Toulouse Space Centre | |
Native Name: | Centre spatial de Toulouse |
Native Name Lang: | fr |
Abbreviation: | CST |
Type: | Research and development centre |
Location: | Toulouse, France |
Coordinates: | 43.5619°N 1.4817°W |
Language: | French |
Parent Organisation: | CNES |
The Toulouse Space Centre (French: Centre spatial de Toulouse; CST) is a research and development centre of CNES. Founded in September 1968,[1] it is located in the Rangueil-Lespinet district of Toulouse in the Haute-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in France. 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.