|
The Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public establishment of industrial and commercial character"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris. It operates out of the Guiana Space Centre, but also has payloads launched from other space centres operated by other countries. CNES formerly was responsible for the training of French astronauts, however the last of them were transferred to the European Space Agency in 2001. The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (officially known by their Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. ...
Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
The Establishment is a slang term (chiefly in British and Commonwealth English) for a traditional conservative ruling class and its institutions. ...
Look up budget in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML...
Space agency can refer to: NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Canadian Space Agency China National Space Administration Korea Aerospace Research Institute European Space Agency Iranian Space Agency Italian Space Agency Indian Space Research Organisation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Russian Aviation and Space Agency Soviet space program (historical) National...
This article is about the capital of France. ...
The Guiana Space Centre (French: Centre Spatial Guyanais) is a French/European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. ...
“ESA†redirects here. ...
CNES Programs
| | This article or section has multiple issues: Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...
- Its tone or style may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. Tagged since July 2007.
Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page. |
Access to Space Assured access to space underpins any global, coherent space policy. France was the 3rd space power to achieve this distinction, sharing technologies with Europe to boost development of the Ariane launcher family.
International competition in space is fierce, so launch services must be tailored to space operators’ needs. The new versions of Ariane 5 can launch large satellites or perform dual launches. And the Vega and Soyuz small and medium-lift launchers are now set to round out this range. Ariane 5 mock-up Ariane 5 is a European expendable launch system designed to deliver satellites into geostationary transfer orbit and to send payloads to Low Earth orbit. ...
For other uses, see Vega (disambiguation). ...
Soyuz (Russian: Союз, pronounced sah-YOUS, meaning union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolyov for the Soviet Unions space program. ...
Alongside its European partners, CNES also offers its expertise in satellite deployment.
Sustainable development Space resources are vital for learning more about the Earth and its evolution. Earth observation and measurements offer ways to ensure sustainable stewardship of our planet.
CNES and its partners in Europe—through the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative (GMES)—and around the world have put in place satellites dedicated to observing the land, oceans and atmosphere, as well as to hazard and crisis management. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is a joint initiative of the European Commission and European Space Agency, adopted by EU Heads of States in Gothenburg Summit in 2001, and aimed at achieving by 2008 an autonomous and operational capability in the exploitation of geo-spatial information services. ...
The best-known are the SPOT satellites flying the Vegetation instrument, the Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1 oceanography satellites, the Argos system, Envisat and—in the near future—Jason-2 and the Pleiades constellation. SPOT (Satellite Pour lObservation de la Terre) refers to a series of commercial earth observation satellites launched by the French Space Agency CNES (Centre National dEtudes Spatiales). ...
Civil applications Space technologies are set to offer society a number of advances in the coming years through the emergence of new services. Space is a great equaliser for bridging territorial disparities in education, health and citizenship. For example, CNES has developed the concept of a “communications-enabled village” that combines the high data rates offered by satellite technology with terrestrial technologies.
CNES is also taking part in the Galileo navigation programme alongside the European Union and Esa, and—in a wider international context—in the Cospas-Sarsat search-and-rescue system. The Galileo positioning system is a planned Global Navigation Satellite System, to be built by the European Satellite Navigation Industries for the European Union (EU) and European Space Agency (ESA) as an alternative to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and the Russian GLONASS. Galileo Operating Company, the concession...
Security and Defence In an ever-more-complex world, independent information-gathering, location and civil and military intelligence capabilities are a prerequisite for good, independent and responsive decision-making.
In addition to Spot and the future Pleiades satellites, CNES is working for the defence community as prime contractor for the Helios satellites. SPOT (Satellite Pour lObservation de la Terre) refers to a series of commercial earth observation satellites launched by the French Space Agency CNES (Centre National dEtudes Spatiales). ...
GMES—a joint initiative involving the EU, Esa and national space agencies—pools space resources to monitor the environment and protect populations, but it also encompasses satellite support for armed forces and for European organisations on humanitarian or peacekeeping missions. Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) is a joint initiative of the European Commission and European Space Agency, adopted by EU Heads of States in Gothenburg Summit in 2001, and aimed at achieving by 2008 an autonomous and operational capability in the exploitation of geo-spatial information services. ...
Research and innovation Orbital telescopes such as Integral, XMM and Corot, and space probes like Mars and Venus Express, Cassini-Huygens and Rosetta, are revolutionising our knowledge of the Universe and our Solar System.
Recent satellites such as Demeter (earthquakes), Parasol and Calipso (radiation budget) and Megha-Tropiques (water cycle) are profoundly altering our understanding of the processes at work in the Earth system.
France’s contribution to the International Space Station is giving French scientists the opportunity to perform original experiments in microgravity.
CNES is also an innovator, and is currently studying formation flying, a technique whereby several satellites fly components of a much heavier and complex instrument in a tightly controlled configuration.
UFO Archive
Announcement Wikinews has related news: French agency CNES to release UFO archives on the Internet In December 2006, CNES announced that it would publish its UFO archive online by late January or mid-February. Most of the 6,000 reports have been filed by the public and airline professionals. Jacques Arnould, an official for the French Space Agency, said that the data had accumulated over a 30 year period and that they were often reported to the Gendarmerie. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ...
Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ...
A gendarmerie or gendarmery (pronounced ) is a military body charged with police duties among civilian populations. ...
In the last 2 decades of the 20th century, France was the only country with officially paid UFO investigators, employed by CNES's UFO section GEPAN, later known as SEPRA and now as GEIPAN. GEIPAN[1] (sept. ...
GEIPAN[1] (sept. ...
GEIPAN[1] (sept. ...
Publication On Thursday, March 22, 2007, CNES released its UFO files to the public through its website. The 100,000 pages of witness testimony, photographs, film footage and audiotapes are an accumulation of over than 1,600 sightings since 1954 and will include all future UFO reports obtained by the agency, through its GEIPAN unit. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ...
Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ...
is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
GEIPAN[1] (sept. ...
Skeptical critics The French skeptics have heavily criticized the quality of the work done by the GEPAN, and show a lot of flaws in their methodologies. See (in French): - Rossoni, D., Maillot, E., & Déguillaume, E. (2007). Les ovnis du CNES – 30 ans d’études officielles. www.book-e-book.com. (extracts from the book). Critical skeptical investigations of GEPAN's work.
Tracking stations The CNES has several tracking stations. Partial list:[1][2] An earth station or ground station is the surface-based (terrestrial) end of a communications link to an object in outer space. ...
Kourou is a town and commune in French Guiana. ...
French Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. ...
Issus-Aussaguel Station is an radio antenna station for communication with spacecraft operated by the Centre National dÉtudes Spatiales (CNES). ...
New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc (UMP) (since 2004) City Statistics Land...
The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern Indian Ocean at 49°20 S, 70°20 E. The main island Kerguelen, originally called Desolation Island, is 6,675 km2 and it is surrounded by another 300 smaller outcrops, forming an archipelago of 7,215 km². The climate is cold, very windy...
The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) is a radio astronomy observatory located at Hartebeesthoek in the Magaliesberg mountain range, Gauteng province, South Africa, about 50 km west of Johannesburg. ...
Kiruna View from just outside Kiruna, with European route E10 left to Luleå and right to Narvik, Norway. ...
Spot can refer to: Look up spot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
History - 1961 CNES founded. Hammaguir missile range built in Algeria.
- 1962 Diamant Launch Vehicle introduced.
- 1962 First Berenice rocket launched.
- 1963 Cats launched into space via Véronique rockets.
- 1965 First French satellite put in orbit. [3]
- 1967 Hammaguir range closed.
- 1968 Toulouse Space Centre completed.
- 1969 French Guiana Space Centre completed.
- 1973 Evry Space Centre completed.
Hammaguir is a town in Algeria, south-west of Coulomb-Bechar. ...
The Diamant rocket (diamant is French for diamond) was the first exclusively French expendable launch system. ...
Berenice (© Mark Wade [1] ) If you are looking for something or someone else named Berenice, please go here. ...
Véronique is the designation of a French sounding rocket with liquid fuel drive. ...
For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...
New city flag (Occitan cross) Traditional coat of arms Motto: (Occitan: For Toulouse, always more) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country Region Midi-Pyrénées Department Haute-Garonne (31) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration of Greater Toulouse Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc (UMP) (since 2004) City Statistics Land...
Évry is a city in France, préfecture (capital) of the Essonne département. ...
External links | Find more information on French Space Agency by searching Wikipedia's sister projects |
 | Dictionary definitions from Wiktionary |
 | Textbooks from Wikibooks |
 | Quotations from Wikiquote |
 | Source texts from Wikisource |
 | Images and media from Commons |
 | News stories from Wikinews |
 | Learning resources from Wikiversity | |
Feeds |
Contact