Toulouse Space Centre
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Centre spatial de Toulouse | |
Abbreviation | CST |
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Formation | September 1968 |
Type | Research and development centre |
Location |
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Coordinates | 43°33′43″N 1°28′54″E / 43.56194°N 1.48167°ECoordinates: 43°33′43″N 1°28′54″E / 43.56194°N 1.48167°E |
Official language | French |
Parent organisation | CNES |
The Toulouse Space Centre (French: Centre spatial de Toulouse; CST) is a research and development centre of CNES. Founded on September 1968,[1] it is located in the Rangueil-Lespinet district of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region. More than 1,700 employees are responsible for the development of most of the work for which CNES is responsible, with the exception of launch vehicles and their launches.
See also[]
- French space program
- Guiana Space Centre – French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana, operational since 1968
References[]
External links[]
- Official site of CNES
- « Le Centre spatial de Toulouse », in Le CNES, moteur de la politique spatiale de la France et de l'Europe, p. 16-17.
Categories:
- Space technology research institutes
- CNES
- European space programme stubs