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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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 -
WISE volunteers reach halfway stage
The 12 WISE volunteers are now more than 30 days into the campaign that got underway on 21 March. Confined to bed with their head tilted below their feet to simulate the...
News InstitutionalApril 27, 2005 -
CNES positions Chinese satellite
Teams at the Toulouse Space Centre have been tasked with positioning the Apstar VI telecommunications satellite, launched 12 April from the Xichang launch...
News InstitutionalApril 15, 2005 -
EGNOS control centre opens in Toulouse
The EGNOS* PACF**, an important milestone in the development of Europe’s satellite navigation system, was opened at the Toulouse Space Centre on 24 March....
News InstitutionalApril 5, 2005 -
France and Japan strengthen cooperative ties
As part of French President Jacques Chirac’s state visit to Japan, CNES President Yannick d’Escatha met his Japanese counterpart Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japan Aerospace...
News InstitutionalMarch 29, 2005 -
Parasol ready for action
The Parasol microsatellite, launched on 18 December 2004, has successfully completed in-orbit commissioning after several weeks of tests during which all instruments were switched...
News Observation InstitutionalMarch 24, 2005 -
Motivated women wantedWise study
Imagine spending 60 days tilted with your head below your feet ... The MEDES* space clinic has selected 24 women to do just that for an international bedrest campaign to simulate...
News InstitutionalMarch 21, 2005 -
Ariane 5 and beyond …
Through the Oural programme, initiated by France, CNES and the Russian space agency Roskosmos will be working together on research and technology for the...
News InstitutionalMarch 21, 2005 -
Rosetta and Philae primed to uncover cometary...
Rosetta and Philae will be swinging past our planet on Tuesday 13 November to gain a slingshot assist from Earth’s gravity that will put them on course to rendezvous with their...
News InstitutionalMarch 3, 2005 -
Rosetta calls in on Earth flyby
One year after launch from Kourou, French Guiana, the Rosetta probe will be just 2,000 km from Earth at the end of this week. So long to cover such a short distance? In fact, the...
News InstitutionalMarch 3, 2005 -
Odin turns four
Launched on 20 February 2001, Sweden’s Odin minisatellite yesterday celebrated four years in orbit. The result of a partnership with France, Canada and Finland, Odin splits...
News Observation, Sciences InstitutionalFebruary 21, 2005 -
Ariane 5 ECA joins the family
“The largest and latest in the Ariane generation has now joined the family.” Those were the first words of CNES President Yannick d’Escatha on the announcement of the successful...
News InstitutionalFebruary 14, 2005 -
Ariane 5 ECA readies for eagerly awaited return...
Ariane 5 ECA—an uprated version of the generic Ariane 5 offering greater lift capacity—is in the final stages of preparations for launch from the Guiana Space...
News InstitutionalFebruary 4, 2005 -
First clues from Titan
14 January 2005. The Huygens probe is woken from a 3-week slumber by its internal clock, just 4 hours before arriving at Titan.
News Sciences InstitutionalJanuary 31, 2005 -
Parasol captures first pictures
In orbit since 18 December 2004, the Parasol microsatellite acquired its first pictures on 7 January 2005. Parasol is set to help scientists gain a better...
News Observation InstitutionalJanuary 20, 2005 -
14 January 2005 timeline
Huygens’ longest day
News Sciences InstitutionalJanuary 17, 2005
