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CNESMAG 83 - Agriculture : remote sensing raises the bar

Earth-observation data acquired from orbit across the wavelength spectrum enable the status of crop fields, pastures and water resources to be monitored in real time all over the globe and harvests and yields to be estimated. Space is also easing agriculture’s environmental footprint by aiding a more-integrated approach to managing inputs, fertilisers,...
CNESMAG
February 14, 2020
CNESMAG (special issue) - Space Climate Observatory (SCO) : data serving territories

It is to address local needs that CNES launched the Space Climate Observatory (SCO) initiative, which was subsequently selected by President Emmanuel Macron at the One Planet Summit in December 2017. The SCO combines the expertise of the world’s space agencies to supply satellite data that will serve to model the impacts of climate change on specific...
CNESMAG
January 20, 2020
CNESMAG 82 - Satellite telecommunications : welcome to a new era

Few people imagine that it’s satellite telecommunications that first brought space into our daily lives. Today, there’s no programme on TV that isn’t beamed through a satellite, no text message that doesn’t make a detour via geostationary orbit and no positional fix that doesn’t use signals from constellations circling Earth thousands of kilometres above...
CNESMAG
November 15, 2019
CNESMAG - Archives

CNESMAG, the magazine of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales.
CNESMAG
September 27, 2019
CNESMAG 81 - Wind and Waves:an enigmatic duo

Wind and waves—an enigmatic duo that immediately conjures up days spent at the beach. Yet behind the holiday images hide the keys to our planet’s climate. CNESMAG have focused on such phenomena, emphasising the vital role that satellites play in their observation. That’s because only satellites can provide global data on land masses and oceans over very...
CNESMAG
September 6, 2019
CNESMAG 80 - Space Exploration: solar system in sight

On 21 July, we will be marking the 50th anniversary of man’s first steps on the Moon, on what remains to this day the most extraordinary space mission ever undertaken.
CNESMAG
May 15, 2019
CNESMAG 79 - Defence : space in demand

On 22 February 1986, more than 30 years ago, the launch of SPOT 1, the nation’s first Earth-observation satellite conceived and developed by CNES, immediately caught the attention of our armed forces. They subsequently decided to invest in their own space-based observation assets and since 1995, the Helios satellites—recently joined by CSO-1, the first of...
CNESMAG
February 7, 2019
CNESMAG 78 - French Guiana: a launch base like no other

This CNESMAG is dedicated to the Guiana Space Center with a focus on the history of Europe's spaceport and its 50 years of launch, but also on CNES's commitments in French Guiana.
CNESMAG
November 13, 2018
CNESMAG 77 – Miniaturization: smallsats step up to the plate

Mini-, micro-, nano-, pico- are the new prefixes ruling the world of satellites today. Why? Because space too is riding the wave of the digital revolution and its stupendous technological advances. Get the latest on this major paradigm shift in our summer edition of CNESMAG.
CNESMAG
July 19, 2018
CNESMAG 76 - France/Germany: together in space

Fench-German space cooperation is above all focused on innovation, committed to the construction of Europe and the absolute necessity of extending our horizons. Sustained by this shared conviction, day by day, our 2 nations are working in concert to forge the future of spacefaring Europe.
CNESMAG
April 3, 2018
CNESMAG 75 - Digital : boosting space

This digital revolution in which we are all intimately involved is about more than just being able to buy ever-more-sophisticated-smartphones, it is changing the way we live forever, and space is central to this new society now coming into being.
CNESMAG
February 13, 2018
CNESMAG 74 - Climate : One planet Summit

Because 26 of the 50 essential climate variables (ECVs) can only be observed from space, That’s why CNES has made climate actions its priority, working with international partners to develop ever-more-effective tools and, above all, organizing true coordination between the world’s space agencies. Because we only have one planet and it’s worth protecting.
CNESMAG
December 7, 2017
CNESMAG 73 - Healthcare : New insights from space

France and CNES were early pioneers in this field and space medicine experiments were already on Jean-Loup Chrétien’s schedule when he became the first French astronaut to fly in space in 1982. CNES has been a continuing catalyst for research ever since, working with a range of partners in the field of health and developing multiple experiments that are now...
CNESMAG
August 11, 2017
CNESMAG 72 - CHALLENGE, INVENTING THE FUTURE OF SPACE

In 50 years, space has shifted up a gear, as innovation has revolutionized launchers and satellites, our planet’s climate has come under constant surveillance from Earth orbit and Mars has become the new frontier of space exploration. Indeed, faced with the rise ofemerging nations and the all-pervading influence of the United States, we must stay ahead of...
CNESMAG
June 13, 2017
CNESMAG 71 - Rosetta-Philae, the adventure continues

For certain, the Rosetta mission that ended last September with the orbiter impacting the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko after a controlled descent will mark the history of space exploration. Having achieved numerous firsts, collected a wealth of data and made major discoveries, this ambitious mission—a veritable space odyssey, given the length...
CNESMAG
February 3, 2017
Earth

Earth is the 3rd planet in the solar system, lying between Venus and Mars.
Pocket Guide
November 7, 2016
CNESMAG 70 - ISS, Science and people

Surveying Earth from its 400-kilometre vantage point in orbit, the International Space Station (ISS) is poised for two key events at the end of the year on which France will be casting a close eye. The first will see three new astronauts arriving, among them Frenchman Thomas Pesquet, who will be conducting the Proxima mission designed and planned by CNES...
CNESMAG
October 12, 2016
Sun

The Sun is the star around which Earth and the other planets in the solar system revolve.
Pocket Guide
September 30, 2016

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