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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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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.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 14, 2020SBAS signal over Africa commenced via the NIGCOMSAT-1R satellite

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.

PlanRelationshipsFinancialCapabilityValue 4.2Oct 2, 2020Momentus forges agreements with Skykraft and Mecano ID

Rocket Factory Augsburg plans to launch from the Diamant launch complex at the Guiana Space Centre in collaboration with French space agency CNES.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 1, 2020German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg picks Norway for maiden flight of RFA One smallsat launcher

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.

RelationshipsCapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Sep 24, 2020Hemeria seeks niche in microsat manufacturing

The French space agency CNES awarded Exotrail a 100,000-euro contract to help fund the design phase for Space Van.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.6Jul 16, 2020French startup Exotrail raises $13 million for propulsion, space software and on-orbit transport systems

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.

LegalGeneralValue 2.0May 19, 2020Avio seeking to compress Vega launch delays

Arianespace’s heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket launches exclusively from the Guiana Space Center, which is operated by the French space agency CNES.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Apr 17, 2020Intelsat-901 satellite, with MEV-1 servicer attached, resumes service

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.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 9, 2020General Atomics opens satellite factory in Colorado

Hospitals in Toulouse, France received 90,000 face masks from the French space agency CNES.

RelationshipsValue 3.5Mar 27, 2020French space agency donates 90,000 face masks to hospitals

GMV received a contract to develop the processor for the French space agency CNES's MicroCarb mission.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 18, 2020GMV reports 30% space revenue boost • ESA patents new telemetry compression technique

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.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 5, 2020PLD Space books first suborbital flight, nears resolution of engine setback

European and French space agencies provided funding support for Eutelsat Konnect because it uses the Neosat satellite platform.

FinancialCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 16, 2020Arianespace launches Eutelsat, ISRO satellites on first 2020 mission

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.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 20, 2019ESA setting aside funds for Vega launcher return to flight

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.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanCapabilityValue 4.6Nov 19, 2019European spaceport boom could benefit industry

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.

CapabilityFinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 21, 2019ESA to seek funding for more Prometheus reusable engines at ministerial

Mecano ID is expanding into the smallsat business with assistance from the French space agency CNES.

RelationshipsGrowthValue 3.2Aug 12, 2019Mecano ID, with help from CNES, making its first smallsat deployer

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.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 14, 2019General Atomics’ acquisitions of smallsat companies bearing fruit

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.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 10, 2018Satellite component supplier Sodern seeks to double output by 2020

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.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 26, 2018InSight successfully lands on Mars

ONERA is working with the French space agency CNES and ArianeGroup to study how reusability can be achieved in Europe.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 3.8Aug 15, 2018Ariane 6 is nearing completion, but Europe’s work is far from over
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