Organizations/National Center of Space Research
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National Center of Space Research
Government Agency · France · Founded 1961
The National Center of Space Research, or CNES, is a French National Agency in charge of France's space program. In partnership with the US and Russia, they have put 10 people in space. CNES works in tandem with the larger ESA to develop the Ariane 5 and work on other probes and satellites. They are working with Germany to develop a cheaper and more efficient reusable rocket, which hopefully will be ready to fly by 2026.
Headquarters
France
Ownership
Government
CEO
François Jacq
Founded
1961
Total Launches
14
0 this year · ~0/month
Satellites in Orbit
27
39 operated all time
Satellites Built
10
7 still in orbit
Government Awards
$45M
28 awards tracked
Upcoming Launches
- Flight 1Callisto · operator
Fleet
No launch vehicles operated directly.
Launches per Year
85.7% launch success rate
Satellites Launched per Year
Fleet in Orbit
- CO3D F12025-07-26 · LEO · Operator
- CO3D F22025-07-26 · LEO · Operator
- CO3D F42025-07-26 · LEO · Operator
- CO3D F32025-07-26 · LEO · Operator
- MicroCarb2025-07-26 · LEO · Operator
Government Awards
Buyers
- European Commission$45M
Largest awards
- 2-3SST2018-20: Second funding line in Work Programme 2018-2020 for the further development of a E…European Commission · 2020-12-16$24M€20M
- 2-3SST2016: Second and third funding line in 2016-2017 for the establishment of a European SST se…European Commission · 2017-12-12$6.8M€5.7M
- 3SST2015: Third funding line in 2015 for the establishment of a European SST service provision fu…European Commission · 2016-06-29$3.9M€3.5M
- CARIOQA-PHB: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Phase BEuropean Commission · 2025-07-10$2.2M€1.9M
- CARIOQA-PMP: Cold Atom Rubidium Interferometer in Orbit for Quantum Accelerometry – Pathfinder Mi…European Commission · 2022-10-12$1.6M€1.6M
- 2SST2015: Second funding line in 2015 for the establishment of a European SST Service provision f…European Commission · 2016-07-01$664K€600K
- PERASPERA: PERASPERA (AD ASTRA) Plan European Roadmap and Activities for SPace Exploitation of Ro…European Commission · 2014-11-20$574K€461K
- EPIC: Electric Propulsion Innovation and CompetitivenessEuropean Commission · 2014-11-20$486K€390K
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Data Sources for This Record
Launch statistics
Launch Library 2 · updated every 6h
GCAT (J. McDowell, CC-BY 4.0) · weekly
official procurement records · twice a month