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  New CNES Group Created To Focus on Defense Ministry Needs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CNES has been given prime management authority for France’s Helios military reconnaissance satellites, two of which are in orbit.
CNES has agreed to invest 86 million euros between 2004 and 2006 in Agora and the development of other next-generation satellite telecommunications technologies.
An eventual withdrawal of CNES as a shareholder is possible, he said, but the French government nonetheless would insist on retaining some control over Arianespace with or without a corresponding share ownership.
www.space.com /spacenews/archive04/cnesarch_022403.html   (825 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - French-American space relations
CNES, together with its American partners, is examining the possibilities of a partnership that will lead to the return of Martian soil samples at the first possible opportunity.
An orbiter and netlanders provided by CNES will be the centerpierce of the mission planned for 2007, and the two organisations are studying the use of an ARIANE 5 rocket to carry them.
CNES and NASA are also considering carrying out a series of small missions to Mars together.
www.info-france-usa.org /printfriendly/franceus/space_pf.asp   (563 words)

  
 ERS-1 seen by SPOT4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, CNES (French Space Agency) took a spectacular picture of the European ERS-1 satellite via SPOT 4, the most recent optical observation satellite in the SPOT family, which was launched on 24 March 1998.
The viewing conditions were calculated at CNES and required complete knowledge of the satellites' respective positions.
Corrective processing was applied at CNES to restore the normal appearance of ERS-1.
spot4.cnes.fr /spot4_gb/im-ers-0.htm   (342 words)

  
 French Military Examines CNES’ Space Management
CNES, which reports to both the French research and defense ministries, has been given the responsibility for handling much of France’s military-space investment.
In the past, this investment has been sent to CNES without much oversight by DGA into how the money is spent, according to Laurent Collet-Billon, deputy DGA director for armaments systems.
CNES is considered the prime contractor to DGA for Helios-2 management.
www.space.com /spacenews/archive03/cnesarch_033103.html   (665 words)

  
 IADC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CNES is a public establishment with an industrial and commercial profile, in charge of the development of French space activities.
CNES' mission is to make proposals to the government concerning the orientations of space policy in France.
In addition CNES is an important technical support to the French delegation at the UN-COPUOS (United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space).
www.iadc-online.org /members/about_cnes.shtml   (507 words)

  
 eoPortal directory: CNES
CNES dedicates almost half of its global budget to France's financial contribution to the European Space Agency.
CNES is installed in the Paris region, in Toulouse and in French Guiana.
The CNES Chairman and the assistant general managers are in position there together with the centralised managements.
directory.eoportal.org /pres_CNES.html   (1017 words)

  
 CNES
The CNES slide library was begun in the 1960’s by Professor William McDonald in order to support specialized courses on prehistoric and classical Greece.
CNES never systematically amplified or organized the slide library because faculty had always been allowed to borrow from the broad slide library owned by the Department of Art History.
When we began work in spring 1998, CNES owned about 2000 slides, including the glass-mounted collection of Greek and Roman archaeology and the BAS slides, all still in their various individual boxes, without explanatory labels, and in cardboard mounts.
cnes.cla.umn.edu /Resources/slidelibrary.htm   (1706 words)

  
 Novell Announces CNE* Net -- Providing Post-Certification Focal Point for CNEs
CNE Net is designed to provide a focal-point through which Novell can give CNEs benefits and generate an on-going dialogue to enhance the initiative as it matures.
CNEs will be able to keep in touch with the latest product developments at Novell and be among the first to test-drive select new software.
CNE Net is opening up the avenue to CNEs for Novell partners who wish to sponsor benefits that Novell considers valuable to CNEs.
www.novell.com /news/press/archive/1996/08/pr96156.html   (806 words)

  
 CNES signs 2002-2005 agreement with French government | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
Today, CNES is working as hard as ever to ensure that its actions and initiatives are geared towards international, industrial, economic, social and strategic needs.
The high level of technical know-how that CNES sustains through ambitious new projects is a valuable source of expertise for space users and a key asset for France and Europe.
It is with these objectives in its sights that CNES is helping to shape FranceÕs space strategy and serving Europe, the worldÕs second most important space power.
www.spaceref.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=8124   (582 words)

  
 CNES celebrates space and the oceans at Oceanopolis | SpaceRef Europe - Your Daily Source of Space News from Europe
Oceanopolis and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) will be unveiling the Espace et OcÈan exhibition (Space and Oceans) in Brest, on France's west coast, on 2 February 2001.
Argonautica is an outreach initiative led by CNES that aims to give teachers and their classes the opportunity to discover what space oceanography is all about through satellite tracking of drifting buoys.
The exhibition was put together by CNES, the Palais de la DÈcouverte, Alcatel Space, the French weather service MÈtÈo France and SHOM, the French Navy's hydrography and oceanography department.
eu.spaceref.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=3777   (657 words)

  
 Novell Extends Exam Deadline for CNE Continuing Certification Requirement
Originally, CNEs were required to complete the CCR by June 30, 1996.
The extension allows CNEs to register for one of the two qualifying CCR exams by June 30, 1996, and then successfully pass the exam by Aug. 31, 1996.
The CCR was designed to keep CNEs current on NetWare 4 and develop what Novell Education skills assessment director Gary Clark refers to as an "army of Novell Directory Services-literate CNEs" to meet the service and support needs of Novell customers around the world.
www.novell.com /news/press/archive/1996/05/pr96089.html   (526 words)

  
 Network World: CNEs cram for recertification exam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The mad dash is on for more than 30,000 Certified Novell Engineers (CNE) who are at risk of being stripped of their titles by Novell, Inc. on June 30 under new program rules aimed at pumping up the value of Novell certification.
Even as this last batch of the more than 78,000 CNEs rushes to recertify, many trainers and hiring managers still question whether earning a CNE is a replacement for real-world experience.
The Novell Authorized CNE Advisor enables managers to plug in information about their existing network and calculate a return on investment for CNE training (see story).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3649/is_199604/ai_n8734645   (829 words)

  
 NETLANDER
The context in which such a mission would be carried out is still under study at CNES.
The main scientific objective of this mission is to acquire information about the planet at a global scale : internal structure, meteorological studies and geodesy.
CNES led this project in association with Finland (Finnish Meteorological Institute), Germany (Deutsches zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt) and Belgium (Politique Scientifique Fédérale ex-SSTC).
smsc.cnes.fr /NETLANDER   (266 words)

  
 The CNES and unusual phenomena - UFO Evidence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The unit involved is the Rare Aerospace Phenomena Study Department (SEPRA) based at the CNES technical centre in Toulouse.
The subject is sensitive, yet CNES refutes the arguments of those who criticise its work in this field.
Given such differing views, CNES can only reaffirm that it is open-minded but that its approach in this field is strictly scientific.
www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1624.htm   (1164 words)

  
 Business Wire: CNES Announces $2.5 Million Funding Agreement W... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CNES Announces $2.5 Million Funding Agreement With Oxford Group.
The dynamic team at CNES, combined jointly with their revolutionary technologies and the funds necessary to exploit them, is truly an explosive combination."
The "Cube" is a remote switching device that allows centralized reporting of data associated with such valve via telemetry technology, and further allowing up to 40,000 remote sites to be linked and report to one central location, with "smart-routing" technologies to evade mechanical downtime.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:53120757&...   (485 words)

  
 ISRO and French Space Agency, CNES, Sign MOU for Atmospheric Research Mission | SpaceRef Canada - Your Daily Source of ...
It may be recalled that a Statement of Intent had been signed by ISRO and CNES in November 1999 for conducting the pre-feasibility studies for undertaking the joint Megha Tropiques mission.
The studies conducted, pursuant to that Statement of Intent, have yielded a baseline configuration of the satellite and its instruments, the choice of the optimum orbit, the satellite launch vehicle, satellite operations and scientific research plan.
It is to be noted that ISRO and CNES have a long standing collaboration and several joint research projects have been undertaken by the agencies.
www.spaceref.ca /news/viewpr.html?pid=4793   (738 words)

  
 ESA Portal - Press Releases - ESA signs contract with CNES for Automated Transfer Vehicle Control Centre
Under the contract CNES will take responsibility for management of the Centre’s development and prepare, coordinate and support all ATV operations on behalf of ESA.
ESA invites interested members of the media to attend the signing at CNES in Toulouse on 17 April at 11.00 hrs.
Media representatives wishing to attend the event are kindly requested to complete the attached registration form and fax it back to the ESA Media Relations Service in Paris (Fax: +33(0)1.53.69.7690).
www.esa.int /esaCP/Pr_26_2003_p_EN.html   (461 words)

  
 ESA and CNES sign contract on CSG | SpaceRef Canada - Your Daily Source of Canadian Space News
The other third is being met by CNES out of its budget for national activities, bringing the overall French contribution to 56% of the total.
The ESA member states' decision on this collective funding effort is a mark of their solidarity with Europe's launcher sector and the importance they attach to it.
Under the contract, the term "CNES/CSG facilities" means the CNES facilities at the CSG and those belonging to ESA made available to CNES for the purposes of carrying out the contract (the downrange stations and the payload preparation complexes operated by CNES).
www.spaceref.ca /news/viewpr.html?pid=8209   (511 words)

  
 CNES Gives Green Light To Multitude Of Exploration Missions
CNES announced on December 3 that it will be strongly involved in four major space exploration missions, whose development will begin this year and which will be launched between 2008 and 2012.
Second, CNES confirmed its participation to the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL-09), a mission led by NASA, whose goal is to send a 600-kilograms rover to Mars, with a long life duration and coverage capability.
Finally, CNES has restored to life the Picard project, selected in 1998 but which had been temporally frozen.
www.spacedaily.com /news/spacetravel-04zzr.html   (538 words)

  
 Atmel, CNES and ESA Sign 3-Year Agreement to Develop Next-Generation ICs for Space Applications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The availability of state-of-the-art IC technology and products able to withstand space radiation and qualified at the required level of reliability is of strategic importance for the European space industry and its competitiveness in the next generation of communication, navigation and earth observation satellites.
To ensure the existence of such a capability in Europe, the two major space agencies, ESA and CNES, have concluded with Atmel Europe -- a leader in aerospace ICs -- a 3-year agreement to develop a complete system-level integrated solution for data and signal processing under space conditions.
Linder, Deputy Head of Quality Assurance at CNES insists upon the importance for Europe to develop HIREL (Highly Reliable) microprocessors for its own space programs.
www.semiseek.com /News/press_release2046.htm   (472 words)

  
 France contributes to highly innovative technologies on SMART-1 | SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
The AMIE ultra-compact electronic camera (Asteroid-moon Micro-Imager Experiment) was developed by CSEM, the Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology, as part of a CNES research and technology programme in partnership with the IAS space astrophysics institute.
In this field driven not only by scientific and technological challenges, but also by economic and political objectives, CNES is reaffirming its commitment to French scientific research and industry through closer European cooperation.
The SMART-1 lunar probe is scheduled for launch in late September on flight 162 of Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher from the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, with ISRO’s INSAT-3 and Eutelsat’s e-Bird satellites.
www.spaceref.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=12585   (690 words)

  
 CNES: Citizens' Network on Essential Services Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nihal Kappagoda, Research Associate, The North-South Institute and Nancy C. Alexander, Director, CNES
The text of any publication/ article written by Citizens' Network on Essential Services (CNES) may be freely used for brief quotations providing the source is credited.
Non-profit organizations may reproduce longer sections of publications/articles for educational purposes without prior authorization.
www.servicesforall.org   (392 words)

  
 CNES Shuttle 1963
French studies in the 1960's were supervised by the French Space Agency, CNES, and developed along two paths.
Dassault studies in 1963 envisioned a Mach 4 booster powered by turboramjets, with the Space Taxi being launched from it and continuing to orbit.
The Minstral design by Nord Aviation was a joint project with SNECMA, CNES, ERNO, and the German Space Agency.
www.astronautix.com /lvs/cnee1963.htm   (216 words)

  
 ISPRS - CNES - HRS Study Team - Call for investigators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
ISPRS and CNES have selected 11 test areas for the HRS Scientific Assessment Program.
The selection was made by ISPRS officials (Ian Dowman, Secretary General and Manfred Schroeder, Chairman of WG I/2 on Sensor Calibration and Testing) and representatives of French organisations involved in the SPOT-5 program: (Alain Baudoin and Christophe Valorge at CNES, Marc Bernard at Spot Image and Veronique Rodowski at IGN).
Among 40 proposed test sites 11 only have been selected, where cloud free HRS stereo pairs have already been acquired and where accurate Ground Reference Data already available were offered by the PI (ex: DEM with a 1-3 m Z accuracy).
www.isprs.org /HRS/HRS_study_program.html   (447 words)

  
 I-Space - CNES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Its principal objective is to develop the use of space, both to meet the civil and military needs of government authorities and the scientific community, and encourage the emergence and promotion of new applications on which the creation of wealth and jobs can be based.
- through participation in the programs of the European Space Agency (ESA), to which CNES is one of the main contributors.
- space users, for which CNES identifies and develops space-based techniques and applications meeting their needs;
i-space.cnes.fr /prt_cnes_eng.htm   (317 words)

  
 ESA Portal - Benefits for Europe - ESA/CNES at Le Bourget
Representatives of industry will be very welcome at the ESA/CNES Industry Desk where they will be given information on how to do business both with ESA and CNES.
Wednesday 20 June has been designated ESA Technology and Industrial Matters Day and one of the events will be an opportunity to meet with the newly appointed European Space Industry Ombudsman, Mr H. Schneiter.
During the Air Show, various briefings for the media will take place and the media will be able to meet with, and interview, top ESA and CNES personnel.
www.esa.int /esaCP/ESAOSMPZ9NC_Benefits_2.html   (488 words)

  
 Re: No More SEPRA In France CNES Official Confirms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
To all, I have read the interview of Gregory Gutierez with the director of communication of CNES, Arnaud Benedetti.
Since he was alone at the job, it's not a big deal.
So, the article of the French review "Ciel et Espace", entitled "CNES buries UFOs" ("Le CNES enterre les ovnis") is "exagerated", like a writer said after his death had been announced by mistake.
www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/2004/may/m28-015.shtml   (516 words)

  
 Fourth ESA/CNES International Workshop: Applications of Pyrotechnics in Space Systems - Second Announcement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Topics raised during informal discussions will be welcomed for inclusion in the group discussions.
Included in the programme will be presentations on contract work performed for ESA and CNES in their respective RandD programmes.
The event is to be held in the Newton Conference hall at ESTEC, Noordwijk, starting at 10:30 on Monday 27th and continuing until 17:00 on Tuesday 28th November 2000.
www.estec.esa.nl /conferences/00c18   (387 words)

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