CNES
CNES can also refer to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar in Scotland.
The Centre National d'Études Spatiales is the French government space agency (administratively, a "public establishment of industrial and commercial character"). Its headquarters are located in central Paris. It operates out of the Guiana Space Center, but also has payloads launched from other space centers operated by other countries.
History
- 1961 CNES founded. Hammaguir missile range built in Algeria.
- 1962 Diamant Launch Vehicle introduced.
- 1962 First Berenice rocket launched.
- 1963 Animals launched into orbit via Veronique rockets.[citation needed]
- 1965 First French satellite put in orbit.[1]
- 1967 Hammaguir range closed.
- 1968 Toulouse Space Center completed.
- 1969 French Guiana Space Center completed.
- 1973 Evry Space Center completed.