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Cannes Mandelieu Space Center

Satellite factory in southern France

The Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is an industrial plant dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing, located in both the towns of Cannes and Mandelieu in France. After a long history in aircraft manufacturing, starting in 1929, the center became increasingly involved in aerospace activities after the Second World War, and satellites are now the plant's main product.2 It is part of Thales Alenia Space.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1929Founded1

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Photo: Creator:Guy Lebègue "Mise en scène" Guy Lebègue, Photographe Jean-Paul Chialvo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is an industrial plant dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing, located in both the towns of Cannes and Mandelieu in France. After a long history in aircraft manufacturing, starting in 1929, the center became increasingly involved in aerospace activities after the Second World War, and satellites are now the plant's main product.2

Corporate structure

Cannes Mandelieu Space Center is part of a group headed by Thales Group. 129 entities, 33 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

As prime contractor

the series of Meteosat first and second generation

the series of communication satellites Spacebus

the series of Globalstar's second-generation satellites

the series of O3b satellites

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the Infrared Space Observatory

the Huygens space probe, which landed on Titan

the Proteus series of small low Earth orbit satellites, including

the COROT satellite

Jason-1, Jason-2 and Jason-3

the CALIPSO satellite

the Planck spacecraft

the Herschel Space Observatory

ISS modules Node 2, Node 3, Cupola, and the MPLM

As the main subcontractor

the cameras for the French military observation satellites Helios-1 and Helios-2

the IASI, Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer, embarked on-board Metop

the MERIS camera embarked on board the ENVISAT mission.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cannes Mandelieu Space Center, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

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Timeline

  1. 1929Founded Founded1

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