Centre Spatial de Toulouse

OBS: Le Centre Spatial de Toulouse est un pôle technique et opérationnel unique par son importance et la diversité de ses activités, il développe, en partenariat avec l'industrie, des systèmes spatiaux complets jusqu'à leur mise en service opérationnelle. Il participe à la réalisation de projets scientifiques ou instrumentaux et pilote des programmes de recherche ou d'application pour le compte du Centre National d'Études Spatiales ou des utilisateurs (nationaux ou européens).

OBS: The Toulouse Space Centre (CST) has become a unique technical and operational centre in terms of both its size and the scope of its activities. Working in partnership with French industry, the CST develops complete space systems right through to their operational commissioning (e.g. positioning the Arabsat series), contributes to instrument design and development, participates in science projects and leads research or application programmes such as Spot, Hélios, Télécom, Argos and Sarsat-Cospas on behalf of CNES or space users. The CST is also responsible for the positioning and station-keeping of all satellites in CNES's charge. Its capabilities in the field of satellite operations are so renowned that it is used by French prime contractors to orbit satellites for operators outside France. The Toulouse Space Centre also runs a major research and technology programme. Its many technical facilities are used to investigate and analyse new basic technologies and to design future space systems.