https://spacewatch.global/tag/french-space-agency/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:00:34 +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/french-space-agency/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/isar-aerospace-selected-to-fly-satellites-from-guiana-space-centre/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 06:00:34 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42248 The French Space Agency, CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales), selected private European launch service provider, Isar Aerospace, to operate its rockets at the Diamant site of CSG (Centre Spatial Guyanais) in French Guiana, Isar said. The company has signed a binding term sheet for conducting commercial and institutional launch operations at CSG starting from 2024.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/german-japanese-aerospace-cooperation-extended/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40457 The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) extended their cooperation by adopting the 'Inter Agency Arrangement for Strategic Partnership,’ an extended framework agreement, DLR said. The goal is to promote cooperation between the two countries’ aerospace industries.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/thales-alenia-space-to-develop-future-satellite-navigation-systems/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 07:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39013 Thales Alenia Space announced that it has been awarded a contract by the French Space Agency CNES to develop a Dual Frequency Multi Constellations (DFMC) SBAS prototype. The project is part of the next generation of SBAS (satellite-based augmentation system), just like EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service satellite system. ]]>