https://spacewatch.global/tag/cnes-centre-national-detude-spatiales/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:54:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/cnes-centre-national-detude-spatiales/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/former-esa-dg-jan-worner-joins-space-cargo-unlimited-as-chief-strategy-officer/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69095 Space Cargo Unlimited has announced the appointment of Johann-Dietrich “Jan” Wörner, former ESA DG and former Chairman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), as Chief Strategy Officer. As Chief Strategy Officer, Wörner will guide the development of Europe’s first sovereign commercial microgravity platform, ensuring researchers and industries maintain reliable, standardized access to microgravity conditions. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/vega-c-launches-o3d-constellation-into-sun-synchronous-orbit-for-3d-earth-map/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66490 Vega-C successfully launched four O3D (Constellation Optique 3D) satellites into sun synchronous orbit on Friday, 25 July from the European Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana. The dual-use CO3D satellites will deliver a global high-resolution Digital Surface Model (DSM), providing 50 cm stereo imagery to CNES, and 2D imagery to government and commercial clients]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/sentinel-6-ocean-guardian-satellite-slated-to-launch-in-november-2025/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66462 'Ocean Guardian', the second Sentinel-6 satellite is on its way to its launch site, with launch slated for November 2025, towards monitoring Earth’s rising oceans. Like its predecessor, this 1.5-ton satellite features a radar altimeter and an advanced microwave radiometer, continuing a legacy of satellite-based ocean measurements dating back to 1992.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/actinspace-hackathon-concludes-global-rounds/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 07:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45071 The French National Space Agency CNES (Centre National d'Etude Spatiales), in collaboration with the European Space Agency and Aerospace Valley, organized the ActInSpace hackathon from 18 to 19 November 2022. The international spatial hackathon is dedicated to imagining products and services of tomorrow thanks to space applications, and it simultaneously held in 34 countries and 65 cities on five continents with 1,700 global participants.]]>