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Science, astronomy and Earth observation driving...
Institutional affairsJune 8, 2023 -
DATA FROM FRENCH-CHINESE CFOSAT SATELLITE ON...
29 October 2018, China launched the French-Chinese CFOSat satellite from its launch base in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia. This first joint science mission between the two...
ObservationFebruary 19, 2020 -
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...
News Observation, SciencesOctober 29, 2018 -
France-China space cooperation - CFOSat in orbit
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...
ObservationOctober 29, 2018 -
Launch of French-Chinese CFOSat satellite - CNES...
The French-Chinese CFOSat satellite will be launched on Monday 29 October atop a Chinese Long March 2C vehicle from the Jiuquan launch base in Inner Mongolia. This science mission...
ObservationOctober 22, 2018 -
State visit of President Emmanuel Macron to the...
ObservationJanuary 10, 2018 -
France-China space cooperation. CFOSat science...
Observation, Institutional affairsOctober 20, 2017 -
France-China space cooperation CNES meets CNSA...
CNES was at the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2017) co-organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA) from...
Observation, Institutional affairsJune 7, 2017 -
Science Programmes Committee Meeting focuses on...
A meeting of CNES’s Science Programmes Committee (CPS) was held at CNES headquarters in Paris on Wednesday, 31 May 2017. The CPS advises the CNES Board of Directors on matters...
Sciences, Institutional affairsMay 31, 2017 -
France-China space cooperation 11th meeting of...
Tuesday 23 May in Paris, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Wu Yanhua, Vice-Administrator of the China National Space Administration, chaired the 11th meeting of the French-...
Observation, Institutional affairsMay 23, 2017 -
France-China space cooperation - Status check on...
Monday 4 July in Beijing, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met Xu Dazhe, Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), to discuss space cooperation between...
Institutional affairsJuly 5, 2016 -
Press Release: France-China space cooperation -...
Monday 4 July in Beijing, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met Xu Dazhe, Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), to discuss space cooperation between...
News ObservationJuly 5, 2016 -
Press Release: State visit of French President to...
Monday 2 November in Beijing, in the presence of French President François Hollande and his Chinese counterpart, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Xu Dazhe, Administrator of...
News ObservationNovember 2, 2015 -
Press Release: CNES and China National Space...
Thursday 29 January, on the occasion of the French Prime Minister’s official visit to China, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Xu Dazhe, Administrator of the China National...
News ObservationJanuary 29, 2015 -
Jean-Yves Le Gall: “In 2015, CNES will be making...
Monday 5 January, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall delivered his New Year wishes to members of the French and international press in the Salle de l’Espace at Paris Les Halles....
News Ariane, Observation, Sciences, Telecommunications, Defence, Institutional affairsDecember 11, 2014 -
Press Release: CNES and China National Space...
CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Xu Dazhe, Administrator of the China National Space Administration (CNSA), signed an agreement Wednesday 26 March aimed at achieving closer...
News Observation, SciencesMarch 27, 2014 -
CFOSAT to gain new insights into sea state
A joint project of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and CNES, CFOSAT is now entering its detailed definition phase. The future satellite’s chief goal will be to...
News Observation InstitutionalApril 13, 2011