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Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

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gov civilFounded 1961
France
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In 2025 Arianespace launched four Ariane 6 flights carrying payloads for ESA, EUMETSAT, and CNES.

Mentioned as: cnesTechnical ProductJan 17, 2026Arianespace to launch first Ariane 64 rocket on 12 Feb

CARS is an open-source software developed by CNES that produces Digital Surface Models from one or more stereoscopic image pairs.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

xDEM is an open-source software created by a collective of glaciology researchers (GlacioHack) and developed in collaboration with CNES for analyzing Digital Elevation Models.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CNES technical teams are developing algorithms to infer 3D models from satellite data such as the CO3D mission.

Mentioned as: cnesTechnical ProductJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CARS is an open-source software developed by CNES that produces Digital Surface Models (DSMs) from one or more stereoscopic image pairs.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

xDEM is an open-source software created by a collective of glaciology researchers (GlacioHack) and developed in collaboration with CNES for analyzing Digital Elevation Models.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CNES developed the open-source tool PICANTEO for 3D change detection and applied it to study damage from the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

Bulldozer is an open-source tool developed by CNES that extracts a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) from a DSM without requiring exogenous data such as water masks.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

Bulldozer is an open-source CNES tool that extracts a Digital Terrain Model from a DSM without requiring surface maps or exogenous data by using a cloth simulation method.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

Pandora is software developed at CNES that performs the image matching step and generates a displacement (disparity) map.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CNES uses xDEM to qualify 3D products by comparing satellite-derived DSMs with high-resolution LiDAR DSMs used as reference.

Mentioned as: cnesTechnical ProductJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

Pandora is software developed at CNES that performs the matching step and generates a displacement (disparity) map highlighting successful and failed matches.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CNES technical teams are developing algorithms to infer 3D models from satellite data such as the CO3D mission.

Mentioned as: cnesTechnical ProductJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CNES teams report that first CO3D data currently being calibrated include a DSM with a 2-meter spatial resolution on the Pic du Midi.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

PICANTEO is an open-source tool developed at CNES that demonstrated the added value of 3D change detection for the February 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake.

Mentioned as: cnesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2026How 3D models are created from satellite data?

CNES aims to revolutionize satellite data analysis and application services with the AI for Space Challenge.

Mentioned as: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Narrative GeneralJan 15, 2026CNES Launches €1 Million AI Space Data Challenge

The French space agency CNES partnered with the Île-de-France region to launch a €1 million challenge focused on using artificial intelligence to analyze satellite data.

Mentioned as: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Org RelationshipJan 15, 2026CNES Launches €1 Million AI Space Data Challenge

CNES will be responsible for selecting candidates, providing data to winners, and monitoring the development of demonstrators as a technical partner for the challenge.

Mentioned as: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Narrative GeneralJan 15, 2026CNES Launches €1 Million AI Space Data Challenge

Ariane 6 completed four successful flights in 2025, carrying payloads for CNES, EUMETSAT, and the European Space Agency.

Mentioned as: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Org RelationshipJan 6, 2026Top European Launch Companies of 2025

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is a joint mission between NASA and the French space agency CNES.

Mentioned as: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)Narrative GeneralJan 6, 2026NASA’s SWOT Satellite Captures Unexpected Tsunami Behavior Following Kamchatka Quake
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