CNES

Summary

CNES is a space agency^[1]. CNES has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• CNES was a member of ASTech aerospace technologies cluster^[3].
• CNES was a member of Couperin Consortium^[4].
• CNES was a member of Renater^[5].
• CNES was a member of International Astronautical Federation^[6].
• CNES was a member of Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee^[7].
• CNES was a member of Institute of Space, its Applications and Technologies^[8].
• CNES is in the country of France^[9].
• CNES's instance of is recorded as space agency^[10].
• CNES's instance of is recorded as research institute^[11].
• CNES's instance of is recorded as organization^[12].
• CNES's headquarters location is recorded as Paris^[13].
• CNES's chief executive officer is recorded as François Jacq^[14].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory^[15].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology^[16].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Géosciences Environnement Toulouse^[17].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences^[18].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Laboratoire Sciences de l'Univers au Cerfacs^[19].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Collecte Localisation Satellites^[20].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics^[21].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Novespace^[22].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale^[23].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales^[24].
• CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as GEIPAN^[25].
• CNES's Commons category is recorded as CNES^[26].
• CNES's industry is recorded as research and development in other physical and natural sciences^[27].

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Founding

December 19, 1961 marks the founding of CNES^[28].

Identity

CNES's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALES"}^[29]. CNES's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CNES'}^[30].

Leadership

CNES's chief executive officer is recorded as François Jacq^[14].

Operations

CNES's headquarters location is recorded as Paris^[13]. Subsidiaries include Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory^[15], a research institute^[31], in France^[32], founded in 2005^[33], headquartered in Paris^[34]; Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology^[16], an institute^[35], in France^[36], founded in 2011^[37], headquartered in Toulouse^[38]; Géosciences Environnement Toulouse^[17], a French UMR^[39], in France^[40], founded in 1995^[41]; Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences^[18], a French UMR^[42], in France^[43], founded in 2000^[44]; Laboratoire Sciences de l'Univers au Cerfacs^[19], a facility^[45], in France^[46], founded in 1999^[47]; and Collecte Localisation Satellites^[20], an Entreprise à mission^[48], in France^[49], founded in 1986^[50], headquartered in Ramonville-Saint-Agne^[51].

Industry

Industries include research and development in other physical and natural sciences^[27] and research^[52].

Why It Matters

CNES has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] CNES is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[53]