Boost Your Herd Management with Smart Solutions: Meet Us at IUCN
Meet our team at IUCN 2025 We are presenting our Smart Herd Management Solution at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, UAE, this October. Join us at the French Pavillion and our booth...
Camel Herding in a Changing World: Managing Growth, Mobility and Risk Across Borders
In many regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, North Africa, and parts of Asia, camels are more than animals, they are a symbol of resilience and survival. For centuries, they have...
Argos Services for Wildlife Conservation
Welcome to this edition of our wildlife newsletter. In this issue, we highlight an innovative project in Africa that harnesses satellite technology to reduce human-wildlife conflict, protecting both livestock and predators.
Human-Wildlife Conflict Efforts Expanded with Argos
In South Africa, the savannah tells a complex story, where humans, livestock, and wildlife share space, but not always peacefully. Our work with the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) has been...
From Space to Savannah: Argos Services Prevent Conflict between Cattle and Carnivores
In South Africa, many livestock farmers live close to protected nature reserves. When cattle wander into these areas, they are at risk of being attacked by wild predators such as lions, leopards, or...
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...
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...
Discover The Future of Farming: Argos Smart Herding Solution
As the agricultural sector continues to evolve in response to modern challenges, the integration of smart technologies has emerged as a game-changer, particularly in livestock management. Among...
ANGELS concludes its mission
ANGELS, France’s first industrial nanosatellite, will be decommissioned on December 18, 2024, exactly five years after its launch in December 2019. Initially designed with a two-year lifespan,...
Another 5 New IoT Satellites for Your Argos 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...
Argos 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. Due to unfavorable...
New Generation Argos Services Live Launch
Kinéis, our Space IoT partner, along with RocketLab, is launching the first five nanosatellites carrying IoT payloads for Argos services. Due to unfavorable weather, the Kinéis launch planned for...
Animal Telemetry Network: Understanding Marine Life movement
Instrumenting animals with transmitters has been done for a number of years, in particular using the ARGOS satellite system, to gain knowledge on their ecology, assess species vulnerability to...
Argos satellite system launch announced
You already know that back in 2018, CLS created Kinéis with one goal: transform the Argos satellite system and deploy an unparalleled connectivity that is near real-time, universal, and with a...
Dive Into the Cutting-Edge Argos-4 Services Starting On July 10th!
Unleash the Power of the 4th Argos Generation Experience a New Era of Excellence! Here we are: Gazelle and Ocean-Sat-3 are now fully operational and will be ready for you to use on the 10th of July!...
Argos support: your daily operations partner
Last year we met with Charles Drieu La Rochelle, member of the user support team in France, to find out more about CLS Group's excellent customer care. But, did you know that he's part of a dynamic...
Argos metamorphosis update: not one but two Argos-4 instruments to be launched in the coming weeks!
We are just few weeks away from the planned launches of two Argos-4 payloads, an advanced satellite instrument that will track the movement of wildlife, as well as critical environmental data around...
How can CLS support your daily operations with Argos?
This month we've decided to take you back stage to meet Charles Drieu La Rochelle, member of the user support team in France, to find out more about CLS Group's excellent customer care. What are the...
Argos metamorphosis update: Full-scale testing of Kinéis’ 25 nanosats has begun!
Ever wondered how small tags like the one on this cuckoo can communicate with satellites that are up to 650 km away? It all comes down to the highly sensitive receivers that make the Argos system so...
Constellation update: HEMERIA & Kinéis keep us informed
Kinéis, 25 nanosatellites carrying the metamorphosis of the Argos system is on its way. Our first Kinéis constellation update was earlier this year where we went backstage with Michel Sarthou,...
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...
ANGELS Satellite Operational from 13th October 2020
As you all know, on December, 18th 2019, the successful launch of the first ANGELS nanosatellite, developed by CNES, HEMERIA and Thales Alenia Space, ANGELS marked the beginning of the metamorphosis...
ANGELS, the First French Industrial Nanosatellite, Works!
The first ARGOS satellite dedicated to environmental monitoring was launched in 1978 by NASA. Since then, this system has been at the service of the international scientific community and has...
ANGELS Successful Launch: The Argos Metamorphosis Is On Its Way
On December 18, 2019, the French Space Agency, CNES, has launched the first Argos nanosatellite, marking the beginning of a revolution in the Argos system as we know it. This nanosat is the...
New Open-source Access to the Argos System
Have you ever wanted to design your own Argos satellite transmitter? Now it's possible! CLS and the Arribada Initiative are pleased to announce a new open-source reference design by Icoteq, Ltd....
Great News for Argos Users: The Kinéis Constellation Carrying the Future of Argos is Under Production!
Production is underway on the new constellation of 25 nanosatellites called Kinéis, with the next generation Argos instruments onboard. The new generation of the Argos system is based on greater...
Argos-4 Coming Soon: A New Momentum for the Argos System
Argos is a collaborative, international satellite system dedicated to environmental monitoring that has been flying for 40 years. Today, thanks to 6 operational satellites, it provides global...
Reporting on the Work of Russian Scientists in the Arctic Using Specialized Argos Tags
Alexandre Salman, of ES-PAS, reports on the work of Russian scientists at the European User Conference on Argos Wildlife (EUCAW). As he explains, since Argos instruments fly onboard polar-orbiting...
The Future of Argos Satellite Telemetry is Kinéis
For nearly 40 years, the international space agencies that manage the Argos system have been committed to technological advancements. Capitalizing on this long experience in state-of-the-art,...
Contribution of Space Technologies for Livestock and Food Security
As part of the ESA program named ARTES 20/Integrated Applications Promotion (IAP), and with the support of the CNES, CLS is working on a new space application for animal tracking in the field of...
ARGOS ANGELS & NEO: CNES Invests in a New Nanosat Argos Constellation
Argos is the only global satellite-based system for location and data collection designed specifically to study and protect our planet’s environment. Governed via an international collaboration...
Launch of ARGOS 4 Next Generations
Argos has always connected mobiles everywhere on the planet. CLS, which has operated the Argos satellite system since its creation, thus has all the Argos For next generations knowledge,...
The New ArgosWeb Interface is Here!
A new version of ArgosWeb is available as of September 26th with a lot of new features as well as your old favorites. To try it out, login! Features Responsive design (entirely compatible with smart...
Reintroducing Bison in Russia’s Bryansk Forest
The population of European bison has continuously decreased throughout the 20th century. Today, many scientists are trying to reintroduce the species in Europe and specifically in Russia. A bison...