Young Space Activities Overview in France

France offers plenty of opportunities for the next generation. The two main geographical areas for the space industry in France are Toulouse and the Paris area. Both regions have high-level universities, a space museum (Cité de l’Espace and Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace) and host alternatively international conferences (Toulouse Space Show and the Paris Air Show). The Paris area mainly gathers industries in the sector of space transportation and Toulouse mainly gathers orbital systems industries. There are other regions highly involved in the space industry, namely Bordeaux (with for example Novespace) and Cannes (with for example Thales Alenia Space).
There are also plenty of opportunities for students to grow their knowledge by participating for example to the PERSEUS (Projet Etudiant de Recherche Spatiale) Program from CNES or attend the Ariane City Network Summer School. Check out the event calendar for 2020!
In addition, since France is a member state of the European Space Agency, any French student is entitled to participate in any program organised at ESA, as well as to attend any program from any EU member state countries.

Country-Specific Events in 2020

Main events

• Aerospace Europe Conference (3AF) – 25-28 February 2020, Bordeaux
• Paris Space Week – 25-26 February 2020, The Air and Space Museum, Paris-Le-Bourget
• SGAC networking dinner – 23 March 2020, to be defined, Paris
• IAF Spring Meetings – 24-26 March 2020, NEW CAP Event Center, Paris
• SG[France]2020: Our Giant Leap – 15 June 2020, ISAE-Supaero, Toulouse
• Toulouse Space Show – 19-20 June 2020, MEETT, Toulouse

Others

• Les Mardi de l’Espace – Third Tuesday of each month, Café le Lutèce, Paris
• TheLastJeudi – Last Thursday of each month, Paris/ Toulouse/ Bordeaux/ Strasbourg/ Cannes

Courses

• Executive Space Course (ISU) – 20-24 April 2020, Strasbourg
• Techniques & Technologies des Véhicules Spatiaux (TTVS) – Dates 2020 to be defined, Toulouse

Interesting Web Links

Groups, People, Institutions

• Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF)
• Association Planète Mars (French branch of Mars Society)
• Centre Nationale d’Etudes Spatiales
• Communauté des Villes Ariane – Community of Ariane Cities
• Communauté d’Experts (COMET)
• ESA BIC Sud France – European Space Agency Incubator
• Eurisy
• Groupe Parlementaire sur l’Espace
• Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales
• Institut du Droit de l’Espace et des Télécommunications
• Institut Français d’Histoire de l’Espace
• International Space University
• Moon Village Association
• Planete Science
• Office National d’Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales
• Student Aerospace Challenge

Job Offer

• Aeroemploiformation

Main companies

• Airbus Defense and Space
• Dassault Aviation
• Euroconsult
• Thales

Start-ups

• Exotrail
• ThrustMe
• U-Space

Studies

• ISAE-SUPAERO
• Ecole de l’Air et de l’Espace (IPSA)
• Ecole de l’Air
• Formations spatiales – Space Training
• University Paris-Sud 11 (Masters Degree in Space and Telecommunication Law)
• International Space University (ISU)
• Institut du Droit de l’Espace et des Télécommunications
• University of Western Brittany (Masters Degree in International Law of Spaces)
• Intespace
• EUROSAE (Advanced Training)
• Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile
• ESTACA

Read

• Air et Cosmos – Aeronautics and Space Magazine
• Ciel et Espace – Astronomy focused magazine
• CNESMAG – Space news by CNES
• Espace & Exploration – Space focused magazine