CNES

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government agency public establishment space agency

CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) is the French government space agency responsible for shaping and implementing France’s civil space policy and major space missions in Europe and worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Centre National d'Études Spatiales 4
Centre National d’Études Spatiales 2
CNES Toulouse Space Centre 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
public establishment ⓘ
space agency ⓘ
abbreviation CNES self-link ⓘ
collaboratesWith ASI ⓘ
German Aerospace Center (DLR) ⓘ
surface form: DLR

European Space Agency ⓘ
surface form: ESA

Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ
surface form: ISRO

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form: JAXA

NASA ⓘ
country France ⓘ
fieldOfWork Earth observation ⓘ
launch vehicle development ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ
satellite development ⓘ
space exploration ⓘ
space science ⓘ
telecommunications satellites ⓘ
foundedBy Government of France ⓘ
foundingDate 1961 ⓘ
fullName CNES self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Centre National d'Études Spatiales
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
jurisdiction France ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
French ⓘ
launchSite Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
launchSiteLocation French Guiana ⓘ
Kourou ⓘ
mainTechnicalCenter Toulouse Space Centre ⓘ
mainTechnicalCenterLocation Toulouse ⓘ
Toulouse ⓘ
surface form: Toulouse, France
memberOf European Space Agency ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
nativeName CNES self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Centre National d'Études Spatiales
notableProgram Ariane launch vehicle programme ⓘ
surface form: Ariane launch vehicle program

Gaia observatory ⓘ
surface form: Gaia (with ESA)

Helios 2 ⓘ
surface form: Helios reconnaissance satellites

Jason oceanography satellites ⓘ
Mars Express ⓘ
surface form: Mars Express (with ESA)

Pleiades Earth observation satellites ⓘ
Rosetta mission ⓘ
surface form: Rosetta (with ESA)

SPOT Earth observation satellites ⓘ
Vega launch vehicle programme ⓘ
surface form: Vega launch vehicle program
operates Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
parentOrganization French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ⓘ
regionServed Europe ⓘ
France ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ
responsibleFor French civil space policy ⓘ
implementation of France’s space program ⓘ
website https://cnes.fr ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CNES → abbreviation → CNES self-link ⓘ
ASI → collaboratesWith → CNES ⓘ
subject surface form: German Aerospace Center
this entity surface form: French Space Agency CNES
SAM → contributedBy → CNES ⓘ
this entity surface form: French space agency CNES
ChemCam → developedBy → CNES ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre National d'Études Spatiales
SuperCam → developedBy → CNES ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre National d'Études Spatiales
this entity surface form: Centre National d’Études Spatiales
this entity surface form: Centre National d’Études Spatiales
CNES → fullName → CNES self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre National d'Études Spatiales
subject surface form: MICROSCOPE
this entity surface form: CNES Toulouse Space Centre
subject surface form: Hayabusa2
subject surface form: MICROSCOPE
CNES → nativeName → CNES self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centre National d'Études Spatiales
subject surface form: MICROSCOPE