Camille Keisser, Data Scientist: When AI Explores Ocean Currents
She’s only 24, but an already impressive career, from the lecture halls of Imperial College London, to the trails of South America, and now, the Mediterranean currents. Camille Keisser joined CLS as...
A New Era of Argos Smart Environmental Solutions
Back in 2018, Kinéis, the brainchild of CNES and CLS, was created with one objective: revolutionizing the first space IoT dedicated to the environment. Now, the adventure has come full orbit thanks...
Argos Services Enhanced with 4th Successful Launch of 5 Nanosats
We are excited to share that our Space IoT partner Kinéis and their launcher Rocket Lab have successfully launched another 5 nanosats for the fourth time. The addition of these state-of-the-art...
CLS’s Industrial Division Develops Innovative Connected Beacons
For over 40 years, CLS has been developing satellite solutions to study and protect the planet and manage its resources sustainably. One of its key strengths? Its industrial division dedicated to...
A Third Milestone for Argos Services: Successful launch of 5 more IoT Nanosats
Congratulations to our Space IoT partner Kinéis and their launcher Rocket Lab on the third successful launch of 5 more nanosatellites. With these additional satellites now in orbit, the...
Women in AI: CLS, a Partner for a More Diverse Data Science
At CLS, one of our core missions is to unleash the power of data to serve a sustainable planet. The role of women in artificial intelligence (AI) is crucial to expanding the capabilities of the...
Another 5 New IoT Satellites for Your Smart Solutions
Well done to Kinéis, our space IoT partner, and Rocket Lab, their launcher, for this second successful launch! A few hours ago another five nanosatellites were placed in orbit, joining the first...
CLS’ Solutions Are Getting a Boost
Congratulations to our Space IoT partner Kinéis and their launcher Rocket Lab for this evening’s successful launch! Today, the first five of a planned constellation of 25 nanosatellites are in...
New Generation of Argos Services are on Their Way With the 1st Launch of the Kineis Constellation on the 20th of June!
Kinéis, our Space IoT partner, has announced that it, along with RocketLab, will launch the first five nanosatellites carrying new generation IoT payloads for Argos services, on the 20th of June....
Innovating for the Planet: AI and Water Management with Jérémy Augot, Data Scientist at CLS
Climate change is intensifying global water stress, making the management of our water resources more critical than ever. At the forefront of this challenge, CLS and its experts in data science and...
CLS’ Water Platform: Digitizing Water Resilience
With water scarcity affecting more than 40% of the global population according to The World Bank, managing water resources effectively is no longer strategic, but necessary. A trailblazer in Earth...
CLS DataLab: When Data Springs into Action
The CLS DataLab is an internal, cross-functional innovation hub within our group, made up of data scientists, developers, and Big Data engineers. Its primary mission is to develop large-scale data...
DeepCLiDAR, designed and built by the CLS Group in partnership with the University of Maine, has obtained Stage 2 – Carbon Trust certification
Download the PDF CLS, a global leader in Earth Observation and surveillance solutions, proudly announces the certification of its DeepCLiDAR Floating LiDAR technology. This achievement allows CLS to...
CLS, Data Partner for Our Planet Ocean
Today it’s the World Ocean Day, a day to remember us that the ocean covers over 70% of our planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth....
Celebrations of the success of Argos-4
This Thursday, January 19, 2023, space experts were gathered at CLS to celebrate the successful launches of Gazelle last September and OceanSat-3 last November. Among them CLS experts were extremely...
COP 27: Using Space to adapt to climate change
Today marks the start of COP27. Held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention...
World IoT Day: IoT working for our planet
Did you know that CLS was tracking satellite-connected objects before the invention of GPS? CLS and the French space agency CNES, with the Argos satellite system, in fact invented the IoT—the...
How is satellite data helping the environment?
In a world where the changing environment and our impact is discussed, where forests and lands are burning, where global warming is raging, where pollution and the plundering of our natural...
Key step forward for the Argos metamorphosis: Rocket Lab chosen to launch constellation of 25 nanosatellites
As you may know, pioneer in providing solutions to monitor the Earth, CLS, created its subsidiary Kinéis in 2018 with one mission: transform the Argos system and deploy an unparalleled connectivity...
Innovation – World Conservation Congress: CLS announces it is putting AI, BIG DATA and an XXL Space system at the service of biodiversity
Download the PDF On the 3rd of September, France will open the doors of the World Conservation Congress held in Marseille. Thousands of speakers, NGOs, national and international agencies are...
Backstage pass: Kinéis constellation update
If you had to describe Argos in two words, what it would be? According to Michel Sarthou, Chief Technical Officer at Kinéis, former Head of Argos space segment at CNES (French Space Agency) it would...
Digital Twin Ocean: Identifying Marine Heatwaves with Artificial Intelligence
“Analyzing oceanographic data on a massive scale with Artificial Intelligence will be part of the solution to mitigate the impact of Marine Heatwaves” Fabien Lefevre, Manager of the Ocean and...
ANGELS, France’s first industrial nanosatellite, extends the scope of space IoT
Download the PDF Five times more powerful and 10 times smaller than its predecessors, ANGELS has been designed to address the current challenges of New Space: miniaturization, scaled-up performance...
Happy Birthday to KINEIS which carries the metamorphosis of the ARGOS satellite system
Kinéis has reached its capital-raising target of 100 million euros. CLS, CNES, Bpifrance via the fund for Industrial Project Companies (SPI), financed by the ‘Investments for the Future’ Programme...
CLS giving top priority to data documenting the planet’s health
Photos, videos, text… every human holds vast amounts of data. Are they backed up properly? Do copies exist? Are they securely protected against cybercrime? Is the GDPR being complied with? All these...
Tracking Pandemics: How Can Space Technology Help?
World Health Day 2020, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), pays tribute to the work of midwives and nurses who are doing a remarkable job in an unprecedented situation. How can space...
Kinéis raises 100 million euros and finances its constellation of nanosatellites dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT)
Download the PDF Kinéis has reached its capital-raising target of 100 million euros. CLS, CNES, Bpifrance via the fund for Industrial Project Companies (SPI), financed by the ‘Investments for the...
First Argos signal: the Angels adventure continues successfully
The new generation of Argos instrument has just received its very first signal, the ANGELS adventure continues successfully. The very first message comes from an Argos beacon fitted to a Japanese...
ANGELS, successful launch, the metamorphosis of the ARGOS system is on its way
On December 18, Angels, the first industrial nanosatellite developed by CNES and HEMERIA, was launched from the French space base in Kourou. It embarked an Argos payload and began the metamorphosis...
Kinéis, CLS’s subsidiary, is officially launching its industrial program and announces strategic partnerships with experts in the Internet of Things
Billions of Connected Objects by 2030 - How? By 2030, several tens of billions of objects will be connected. Nevertheless, today, 90% of the planet is unconnected or connected at often prohibitive...
Innovative solution for remote applications with THORIUM-X
CLS, satellite-services provider for environmental monitoring, sustainable management of fisheries, and maritime security, has developed a unique Wi-Fi, 4G, satellite-connected rugged tablet called...
CLS launches the challenge “Space IoT technology for the oceans”
CLS is getting closer and closer to the sea and is establishing itself in the south of Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur region. In this context, the company offers SMEs the opportunity to use satellite...
Argos-3 instrument successfully activated on EUMETSAT’s Metop-C satellite
On 16 November 2018, EUMETSAT's control centre (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) successfully activated the Argos-3 instrument on the Metop-C satellite. The...
ARGOS payloads in the Metop-C satellite launched on the night of November 6
Metop-C has on board a new ARGOS instrument. ARGOS is a satellite system dedicated to the localization and the data collection, created by CNES in partnership with NASA and NOAA (National...
Kinéis, a unique constellation
KINÉIS, new major player in French NewSpace, launches the first European constellation of nanosatellites and democratizes access to global connectivity (IoT). With the support of CNES, CLS: Collecte...
Conclusion of the 3rd edition of ActInSpace
During the Toulouse Space Show, the 26th and 27th of June took place the national and international finals of the ActInSpace hackathon. This competition organized by CNES, ESA and ESA BIC France was...
Back on the first phase of ActInSpace on May 25 & 26
Last weekend was the 2018 edition of the ActInSpace hackathon. This event organized by CNES allows all those who wish to present their ideas based on space technologies. For this contest, 80...
ActInSpace 2018 : CLS’ challenges
ActInSpace is an innovation contest (Hackathon) initiated by the French Space Agency (CNES) uniting over 60 cities across 5 continents. This international event aims to bring together entrepreneurs,...
CLS, a culture of innovation
CLS has as mission to monitor human activities as well as the biological and physical rhythm of oceans, seas and rivers. For public or private organisations, we analyse data coming from drones...
FRANCE, TERRITORIA 2017 Gold Award for the City of Dax in the use of space applications with the collaboration of TRE Altamira
Gold Award for the City of Dax in the use of space applications. CLS, a subsidiary of the French space agency CNES, is therefore very proud of this distinction ! The city of Dax had a collaboration...
CLS at Toulouse Space Show
From 28 to 30 June 2016, the sixth edition of the Toulouse Space Show is one of the must-attend event concerning space applications. CNES, ESA, industry and researchers are working on satellite...
CLS, The first French collaborative SENTINEL-1 receiving station
CLS’s VIGISAT station, based in Brest (France), receives images from the Sentinel-1 satellite constellation.
CLS SAT-AIS services improve!
More data and more accurate tracking and maritime domain awareness