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More space organisations in France

• Airbus Defence and Space · Private Company · Toulouse

  Europe's largest space company — develops satellites, launch systems and space exploration vehicles.

• Commandement de l'Espace (CDE) · Government Agency · Toulouse

  French military space command — part of the Air and Space Force, responsible for space operations, surveillance and military space policy.

• Gama · Startup · Ivry-sur-Seine

  French NewSpace company — develops solar sails and modular deployable solar arrays (Gama Wing); flew the Gama Alpha sail demonstrator in 2023.

• ONERA – The French Aerospace Lab (ONERA) · Research Institution · Palaiseau

  French national aerospace research centre — conducts aeronautics, space and defence research, including launcher, propulsion and space observation studies.

• Prométhée Earth Intelligence · Startup · Paris

  French NewSpace operator — develops a constellation of Earth observation nanosatellites for environmental and strategic intelligence services.

• Thales Alenia Space · Private Company · Toulouse

  Designs and builds satellites, orbital infrastructures and scientific instruments for global markets.

• Absolut System · Private Company · Grenoble

  French cryogenics SME near Grenoble — develops space cryocoolers, pulse-tube cold fingers and cryogenic thermal links for satellite payloads.

• ACRI-ST · Private Company · Sophia Antipolis

  French Earth observation company in Sophia Antipolis — provides satellite data processing, Copernicus mission performance and environmental services.