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French Space Agency (CNES)

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Centre National d'Études Spatiales

The Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) is the French government space agency, established in 1961. CNES is responsible for shaping and implementing France's space policy within Europe, including developing space systems and promoting new space-related services. It is a major contributor to the European Space Agency (ESA) and collaborates with space agencies worldwide, such as NASA and ISRO, on various missions. CNES's activities encompass access to space, sustainable development, civil applications of space, science and technology research, and security and defense.

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Arianespace markets and operates Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou with support from the French space agency CNES.

GeneralCapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.0Apr 27, 2022Arianespace’s Upcomig June Launch On Ariane 5 For India And Malaysia

The European-Russian ExoMars mission has been sidelined as partnerships are suspended, making it difficult to forecast the future of collaboration with Russia, according to Philippe Baptiste, president of the French space agency CNES.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.5Apr 7, 2022Path to sustainable space unclear after Russia’s Ukraine invasion

Philippe Baptiste, head of the French space agency CNES, said on 2021-11-16 that models show an increase in the probability of a collision in low Earth orbit of five percent following the ASAT test.

GeneralLegalCapabilityValue 3.3Nov 16, 2021European space industry alarmed by Russian ASAT test

The Awarua Satellite Ground Station was established in 2004 in conjunction with the European and French Space Agencies.

GeneralValue 2.0Oct 6, 2021Ready To Launch Space Operations New Zealand Is Launched

Arianespace markets and operates Ariane 5 launches from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou with support from teams at the French space agency CNES.

GeneralCapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.4Aug 1, 2021Flight VA254 Successfully Launched By Arianespace, Lifting Star One D2 + EUTELSAT QUANTUM To Their Assigned Orbits

The French Space Agency CNES selected Airbus Defence and Space in July 2019 to develop the CO3D Earth observation program.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 5, 2021ANYWAVES S-Band TTC Antennas To Be Equipped In An Airbus Defense and Space Constellation

ESA, working with prime contractor ArianeGroup and the French space agency CNES, has established an independent assessment of the schedule for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.6Jun 22, 2021Europe proposes launcher alliance

NorSat-3’s Navigation Radar Detector was developed in collaboration between FFI, KONGSBERG, the French space agency CNES, and the German electronics company ILFA.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 2, 2021Maritime Traffic Monitoring Smallsat Launches With KONGSBERG AIS + NRD Aboard

ISRO and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) jointly undertook the Megha-Tropiques mission, which launched in 2011.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Mar 22, 2021ISRO announces third joint satellite mission with France

Anywaves was spun out of the French space agency CNES in 2017.

GrowthRelationshipsValue 2.0Mar 16, 2021Loft Orbital purchases satellite antennas from Anywaves

On 2020-11-16, Vega’s upper stage malfunctioned eight minutes after liftoff from Europe’s French Guiana spaceport, resulting in the loss of the Spanish SEOSAT-Ingenio satellite and the 175-kilogram TARANIS satellite built by the French Space Agency CNES.

CapabilityLegalGeneralValue 4.0Mar 9, 2021Vega rocket passes readiness review for April return to flight

The Eurostar Neo platform was developed under the European Space Agency Partnership Projects together with the French space agency CNES and with strong support from the UK Space Agency and other European agencies.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 25, 2021Airbus D&S Successfully Completes A Key Mfg. Milestone For First Eurostar Neo Satellite

Airbus developed the Eurostar Neo platform under the European Space Agency’s Partnership Projects together with the French space agency CNES and with strong support from the UK Space Agency and other European agencies.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 15, 2021Airbus Defence and Space complete manufacturing of the first Eurostar Neo satellite

The second Bartolomeo payload for ESA is the Euro Material Ageing experiment platform (SESAME) developed by the French Space Agency (CNES).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 22, 2021ESA books two payload missions on Airbus Bartolomeo platform

The second Bartolomeo payload is the Euro Material Ageing experiment platform (SESAME) developed by the French Space Agency (CNES).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 21, 2021Two Payload Missions Booked By ESA On The Airbus Bartolomeo Platform

Exotrail signed contracts in 2020 worth more than 1,000,000 EUR with customers including the European Space Agency, the French space agency CNES, and AAC Clyde Space.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.7Jan 12, 2021Exotrail demonstrates miniature Hall-effect thruster in orbit

ANYWAVES received an accreditation scheme from the French Space Agency (CNES) for its S-band TT&C antenna, X-band payload telemetry antenna, and GNSS L1/E1 band antenna in late 2020.

LegalCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 6, 2021Accreditation By CNES For ANYWAVES Satellite Constellation Antennas

TARANIS, or Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites, was built by the French space agency CNES to study electromagnetic phenomena in the upper atmosphere created by thunderstorms.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 20, 2020Avio CEO promises Vega’s rapid return to flight as CNES plots replacement satellite

DLR and the French space agency CNES built the MASCOT lander that was part of JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission and touched down on asteroid Ryugu in October 2018.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Nov 20, 2020Germany joins JAXA’s low-cost deep space test mission

TARANIS, the 175-kilogram Tool for the Analysis of RAdiation from lightNIng and Sprites, was built by the French space agency CNES to study electromagnetic phenomena in the upper atmosphere created by thunderstorms.

CapabilityValue 4.3Nov 16, 2020Vega launch fails after upper stage malfunction
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