CNES
| French: Centre national d'études spatiales | |
CNES headquarters in Paris | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CNES |
| Formed | 19 December 1961 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of France |
| Status | active |
| Headquarters | 2 place Maurice Quentin, 75039 Paris, France |
President | Philippe Baptiste |
| Primary spaceport | Guiana Space Centre |
| Owners | |
| Annual budget | €2.370 billion (2023) |
| Website | cnes |
CNES (French: Centre national d'études spatiales, lit. 'National Centre for Space Studies') is the French national space agency. Headquartered in central Paris, the agency is overseen by the ministries of the Armed Forces, Economy and Finance and Higher Education, Research and Innovation.
It operates from the Toulouse Space Centre and the Guiana Space Centre. 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.