CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall at the Paris Air Show 2015.
CNES President Jean-Yves LeGall at the 2015 Paris Air Show.

The French government will be able to maintain a firm oversight role over the Arianespace launch consortium despite the government’s agreement to sell its 35-percent stake in the company to Airbus Safran Launchers, the president of the French space agency, CNES, said.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.