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CNES SOLICITS PROPOSALS FOR A TARANIS 2 MISSION
After the loss of the Taranis satellite subsequent to the failure of Vega flight VV17, and in light of the science value of this mission in a still largely unexplored field of...
Institutional affairsNovember 20, 2020 -
[PRESS] Taranis : Vega fails on 17th flight
Mission failure. 8 minutes after liftoff of Vega mission VV17, following the first ignition of the engine of the Avum upper stage, a deviation of trajectory was identified,...
News SciencesNovember 17, 2020 -
17TH VEGA FLIGHT TO LAUNCH SEOSAT-INGENIO...
ArianeNovember 12, 2020 -
UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN SIDE OF STORMS, FRANCE’S...
SciencesNovember 6, 2020 -
[CNESMAG] Taranis:the hidden side of storms
CNESMAG 86 is now available!
News SciencesNovember 3, 2020 -
Probing the hidden side of thunderstorms
The TARANIS satellite is scheduled to launch from Kourou (French Guiana) in November in order to study the luminous phenomena that occur above thunderstorms. The objective of the...
News ObservationAugust 25, 2020 -
Taranis - Two important deliveries in less than a...
Two sensors have been delivered to CNES to be mounted on the Taranis satellite set to measure electron fluxes produced by transient luminous events (TLEs) occurring in Earth’s...
News SciencesOctober 16, 2017 -
TARANIS satellite to study lightning
A CNES spacecraft is set to undertake first-of-a-kind observations of spectacular luminous events in Earth’s upper atmosphere.
News Observation InstitutionalNovember 23, 2010