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One Ocean Summit: 55 million traditional fishermen on the scales
Download the PDF Small-scale fisheries sustain more than 90% of the world's fishermen. It's estimated that traditional fishing accounts for some 50% of global fish catches. Until now, there were no...
Jean-Louis Etienne, an explorer accompanied from space
On May 11, 1986, Jean-Louis Etienne, doctor, and French explorer was the first man to reach the North Pole alone by sled. This achievement was officially recognized by CLS thanks to the Argos beacon...
SwissDrones and CLS Group Deploy SDO 50 V2 Unmanned Helicopter for Maritime Operations
Download the PDF The companies successfully demonstrated ship-based operations for aerial surveillance and search and rescue missions in the open ocean. Zurich, Switzerland and Toulouse, France, 1...
CLS becomes a Company with a mission
At CLS, every day we measure human impact on our Planet & on us, its citizens. Many of you are on the front line and see these impacts: rising average sea levels, drop in biodiversity,...
CLS and TEKEVER, a European drone manufacturer have signed a new contract with the European Maritime Safety Agency for maritime surveillance by remotely piloted aircrafts
Download the PDF This innovative contract includes the deployment of lifeboats and many new sensors. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has awarded a new contract to CLS, a French Space...
CLS acquires Meteodyn and takes the lead as a key partner in the ecological transition of the energy sector
CLS, a subsidiary of CNES (French Space Agency) and CNP (an investment company), a provider of satellite solutions, has announced the acquisition of Meteodyn, a company specialized in wind...
The Grand Paris Express Project monitors from Space by Tre Altamira, a CLS subsidiary
What is the relationship between the construction of Lima’s or Barcelona’s subway, the extension of a new metro in Los Angeles or the extension of the metro in Sydney? All of these major projects...
Oil Spill in California: What can we see from Space?
Yesterday, the southern California beaches were affected by a massive oil spill, causing large pollution off the coast. The oil spill originated from a broken pipeline and spread more than half a...
Wind Energy: The French Ministry of Ecological Transition grants its confidence to CLS
CLS is proud to announce the completion of an offshore wind energy deliverability study for the AO4 Normandy project on behalf of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition’s Directorate General...
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...
European Heritage Days: Space, vigil of the European historical heritage
Eternal Rome... What if we suggested that you revisit these two words from space, in a new light? As the European Heritage Days open the doors of remarkable monuments for a weekend, CLS associates...
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...
CLS on the fire front
After Turkey, the Balkan region, Greece and the Algarve in Portugal, it is now France's turn to be threatened by fire. The fire that has affected the Var region since Monday 16 August is the most...
A drone able to deploy rescue raft to people in distress at sea
CLS, together with TEKEVER, have added a new life-saving capability to the maritime patrol version of the AR5 drone, with eight-person life rafts that can be dropped to people in distress. CLS, a...
CLS will be present at the IUCN World Congress in September in Marseille
CLS supports IUCN's goal: Protect Biodiversity & the Environment The IUCN congress will be held in Marseille between the 3rd and 11th September with one goal: unite more than 10 000 experts from...
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) and Mangrove Monitoring
Several years agos, CLS delivered to the Indonesian government INDESO a complete center for sustainably manage indonesian marine resources and coastal natural richness. In this context one of the...
Gabon, World Leader in the Management of its Artisanal Fisheries, relies on CLS
Gabon's Minister of Fisheries, Agriculture and Food Security, Biendi Maganga-Moussavou, together with the Ministers of Defense Michaël Moussa Adamo and Environment Lee White, launched on July 2nd,...
CLS helps raise awareness on coastal flood risks along European coasts from Space
Download the PDF Climate Change, sea level rising, and frequent extreme storm surges are increasing the risks of coastal flooding and putting the lives of millions of people at risk. In 2020, Europe...
Sargasso Seaweed in Sight
Download the PDF Local stakeholders, citizens and tourists missing white sandy beaches can now consult the evolution of these seaweed mats in the Caribbean online. Sargasso mats have serious impacts...
CLS analysts investigate oil spill off Corsica from space
An oil spill has been detected at sea just East of Corsica, visible on the radar satellite images received, processed and studied by CLS analysts, experts in pollution response. This...
The French Navy’s TRIMARAN III CONTRACT, which relies on CLS, mobilizes more than 300 satellites to monitor the French maritime space
Download the PDF With more than 11 million km² of Exclusive Economic Zone, France, having the world's second largest maritime area, must meet challenges on all the world's seas in order to guarantee...
World Environment Day: Space-based solutions to help restore our ecosystems
We’re losing and destroying the foundations of our survival at an alarming rate. The UN’s FAO notes that over 4.7 million hectares of forests are lost every year and, according to the WWF’s 2020’s...
Tautkae storm: Barge in distress off the coast of Bombay, the shipwrecked trigger their Cospas-Sarsat system
On the 17th May, southwest of Bombay, a barge with more than 260 people onboard was adrift in the Arabian Sea in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae, which struck India already hitten hard by the Covid-19...
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...
Saving lives with the Cospas-Sarsat system by Bruno Chazal, or the praise of diplomacy
CLS editorial staff met with Bruno Chazal, France's representative for the international Cospas-Sarsat organization and Chairman of the organization's Board. Cospas-Sarsat is the satellite-based...
A CLS innovation: a new service dedicated to solar energy using land use study
Photovoltaic energy is an important issue for the climate. In Europe, according to a report published in May 2020 by the Energy Regulatory Commission, energy use is the main source of greenhouse gas...
Annick Girardin, Minister of the Sea in France, on a visit to Toulouse, discusses the utility of space in the management of maritime territories
Download the PDF On Friday, March 26, 2021, during a trip to Toulouse, Annick Girardin, Minister of the Sea, visited CLS’ Head Quarters, a subsidiary of CNES (French Space Agency), to explore the...
CLS: Key actor in global weather systems
World Meteorological day is a perfect opportunity to raise awareness on why understanding the weather is important. In 2020 fires in California & Colorado, due to extreme drought were recorded...
Historic contract: Indonesia selects CLS to deploy its marine meteorology system
To meet Indonesia's ambitions to develop and secure the maritime economy of the country gathering 17,000 islands. The BKMG (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics) called on...
MSI & Lwandle join the CLS Group & become CLS Oceania and CLS Southern Africa
CLS is proud to announce that the companies Lwandle and MSI, based in South Africa and Australia (Tasmania) have joined the CLS Group. These two companies specialized in the field of marine...
Albania Chooses CLS’ Triton VMS & THEMIS Fisheries Monitoring Platform for its Commercial Fleet
Download the PDF CLS, a sustainable fisheries technology company, recently won an open tender to be the exclusive provider of Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) services and FMC software for Albania’s...
Bridges are monitored from space
How can satellite data contribute to risk assessment? Bridges, like any infrastructure, are subject to great repetitive forces. Adding to that is their increasing fragility, most of them date back...
CLS participates in 500th activation of Copernicus Emergency Management Service monitoring fire impact in Australia
On the 5th February 2021, during 5 days of extreme fire conditions, the state of Western Australia suffered great losses near Perth. Due to large areas inaccessible to firefighters and a situation...
Women in science, focus on space scientists at CLS
Created at the initiative of UNESCO and UN-Women, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity to recall that women and girls play a key role in the scientific and...
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...
Developing the uses of spectral imaging – CLS partners with Hytech-imaging
Download the PDF CLS is proud to announce the signing of a partnership with Hytech-imaging, an expert in hyperspectral data processing. Many future space missions have been announced for the next...
Mangroves: natural barrier against rising waters
Today, the world is facing a growing freshwater crisis that is threatening people and the planet. Wetlands are the ecosystem that water and all life depend on the most and it is currently being...
Vendée Globe: satellites monitor the threat of the icebergs and we adapt the AEZ accordingly
While the RACE lead is currently in the middle of the Atlantic, some of the participants are still in the South Pacific approaching Cape Horn. This gateway to the Atlantic is a symbolic and...
SIRS and CLS merge since January 1st, 2021
The SIRS teams are pleased to inform you that since January 1st, 2021 their company has merged with its parent company CLS, a subsidiary of CNES (The French Space Agency). CLS’ mission is to develop...
One Planet Summit: Protecting marine biodiversity from Space
The damage to ecosystems is currently at an all-time high and will continue to have major consequences on our lifestyles in the coming years, reminding us that biodiversity is the key to our future....
The state of Transalpine Dams monitored via Satellite
Dams, these concrete giants, have reshaped large parts of our territories, profoundly transforming the landscape. A body of water pleasing to the eye, and which, in summer and winter, provides...
Vendée Globe: Icebergs detected on the skippers’ route: Antarctic Exclusion Zone raised by 5 degrees to improve the safety of skippers
Since 2008, CLS, Official Supplier of ice data for the Vendée Globe, has been using technologies and satellites designed and deployed by CNES (French National Center for Space Studies) and ESA...
Position: iceberg hunter
As the Southern ocean becomes the daily life of the competitors in the leading pack of the Vendée Globe, the iceberg is the ultimate danger to avoid. Meeting with Jimmy Viard, radar analyst at CLS,...
The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) relies on CLS’s solutions
On the occasion of World Fisheries Day, CLS is pleased to announce that the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has chosen a CLS solution to evaluate the functionalities of a...
Vendée Globe 2020: The race has started!
CLS is a global company and pioneer provider of monitoring and surveillance solutions for the Earth, created in 1986. We are subsidiary of the French Space Agency (CNES) and CNP, an investment firm....
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...
European Sustainable Development Weeks: Indonesia calls on European expertise in space to optimize marine waste collection
Download the PDF Indonesia is among the biggest contributors to marine plastic pollution. In response to this emergency, the Indonesian government is engaging a range of actions to tackle a scourge...
D-125: Before the 2020 World Conservation Congress
In 125 days, the World Conservation Congress will take place in Marseille, France. One goal: bring together more than 10,000 experts from around the world to work on conservation. How...
Hydrocarbon Pollution Alert in Mauritius
The MV Wakashio, stranded on the reefs at Pointe-d'Esny, Mauritius, since 25 July, was carrying on board 200 tonnes of diesel and 3,800 tonnes of heavy oil. An ingress of water had been reported by...
Data collected from animals can help ocean observing systems
Data collected on animals by Argos satellite telemetry can be provided to physical oceanography, to fill in a number of gaps in the ocean observing systems. A study details how animal-born...
Supporting Small-Scale Fishers, Fighting Against Plastic Waste: Groundbreaking Innovations
Monitor fishing gear, prevent accidental loss of nets, fight against plastics in the ocean, and generally help those involved in professional fishing to manage the maritime domain sustainably—those...
Myanmar Steps up its Fight Against IUU Fishing Approving CLS Triton VMS for Monitoring its Offshore Fleet
Download the PDF Vessel monitoring systems (VMS) will help Myanmar reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and protect the sovereignty of its EEZ. There has been a 90 percent decline in...
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...
World Oceans Day: Nets, Traps, Lines – Connecting Fishing Gear by Satellites to Limit Plastic Pollution and help fishermen in their daily activities
Download the PDF With the celebration of World Oceans Day on 8 June, CLS, supported by IFREMER and CNES, is deploying fishing nets connected by satellite for the first time in the Mediterranean and...
World Environment Day: How can space help protecting biodiversity?
UNO said: “This International Day for Biological Diversity awareness of the importance of biodiversity; and we will issue a call to action. 2020 is a year of reflection, opportunity and solutions....
How does EUMETSAT measure ocean temperature?
The ocean is the world's first heat concentrator. Measuring the temperature of our oceans is one of the key indicators of global warming. EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of...
Monitoring Sargassum: Europe moves into operational mode
Sargassum seaweed is a scourge for health, fishing and the tourist economy in the Caribbean. Piling up on beaches and forcing boats to stay in harbour, this brownish algae is closely monitored by...
Locust invasion: EO helping farmers
Africa, like the rest of the world, is facing the Covid-19 pandemic. But African authorities and citizens are also having to cope with another threat: a historic locust invasion threatening millions...
Indonesia Chooses Space Technology in the Fight Against Pollution
Plastic waste in the oceans has disastrous consequences for the environment and human health, and Indonesia is the world's second largest polluter. The government, aware of the urgency, is exploring...
Sustainable Marine Resources: The Future is Being Decided Today
The marine resources in our oceans are crucial for food security, biodiversity, and the economy. How can we balance these different needs? Administrations, regional organizations, and fishermen all...