAG 74 about climate is online!
News Institutional affairsDecember 7, 2017 -
First gravitational results from Microscope
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity continues to stand the test of time and scientists’ ever deeper probing. The first results from the Microscope satellite have...
News SciencesDecember 4, 2017 -
[PRESS] First results from Microscope satellite...
Measurements of the equivalence principle had not been improved upon for 10 years, but now the first results from CNES’s Microscope satellite, equipped with accelerometers...
News SciencesDecember 4, 2017 -
[PRESS] James Webb Space Telescope (Weeb) sees...
The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has reached a key milestone with the completion of cryogenic tests on its telescope and instruments.
News ObservationNovember 20, 2017 -
[PRESS] French President Emmanuel Macron visits...
Friday 27 October, French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), where he was welcomed by CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall, the CSG’s Director Didier...
News Institutional affairsOctober 30, 2017 -
[PRESS] Galileo serving connected/autonomous...
CNES, the Commissariat General for Sustainable Development/Research and Innovation Directorate (DRI), the Directorate General for Infrastructure, Transport and the Sea (DGITM),...
News TelecommunicationsOctober 30, 2017
