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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COROT all set to begin science mission
After opening its protective cap and acquiring its 1st image 2 weeks ago, COROT is now in fine-pointing mode, the last crucial step before it starts returning science data.
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
The human odyssey revisited by space technology
What did the different branches of our distant hominid cousins have in common? To answer this question, 2 fossil skulls were scanned on 20 February by a machine called XtremeCT,...
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Titan’s north pole is surrounded by lakes
Scientists have reported evidence of lakes dotted around Titan’s northern hemisphere. Radar imagery obtained by the Cassini spacecraft on 22 July 2006 revealed dark patches less...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
Wind, sand and happy memories...
Just back from their 2-week expedition to the Sahara, the “sand travellers” tell their story.
News InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
CNES and the International Polar Year
2007 marks the start of the 4th International Polar Year, officially launched yesterday at the Palais de la Découverte in Paris. The last polar year was in 1957, so this one will...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
Parasol paints a striking picture of Hurricane...
The first satellite image of Dean on 16 August in natural colour gives a good idea of the hurricane’s extent, but not its depth. It also highlights variations in cloud cover...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
A studious start to the year for COROT
After a flawless launch on 27 December, COROT, CNES’s planet-hunting satellite, is now undergoing a series of tests in darkness to make sure it is acclimatizing well to its new...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
COROT discovers its first exoplanet!
It’s called CoRoT-Exo-1b, spans a diameter of between 200,000 and 250,000 km and completes an orbit of its parent star in just 1½ days. But for the engineers and scientists...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
COROT moves up a grade
Three months after launch, CNES’s COROT stellar seismology and exoplanet hunting mission is poised to reach a highly symbolic milestone. In a few days’ time, the project team that...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 27, 2006 -
Climate - Calipso science data now available to...
Unlike the mythological figure from which it takes its name, the French-U.S. Calipso mission dedicated to studying clouds and aerosols hasn’t waited 10 years to release its...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
French Calipso Principal Investigator wins NASA...
The French-U.S. Calipso satellite completed its 1st year in orbit on 28 April. To mark the occasion, Jacques Pelon, the Principal Investigator on the French side, has been awarded...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
Calipso flying high
Orbited 28 April, the NASA/CNES Calipso satellite is designed to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on climate change. With the data validation phase of the mission drawing...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
COROT fuels up
The COROT satellite has completed an important step in its 5-week launch campaign after fuelling up for its 3-year mission. Launch is still scheduled for 21 December from Baikonur.
News InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
COROT enters home straight
CNES’s trailblazing COROT satellite is all set to embark on its quest for new worlds, with launch scheduled 27 December, 15:23 Paris time.
News InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
Keeping an eye on epidemics from space
Malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever, West Nile virus and Chikungunya are all mosquito-borne diseases. What can we do to control these insects capable of spreading viruses...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
First light from IASI
After 3 weeks in decontamination, the IASI instrument was activated yesterday and is now in pre-operational mode. The first image and first atmospheric spectra obtained suggest...
News Observation InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
COROT arrives safely in Baikonur
Carefully stowed inside its container, the COROT satellite arrived safely at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday 15 November. It made the trip on an Antonov 124 cargo aircraft...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006 -
Space, Defence and European Security
19-22 September, the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) hosted a symposium on space, defence and European security in Kourou with CNES, ESA, European firms, the WEU Assembly and the...
News InstitutionalSeptember 28, 2006