News and Events
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NASA’s CALIPSO satellite animation shows smoke...
NASA’s CALIPSO satellite provided data for a new animation that showed the aerosols generated from the smoke has spread high into the atmosphere and far to the east over the...
News ObservationFebruary 3, 2020 -
Calipso, French space laser measures massive...
Between day and night, fauna migrates vertically between the surface and the depths … but less in tropical and subtropical regions.
News SciencesDecember 11, 2019 -
CALIPSO and CloudSat have been reunited
After a brief separation in september due to a maneuver , CALIPSO and CloudSat have been reunited on the same orbit.
News SciencesOctober 3, 2018 -
The effects of atmospheric pollution on clouds...
Calipso and Cloudsat are studying how air pollution affects clouds formation at different altitudes
News ObservationSeptember 24, 2018 -
Solar fireworks for Calipso
On 14 July, a solar flare threatened the Calipso mini-satellite, placing the CNES operational team on high alert.
News ObservationAugust 21, 2017 -
Canada: giant blaze covering some 500,000...
19 forest fires are burning together to form a single blaze that is turning into the biggest ever recorded in the province of British Colombia.
News SciencesAugust 20, 2017 -
Press Release: France-United States space...
CNES and its partners, NASA and participating laboratories celebrated yesterday the 10th anniversary of the CALIPSO mission, a marvellous symbol of the successful space...
News ObservationJune 14, 2016 -
Calipso mission suspended from 28 January to 14...
Since January 28, the CALIPSO mission has been interrupted because of a GPS receiver issue with week number management on PROTEUS satellite series identified during Jason 3 LEOP...
News ObservationMarch 31, 2016 -
CALIPSO switches to back-up laser
After 3 years operating flawlessly, the French-US satellite’s laser has failed. This contingency had been expected and CALIPSO has successfully switched to its back-up laser.
News Observation InstitutionalMay 7, 2009 -
Climate - Calipso science data now available to...
Unlike the mythological figure from which it takes its name, the French-U.S. Calipso mission dedicated to studying clouds and aerosols hasn’t waited 10 years to release its...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
French Calipso Principal Investigator wins NASA...
The French-U.S. Calipso satellite completed its 1st year in orbit on 28 April. To mark the occasion, Jacques Pelon, the Principal Investigator on the French side, has been awarded...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006 -
Calipso flying high
Orbited 28 April, the NASA/CNES Calipso satellite is designed to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on climate change. With the data validation phase of the mission drawing...
News Observation InstitutionalDecember 1, 2006
