March 12, 1959
Emission of a sodium cloud in the upper atmosphere
One of the first French rockets. It's name is an acronym for VERnon (French Space City) and electrONIQUE.
Launch of the Asterix french first satellite
November 26, 1965
The France then becomes the 3rd space power.
1/60th scale model
June 1981
First launch of 2 geostationary satellites in a single launch
1/60th scale model
25 September 1999
Placing a TELSTAR-7 geostationary satellite into orbit
First launch of a satellite into super-synchronous transfer orbit. (200 - 60,000 kms)
1/60th scale model
V158 Mission launches the ROSETTA probe to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on March 2, 2004.
1/60th scale model
Model in conveyor position
Presented on the upper stage of the ARIANE 5 ECA launcher
Adapts to the existing Ariane 5 G+ model.
The launch took place on December 25, 2021
This telescope joined the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrangian point.