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Infinite Orbits selects Simera Sense to supply space-based SSA payload with Orbit Guard™ mission as part of the CNES and France 2030 program.

Simera Sense and Infinite Orbits have signed a contract to incorporate Simera Sense’s optical payload onto an Infinite Orbits mission—this collaboration is part of the French governmental program named France […]

Thales Alenia Space leads 5G D2D demo for CNES with Capgemini + Thales Paris

Capgemini, Thales and Thales Alenia Space have been selected by the French Space Agency (CNES) as part of a government-backed call for projects under the France 2030 program to lead […]

MicroCarb launched

The scientific mission, MicroCarb, led by the French space Agency CNES, was successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. MicroCarb is a joint mission between the UK Space […]

Arianespace readies for Vega-C launch of CO3D + MicroCarb misson on Friday to map Earth in 3D + find sinks of carbon dioxide

Vega-C is scheduled to launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 23:03 local time on July 25, (03:03 BST/04:03 CEST on 26 July), Friday, July 25th, 7:03 PM PDT. […]

Arianespace to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites and CNES’s MicroCarb satellite on July 25 from French Guiana

On Friday July 25th, 2025, at 11:03 p.m. local time (02:03 a.m. UTC, 04:03 a.m. CEST, on July 26th, 2025), Arianespace is to launch Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, […]

Thales Alenia Space to develop SOLiS very-high-throughput laser communications demonstrator

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been selected by the French space agency CNES, as part of the space component of the France […]

Arianespace to launch CO3D + MicroCarb satellites via Vega C

On July 25, 2025, Arianespace will place into orbit Airbus Defence and Space’s CO3D satellites, as well as the CNES’s MicroCarb satellite, with a Vega C rocket. The CO3D mission […]