News and Events
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Greenland and Antarctica losing ice six times...
According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s – currently on track with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s...
News ObservationMarch 11, 2020 -
Sentinel-6 A takes its name from Michael Freilich
The satellite is renamed in honor of Michael Freilich, head of NASA’s Earth Science division from 2006 to 2019.
News ObservationFebruary 24, 2020 -
Deforestation in Bolivia
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for agricultural use.
News ObservationFebruary 3, 2020 -
Smoke and flames in Australia
Ferocious bushfires have been sweeping across Australia since September, fuelled by record-breaking temperatures, drought and wind. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has been used...
News ObservationFebruary 3, 2020 -
Last glance at the Sentinel 6 satellite
The Copernicus Sentinel 6 satellite, whose mission is to measure sea level rise and ice sheet thickness, will be visible one last time in the clean room before undergoing the...
News ObservationDecember 4, 2019 -
CNES hosted SEA User Workshop on Copernicus...
Tuesday 11 December, CNES, hosted the SEA User Workshop on Copernicus Security Services for Member States and the European Union at its head office in Paris Les Halles. The...
ObservationDecember 14, 2018 -
Seventh sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus
The second Sentinel-3 satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-3B, was launched today, joining its identical twin Sentinel-3A in orbit. This pairing of satellites increases coverage and...
News ObservationMay 23, 2018 -
France-Morocco space cooperation Copernicus...
Tuesday 6 March, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall was in Rabat at the invitation of Driss El Hadani, Director of Morocco’s Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS), to open the...
Institutional affairsMarch 6, 2018 -
Space Council meeting in Tallinn, Estonia - The...
Tuesday 7 November, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall took part in the Informal Space Ministerial Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, devoted to the future of the Copernicus programme and...
ObservationNovember 8, 2017 -
European space cooperation, CNES and ESRIN meet...
Tuesday 18 July, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met ESA Director of Earth Observation Joseph Aschbacher at ESRIN, the European Space Research INstitute, to discuss the Earth...
Institutional affairsJuly 18, 2017 -
60th anniversary of Treaty of Rome CNES at the...
Thursday 15 June, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, CNES was at the High Level Conference on Space Policy for EU Integration...
Observation, Telecommunications, Institutional affairsJune 15, 2017 -
[Replay] Vega mission to orbit Sentinel-2B...
Monday 6 March, Vega lifted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana carrying Sentinel-2B, the fourth satellite of the Copernicus constellation. The launch, conducted on...
News TelecommunicationsMarch 7, 2017 -
France-Israel space cooperation CNES at the 12th...
CNES and IAF President Jean-Yves Le Gall was at the 12th Ilan Ramon Conference in Herzliya, Israel, on Sunday 29 and Monday 30 January, on the theme “Bringing Space Down To Earth...
Institutional affairsJanuary 30, 2017 -
El Niño: satellites see red
The wild child of the Pacific is shaping up to be a monster this winter, comparable to the 1997-1998 episode and possibly even worse. The story in pictures.
News Observation General public, Institutional, Specialist public, Science and technologyDecember 1, 2015 -
FLEX mission to be next ESA Earth Explorer
ESA's Member States have selected FLEX as the eighth Earth Explorer mission, upon recommendation from the Earth Science Advisory Committee.
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyNovember 23, 2015 -
Sentinel-3A on its way
The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month.
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyNovember 20, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES opens access to Copernicus...
With its unique fleet of six families of dedicated Sentinel satellites and payloads on Eumetsat satellites, Copernicus is set to generate a wealth of very-high-quality data with...
News ObservationSeptember 11, 2015 -
Press Release: Vega launches successfully on...
Monday 22 June, Vega accomplished a flawless launch from Europe’s spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) on its fifth successful mission since its maiden flight in 2012,...
News Observation Specialist public, Science and technologyJune 23, 2015