Happy Birthday CALIPSO!
10 years ago, on April 28th 2006, the French-US Observation satellite CALIPSO was successfully launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base space center in California. Built on behalf of CNES and NASA, the satellite accurately measures the characteristics of the atmosph...
Sentinel-1B: "A great achievement from a great team!¡±
A great achievement from a great team! After a flawless launch, a very short LEOP ( Launch and Early Orbit Phase) of Sentinel -1B was successfully completed! In the coming months the satellite will be tested and calibrated before it is declared to be operational, next ...
Jason-3 passes final in-orbit acceptance review!
Launched in January 2016, the Jason-3 operational oceanography satellite recently passed its in-orbit acceptance review.
New video - Stratobus: off we go!
New official video concerning Stratobus. Led by Thales Alenia Space in cooperation with its partners, the Stratobus program officially kicked-off on April 26th 2016.
Thales Travelling Wave Tubes Equip Sentinel-1B
Our X-band travelling wave tubes are used to transmit scientific data from the Sentinel-1B satellite
A data explosion from Sentinel-1A!
The Sentinel-1A satellite, launched on April 3, 2014 and fully operational in orbit, has already provided a huge volume of data. This treasure trove of date is transmitted to many different information services to support çÛÁ¦ÊÓƵ monitoring.
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