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Soyuz nearing French Guiana
CNES and Aquitaine Regional Council join forces for atmospheric re-entry programmes
8 November 2004
Two experimental projects
Initiated by CNES, Pre-X is an experimental vehicle designed to demonstrate for the first time in Europe the ability to re-enter the atmosphere using a gliding trajectory, like an aircraft.
HELIOS II, a new generation of military satellites
8 October 2004
A new generation
In December 2004, after a final series of checks and adjustments, the Helios IIA satellite is scheduled to join its 2 predecessors, Helios IA and IB, in orbit.
Megha-Tropiques takes a step forward
10-ton Ariane 5 all ready to go
5 October 2004
HETE surveys a violent Universe
4 October 2004
Gamma-ray bursts reveal violent phenomena
24 September, the HETE-2 satellite detected an intense burst of gamma radiation characteristic of the most violent phenomena in the Universe. It located the event within just 14 seconds and relayed the information to observatories on the ground.
First findings from Cassini-Huygens
29 September
New satellites
During its first orbital revolutions around Saturn, Cassini’s observations of the planet’s satellites whetted the appetite of mission scientists in expectation of the more in-depth studies to come, which should tell us more about these celestial objects and their history.
Demeter debuts science mission
20 September 2004