Toulouse Space Centre

43°33′43″N 1°28′54″E / 43.56194°N 1.48167°E / 43.56194; 1.48167FrenchCNES

The Toulouse Space Centre (French: Centre spatial de Toulouse; CST) is a research and development centre of CNES. Founded in September 1968,^[1] it is located in the Rangueil-Lespinet district of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in France. 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 in French Guiana

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.