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Ariane 6 joint update report | 30/11/2023

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management of ESA, as the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, of the French space agency CNES, as the...

Successful Ariane 6 core stage long-duration hot-...

The CNES, the Pasteur Institute and SupBiotech...

[Press] EUMETSAT joins the Space for Climate...

On Tuesday 24th, October 2023, in Darmstadt, Germany, Lionel SUCHET, Chief Operating Officer (CNES), and Phil EVANS, Director General (EUMETSAT) celebrated the adhesion of the...

Ariane 6 joint update report | 19/10/2023

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management of ESA, as the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, of the French space agency CNES, as the...

Ariane 6 joint update report | 21/09/2023

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management at ESA, the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, launch base prime contractor and French...

Success of full hot-fire test of Ariane 6 core...

The Ariane 6 core stage has successfully carried out its first complete hot-fire test on its launch pad, as part of the combined tests campaign.

Success of full hot-fire test of Ariane 6 core...

Ariane 6 joint update report | 04/09/2023

The Ariane 6 Launcher Task Force consists of top management at ESA the overall Ariane 6 procuring entity and launch system architect, launch base prime contractor and French space...

[Press] Mars: new evidence of an environment...

Using data from NASA's Curiosity rover, scientists at the CNRS, Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, with the participation of CNES,...

Ariane 6 development status check

The final stages of Ariane 6’s development are underway in French Guiana and Germany. Europe’s new heavy-lift launcher is now scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2024....

CALIPSO bows out

The CALIPSO scientific mission ended on 1 August 2023. This date marks the end of 17 years of Science and Operations, even though this mission was designed only for a 3-year...

SWOT satellite climbs higher for a better view

Between 10 and 20 July, the French-American SWOT satellite, which measures the height of water bodies and the ocean around the globe, climbed to its final orbit. CNES teams...

CNES teams up with the Copernicus WEkEO federation

EUMETSAT and CNES have signed an agreement that increases the volume of data available on the Copernicus WEkEO platform and provides new sources of information to users.

Ariane 6: launch system tests progressing well

Teams preparing Ariane 6 for its inaugural flight successfully completed for the first time a launcher preparation and countdown sequence, on 18 July at Europe’s Spaceport in...

[Replay] Successful final flight of Ariane 5 (...

Relive with us the last launch in History of an Ariane 5 rocket carrying a French Defense satellite, Syracuse 4B, and a German technology demonstration satellite, Heinrich Hertz.

Annual report 2022

Our annual report 2022 is available!

[CNESMAG] Space transportation:the crucial...

Our new issue is now available!