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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The system prototype for the AFI SBAS utilizes the SAGAIE network deployed by the French space agency CNES and ASECNA with support from Thales Alenia Space as the reference stations network.
Momentus plans to send the Skykraft microsatellite into orbit using EOS, a separation ring developed by Mecano ID with funding from the French space agency CNES.
Rocket Factory Augsburg plans to launch from the Diamant launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in collaboration with French space agency CNES.
Hemeria supplied subsystems for the O3b and Iridium Next constellations prior to moving into complete satellite manufacturing in 2017 with support from the French space agency CNES.
The French space agency CNES awarded Exotrail a 100,000-euro contract to help fund the design phase for Space Van.
The team sent by Avio to the Guiana Space Center is subject to a 14-day quarantine implemented by the French space agency CNES before beginning launch activities.
Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket launches exclusively from the Guiana Space Center, which is operated by the French space agency CNES.
The Space and Missile Systems Center selected a 110-kilogram Orbital Test Bed to carry a sensor from the French space agency CNES on behalf of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Hospitals in Toulouse, France received 90,000 face masks from the French space agency CNES.
GMV received a contract to develop the processor for the French space agency CNES's MicroCarb mission.
PLD Space intends to launch Miura 5 rockets from Europe’s Guiana Space Center in South America and has forged an agreement with the French space agency CNES to pursue that goal.
European and French space agencies provided funding support for Eutelsat Konnect because it uses the Neosat satellite platform.
Avio and an independent inquiry board with ESA, the French space agency, and the Italian space agency traced Vega’s 2019-07-15 failure to the Zefiro-23 second stage.
The French space agency CNES awarded a 200,000,000 EUR contract to a construction consortium in 2016 to upgrade the Guiana Space Center for Ariane 6.
ESA and prime contractor ArianeGroup have two Prometheus engines currently being built using funds granted at ESA’s 2016 ministerial and earlier work supported by the French space agency CNES.
Mecano ID is expanding into the smallsat business with assistance from the French space agency CNES.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center selected a 110-kilogram Orbital Test Bed to carry a sensor from the French space agency CNES on behalf of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The complete seismometer on NASA’s InSight lander was led by the French space agency CNES and collaboratively built with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The seismometer on InSight was provided by the French space agency CNES and caused InSight to miss its original March 2016 launch window due to problems that required a redesign.
ONERA is working with the French space agency CNES and ArianeGroup to study how reusability can be achieved in Europe.