The French Space Agency, https://fscience-old.originis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GLOC_Oslo_Norway_S2_27juillet2022_web-2-1.jpg, was created in December 1961 in order to develop French space activities. Its activities and products cover all aspects in the field of innovation and research of new applications.
**Missions
The role of the https://fscience-old.originis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GLOC_Oslo_Norway_S2_27juillet2022_web-2-1.jpg is to propose, to the French government, directives concerning space policy and carry out, with its industrial partners, these programs.
The https://fscience-old.originis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GLOC_Oslo_Norway_S2_27juillet2022_web-2-1.jpg is a major participant in the European Space Agency (ESA) and supports a dynamic national program which guarantees its industrial success on a world level.
The areas in which these policies are carried out are those in which strategic and economic challenges are the most important:
Access to space (Ariane, stratospheric balloons, parabolic flights).
Earth observation (Spot, Topex-Poseidon, and Jason, Polder, Envisat…).
Telecommunications (Stentor, Skybridge …) and localization (Argos, Sarsat-Cospas, Galileo…).
Study and exploration of the Universe (Mars Sample Return, XMM, Corot, Cassini-Huygens…).
Manned space flights and experiments in microgravity.
Throughout the years https://fscience-old.originis.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GLOC_Oslo_Norway_S2_27juillet2022_web-2-1.jpg has established privileged relationships with its partners :
- by combining the needs of the consumers and the technical choices in the domain of space ;
- by transferring its savoir faire towards French industry with the intention of increasing its competitively;
- by supporting major scientific organizations through numerous research programs;
- by helping developing countries to use space technology for to further knowledge, economic growth and resource management;
- by participating in the building of a solid Defense program and developing partnerships with defense organizations, thus establishing a synergy between civil and military programs.
Key Figures
- an annual budget of 1,881 million euros (2001).
- 2,500 employees, including almost 70% engineers, technicians and executives.
- 4 centres (Paris, Toulouse, Evry, Kourou).
