CNES

French space agency
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CNES

Summary

CNES is a space agency[1]. CNES draws 215 Wikipedia views per month (space_agency category, ranking #8 of 54).[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 image is recorded as Cnes-paris.jpg[10].
  • CNES's instance of is recorded as space agency[11].
  • CNES's instance of is recorded as research institute[12].
  • CNES's instance of is recorded as organization[13].
  • CNES's logo image is recorded as Logo CNES 2017 triangulaire bleu.png[14].
  • CNES's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[15].
  • CNES's chief executive officer is recorded as François Jacq[16].
  • CNES's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122016490[17].
  • CNES's ISNI is recorded as 0000000089650181[18].
  • CNES's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131089741[19].
  • CNES's GND ID is recorded as 1031003-4[20].
  • CNES's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50070855[21].
  • CNES's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11862924w[22].
  • CNES's IdRef ID is recorded as 026368072[23].
  • 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]

References

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  26. [4] . couperin.org. couperin.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [5] . discovery.renater.fr. Retrieved . discovery.renater.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [6] . iafastro.org. iafastro.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  32. [29] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  33. [30] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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