CNES

The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES; French: Centre national d'études spatiales) is the French national space agency (administratively, a "public administration with industrial and commercial purpose") headquartered in central Paris and it comes under the supervision of the French Ministries of Defence and Research.

This article is about the space agency. For the Scottish council, see Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
National Centre for Space Studies
Centre national d'études spatiales
Logotype of CNES
Agency overview
AbbreviationCNES
Formed19 December 1961 (1961-12-19)
TypeSpace agency
JurisdictionGovernment of France
HeadquartersParis, Île-de-France
AdministratorPhilippe Baptiste
Primary spaceports
Annual budget€2.566 billion (2022)
Websitecnes.fr/en

It operates from the Toulouse Space Centre and the Guiana Space Centre, but also has payloads launched from space centres operated by other countries. The president of CNES is Philippe Baptiste. CNES is a member of Institute of Space, its Applications and Technologies. It is Europe's largest national organization of its type.

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