(French Version)Choosing the sites observed for SPOT4 (Take5) was not easy. The schedule was very tight, we felt that demand would be strong and we did not want to be blamed for favoritism or cronyism (and we did not even accept gifts (1)). We processed differently for sites for French laboratories and organizations on the one […]
(English version) Lorsque nous avons proposé au CNES l’expérience SPOT4(Take 5), nous savions que le CNES ne l’accepterait pas facilement, puisque déjà, lors de la désorbitation de SPOT2, une expérience analogue, défendue par Gérard Dedieu, avait été refusée. Mais nous n’imaginions pas le travail que nous demandions à nos collègues du CNES. Pour démontrer la […]
(French Version) When we submitted the SPOT4(Take 5) experiment to CNES, we knew that CNES would not accept it easily, since a similar proposal made by Gérard Dedieu before SPOT2 de-orbitation had been rejected. But we did not imagine the amount of work we were requesting from our colleagues at CNES. To show the project […]
(English version) Lors de la fin de vie de chaque satellite, le CNES fait un appel à idées pour des expériences de courte durée se déroulant avant la désorbitation du satellite. Le CESBIO a saisi l’occasion de la fin de vie du satellite SPOT4 pour proposer l’expérience Take 5, qui consiste à faire de SPOT4, […]
(French version) At the end of life of each satellite, CNES issues a call for ideas for short-term experiments taking place before de-orbiting the satellite. CESBIO took the opportunity to set up the Take 5 experiment at the end of SPOT4′ life : this experiment will use SPOT4 as a simulator to give us a […]