Taranis / IDEE and Xgre
TARANIS est un satellite basse altitude du CNES qui doit être lancé en Août 2020.
PEPS
Planets, Environments and Space Plasmas
SWARM
Thematic Group: PEPSScientific Leader: Frédéric Pitout SWARM Website Description / Background SWARM is a multi-satellites mission of the European Space Agency. The three satellites were launched in November 2013 on […]
DEMETER / IDP
Le microsatellite DEMETER a été lancé le 29 juin 2004 sur une orbite polaire à 700 km d’altitude et a fonctionné jusqu’au 9 décembre 2010.
PEP consortium delivers flight models of the first four particle detectors of the JUICE probe to Jupiter
After 8 years of development, the PEP consortium, which includes IRAP (CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse and CNES) (1), has just delivered to Airbus the flight models of the […]
Uncovering the hidden side of storms – France’s Taranis satellite to launch in november
Sprites, elves, jets… few people know that scientists habitually use such other-worldly words to describe transient luminous events or TLEs, light flashes that occur during active storms just a few […]
Planets, Environments and Space Plasmas (PEPS)
Leader: Vincent GénotDeputies: Philippe Garnier, Jérémie Lasue The PEPS team members are interested in the set of processes governing the surfaces and space environments of the planets, moons and small […]
Launch of the Mars 2020 mission – The Perseverance rover with the SuperCam instrument on board is on its way to Mars!
Thursday, July 30, 2020, successful launch of the Mars 2020 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida! Aboard an Atlas V launcher, the Perseverance rover that carries the Franco-American SuperCam instrument begins […]
ESA unveils the first Solar Orbiter images
The first images taken by Solar Orbiter, ESA’s new solar exploration probe, have just been unveiled by the European Space Agency. Solar Orbiter completed its “flight test” phase in mid-June […]
PERSEVERANCE ROVER READY TO TAKE OFF TOWARDS MARS
On Tuesday 30 June 2020, Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of the CNES, and Antoine Petit, President and CEO of the CNRS, together presented the challenges of NASA’s “Mars 2020” mission, […]