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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SMOS sends back first pictures
Europe’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite (SMOS) reached its final operating orbit on 19 November. In addition to its prime mission, SMOS is also mapping brightness...
News Observation InstitutionalNovember 27, 2009 -
Rosetta to swing by Earth on 13 November
A few days from now, the European probe will make another Earth flyby and receive a gravitational assist towards its final destination, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The...
News InstitutionalNovember 9, 2009 -
CoRoT mission extended for three more years
The CoRoT spacecraft is approaching the end of its scheduled mission, but the space telescope’s rich haul of discoveries has left everyone wanting more. In concert with its...
News Sciences InstitutionalOctober 29, 2009 -
Winemakers turn to satellites
A high-tech winemaker in the land of historic world-class vintages, Stephen Carrier at Chateau de Fieuzal in the Bordeaux region uses satellite maps to obtain precise information...
News InstitutionalOctober 22, 2009 -
CoRoT - Exoplanet revealed in February is Earth-...
CNES’s space telescope detected its 1st Earth-like exoplanet in 2008. Ground observations have now confirmed it is a solid, rocky world.
News Sciences InstitutionalSeptember 22, 2009 -
Planck first light survey reveals promising...
The European infrared telescope has sent back its 1st images of the early Universe. Cosmologists and astrophysicists the world over are now looking forward to a treasure trove of...
News Sciences InstitutionalSeptember 22, 2009 -
SMOS heads for Russia on 16 September
The SMOS Earth-observation satellite is all set to be flown from Cannes to Arkhangelsk, 200 km south of the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, in readiness for its scheduled 2 November launch.
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 10, 2009 -
DECLIC set to show matter as never before
The DECLIC mini-laboratory developed by CNES is scheduled to reach the International Space Station on 25 August, carrying a full set of equipment to study transparent materials...
News Sciences InstitutionalAugust 31, 2009 -
SAFIRE studies the atmosphere from the air
In 1947, the 1st airborne measurements began aiding scientists studying Earth’s atmosphere. Today, the SAFIRE joint research unit created in 2004 fulfils this data collection...
News InstitutionalAugust 12, 2009 -
New balloon campaign in Sweden
Part of International Polar Year, the Strapolété project will provide valuable data on the Arctic stratosphere in summer to further our understanding of ozone-climate interaction...
News InstitutionalAugust 6, 2009 -
CNES supports environment expedition
The French ecology ministry has tasked the schooner La Boudeuse, skippered by Patrice Franceschi, with a special environmental mission, supported by CNES. The expedition launches...
News InstitutionalAugust 4, 2009 -
Steins unveils its secrets
Last September, the European Rosetta probe sent back pictures immortalizing a rare asteroid called Steins. Now, after in-depth analysis of data collected during the flyby, the...
News InstitutionalJuly 15, 2009 -
XMM-Newton finds 1st intermediate-mass black hole
A team of researchers supported by CNES has used the European space telescope to clearly identify a black hole weighing more than 500 solar masses.
News SciencesJuly 10, 2009 -
IASI acquires 1st atmospheric ammonia measurements
Using CNESand Eumetsat’s* IASI infrared sensor, a French-Belgium team of researchers has obtained the 1st global maps of atmospheric ammonia.
News Observation InstitutionalJuly 2, 2009 -
L’Ecotaxe des poids lourds, par satellite ?
Le principe est acquis et la loi est votée : en 2011, conformément aux conclusions du Grenelle de l’environnement, l’Ecotaxe kilométrique s’appliquera aux poids lourds qui...
News InstitutionalJuly 2, 2009 -
CNES at the 48th Paris Air Show
This year’s international air show takes place from 15-21 June at Le Bourget airport. Amidst the 2,000 exhibitors and 140 aircraft on display, CNES’s pavilion presents a...
News InstitutionalJune 17, 2009 -
PHARAO: a new kind of time machine
Construction of CNES’s PHARAO atomic clock is getting underway in preparation for its planned launched in 2013. Among other things, it will set out to test Einstein’s theory of...
News Sciences InstitutionalJune 2, 2009 -
CALIPSO switches to back-up laser
After 3 years operating flawlessly, the French-US satellite’s laser has failed. This contingency had been expected and CALIPSO has successfully switched to its back-up laser.
News Observation InstitutionalMay 7, 2009