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[Replay] Ariane 5 VA258 launch: mission accomplished!
The heavy European launcher Ariane 5 orbited the communications satellite...
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Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/14)
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather...
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[Success] Ariane 5 VA260 launch: JUICE probe (04/14)
Flight VA260 planned on April 13, 2023 has been delayed due to weather...
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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 -
Huygens: an emotional first encounter with Titan
Friday evening, in Paris, a crowd of more than 2,000 filed into the auditorium at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie to witness the arrival of the Huygens probe on Titan....
News Sciences InstitutionalJanuary 17, 2005 -
SPOT 5 aids relief effort in Asia
Banda Aceh lies in ruins after being hit by the tsunami of unprecedented proportions on 26 December 2004. A quarter of this Indonesian city’s population of...
News Observation InstitutionalJanuary 12, 2005 -
Ariane turns 25
24 December 1979 at 17:14 and 38 seconds, the first Ariane launcher fired its engines. For the first time in the history of the space adventure, a three-stage...
News InstitutionalJanuary 4, 2005 -
Huygens set for the big jump
Six months after the arrival of Cassini-Huygens at Saturn, mission scientists are gearing up for a new phase. Like a Christmas present tumbling from Santa’s sleigh, the European...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 16, 2004 -
Back to the Sun
The Sun and its impact on Earth’s climate is a topic of prime importance. The Picard project was first proposed in 1998 by the aeronomy laboratory of the French national...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 16, 2004 -
Solar System exploration sets its sights on Mars...
CNES’s board of directors has taken another step forward in its Solar System exploration plans with the decision to take part in 2 new missions. The 1st will see Europe’s Bepi-...
News Sciences InstitutionalDecember 7, 2004 -
Ariane 5 booster on the test stand
As well as operating launchers, the Guiana Space Centre also conducts live firing tests. On 9 November, the centre’s solid booster test stand put one of Ariane 5’s boosters—the...
News InstitutionalNovember 22, 2004 -
CNES and Aquitaine Regional Council join forces...
Atmospheric re-entry represents a key challenge for the space community. Two European projects backed by the Aquitaine Regional Council are currently focusing on this extremely...
News InstitutionalNovember 16, 2004 -
Soyuz nearing French Guiana
Soyuz 2-1a successfully lifted off 8 November on its maiden flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. This success is a major step forward for the Russian launcher before the...
News InstitutionalNovember 16, 2004 -
Parasol prepares to enter the dance
Following Demeter in June, Parasol, the second-up in the Myriade microsatellite series, is preparing for launch. Parasol will study the impact of aerosols and how they interact...
News Observation InstitutionalOctober 18, 2004 -
HELIOS II, a new generation of military satellites
CNES is gearing up for a very special kind of launch in December, when Ariane 5 will be lofting 6 satellites into orbit at once—a first for Europe’s launcher. Among the passengers...
News InstitutionalOctober 14, 2004 -
Megha-Tropiques takes a step forward
17 November 2004 CNES and ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organization, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to proceed with the development and implementation of the...
News Observation InstitutionalOctober 13, 2004
