CNES's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA06030820[24].
CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory[25].
CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology[26].
CNES's child organization or unit is recorded as Géosciences Environnement Toulouse[27].
Body
Founding
+1961-12-19T00:00:00Z 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[16].
Operations
CNES's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[15]. Subsidiaries include Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory[25], a research institute[31], in France[32], founded in 2005[33], headquartered in Paris[34]; Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology[26], an institute[35], in France[36], founded in 2011[37], headquartered in Toulouse[38]; Géosciences Environnement Toulouse[27], a French UMR[39], in France[40], founded in 1995[41]; Laboratory of Planetology and Geosciences[42], a French UMR[43], in France[44], founded in 2000[45]; Laboratoire Sciences de l'Univers au Cerfacs[46], a facility[47], in France[48], founded in 1999[49]; and Collecte Localisation Satellites[50], an Entreprise à mission[51], in France[52], founded in 1986[53], headquartered in Ramonville-Saint-Agne[54].
Industry
Industries include research and development in other physical and natural sciences[55] and research[56].
Why It Matters
CNES draws 215 Wikipedia views per month (space_agency category, ranking #8 of 54).[2] CNES has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] CNES is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
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