Toulouse Space Centre

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Toulouse Space Centre

Centre spatial de Toulouse
Entrance of the Toulouse Space Centre
Abbreviation	CST
Formation	September 1968; 53 years ago (1968-09)
Type	Research and development centre
Location	Rangueil-Lespinet, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
Coordinates	43°33′43″N 1°28′54″E / 43.56194°N 1.48167°E / 43.56194; 1.48167Coordinates: 43°33′43″N 1°28′54″E / 43.56194°N 1.48167°E / 43.56194; 1.48167
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.