Private company

Collecte Localisation Satellites

Logo: CLS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

Collecte Localisation Satellites is an operator of the Argos and Doris satellite systems founded in 1986.¹ It is headquartered in Ramonville-Saint-Agne.¹ It is part of CNES.¹

Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), filiale du Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) et de la Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP), est une société internationale spécialisée dans la fourniture de solutions d'observation et de surveillance de la Terre depuis 1986.² From the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1986Founded¹

Industryengineering, technical studies¹
HeadquartersRamonville-Saint-Agne, France¹
Websitewww.cls.fr
Legal formsociété par actions simplifiée¹
LEI969500ASQKX4V6YWP102³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered address11 RUE HERMES, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France³
Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 338034390³

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Corporate structure

Collecte Localisation Satellites is part of a group headed by C3 HOLDING. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

C3 HOLDING Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
- Collecte Localisation Satellites Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
  - METEODYN Subsidiary · Saint-Herblain, France

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

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

CNES

Owners

NPM/CNP 66% since 2000
CNES 34%

Parent company (GLEIF)

C3 HOLDING³

From Wikidata.¹ Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

Jan 1, 2023Parent Directly consolidated by C3 HOLDING³
1986Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataCollecte Localisation Satellites on Wikidata
2
WikipediaCollecte Localisation Satellites on the French Wikipedia
3
GLEIFCollecte Localisation Satellites LEI record (969500ASQKX4V6YWP102)
4
Wikimedia CommonsCollecte Localisation Satellites logo by CLS, CC BY-SA 4.0