Toulouse Space Centre
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.
Centre spatial de Toulouse | |
 Entrance of the Toulouse Space Centre | |
| Abbreviation | CST |
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| Formation | September 1968 |
| Type | Research and development centre |
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| Coordinates | 43°33′43″N 1°28′54″E |
Official language | French |
Parent organisation | CNES |
See also
- French space program
- Guiana Space Centre – French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana, operational since 1968
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.
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