CNES

National Centre for Space Studies

French: Centre national d'études spatiales
CNES headquarters in Paris
Agency overview
Abbreviation	CNES
Formed	19 December 1961 (1961-12-19)
Jurisdiction	Government of France
Headquarters	Paris, France
President	Philippe Baptiste
Primary spaceport	Guiana Space Centre
Owners	Ministry of Armed Forces Ministry of Economy and Finance Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Annual budget	€2.370 billion (2023)[1]
Website	cnes.fr/en

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 comes under the supervision of 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.^[2] CNES is a member of Institute of Space, its Applications and Technologies. It is Europe's largest national organization of its type.^[3]