SVOM honoured and awarded
The start of the scientific exploitation phase was celebrated at the opening ceremony of Space Day of China on 24 April 2025, where the two scientific leaders Bertrand Cordier (CEA) and Jianyan Wei (NAOC) were honoured. They presented the first scientific results from SVOM to a large audience.
Later in the evening, the SVOM team was awarded the prize for the best team of the year 2025 following its participation in the ‘Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers’ challenge organised by the Chinese Society of Astronautics. The prize was presented to the SVOM team represented by Karine Mercier (CNES) and Yonghe Zhang (IAM CAS) at the Space Night Ceremony.
