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[Replay] Soyuz launch VS19, Metop-C (IASI)

Soyuz rocket orbited the Metop-C satellite and french meteorological instrument IASI, from the Guiana Space Center in the night of 6 to 7 November 2018. Watch again the launch.

Forecasting weather and understanding climate...

CFOSat (China-France Oceanography Satellite) was launched today, Monday 29 October, into low Earth orbit. This first joint mission with China is set to deliver data for weather...

Successful launch for CFOSat

Monday 29 October, the China France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSat) was placed into orbit by a Chinese Long March 2C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan launch base in Inner Mongolia...

[REPLAY] Ariane 5 launch - BepiColombo (VA245)

Ariane 5 completes 101st successful launch. The European BepiColombo mission on its way to Mercury. Rendezvous on 5 December 2025!

Cassini reveals giant dust storms on Titan

These giant dust storms seen at the equator on Titan rise as far as 10 kilometres above the surface. Mars and Earth are no longer the only worlds in the solar system where such...

Hayabusa2/MASCOT mission: MASCOT lander...

Tuesday 2 October, the Hayabusa2 probe descended from its reference orbit 20 kilometres above asteroid Ryugu to position itself just 55 metres from the surface.

[Replay] Ariane 5 launch (100th) on September 25...

Ariane 5 orbited two telecommunications satellites from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana: Horizons 3e for Intelsat and its partner SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation;...

Saturn’s north polar hexagon

Analysis of data from the Cassini probe has revealed that a vortex towering more than 300 kilometres above Saturn’s north pole mirrors the famous hexagon cloud pattern observed...

MA-9: MASCOT’s landing site on asteroid Ryugu

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced today near Tokyo the three landing sites selected for the Hayabusa2 mission, whose small French-German MASCOT surface scout...

Choosing landing site for MASCOT proves “a real...

At CNES in Toulouse, the scientists and engineers working on the Hayabusa2/MASCOT mission have finished identifying and ranking 10 possible landing sites for MASCOT on Ryugu. No...

[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).

InSight mission to Mars, CNES’s SEIS seismometer...

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...

Planck: final data from the mission lends strong...

[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.

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.

CNES:The spirit of space

In 2018, CNES has the spirit of space. Read more...

[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...