Rethinking Ice Research with Wooden Buoys
In partnership with the renowned Wooden Boat Centre in Tasmania, CLS, via our subsidiary CLS Oceania, is pioneering a new generation of oceanographic drifting buoys made from wood. Why wood? It's...
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...
Tracking Wildlife and Protecting Oceans: Oliver Palin’s Work with CLS Oceania
As a passionate environmental scientist and technical expert, Oliver Palin is at the forefront of data-driven environmental management at CLS Oceania. With a strong background in Marine Science and...
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...
CLS Leading the Transition to Sustainable Ocean Tech
Last year we unveiled the wooden buoy, a CLS innovation, that aims to reshape In Situ Ocean Monitoring. Part of an ongoing project to develop an eco-friendly way of gathering vital metocean data,...
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...
CLS Is Exhibiting At Oceanology International 2024
CLS group is, as usual, taking part in the world's largest Ocean Technology & Science event this March. Join us at ExCel London between 12-14 March to discover our ocean technology innovations...
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...
WaterSIM: Digitizing Water Resilience
Water is an essential resource to everyone on Earth. However, according to UNESCO, between 2-3 billion people worldwide experience water shortages. These shortages will only get worse over the...
CLS’ Buoyant Innovations: The Wooden Drifters Reshaping Ocean Monitoring
Drifting buoys such as those in the Global Drifter Program make significant contributions to weather forecasting, climate studies & marine studies. Additionally, they support scientific research...
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...
Sea turtles in tropical cyclones
Collecting sea turtle-borne temperature and depth sensor data with Argos satellite telemetry tags helps to sample the first 100 m layer of tropical oceans, where tropical storms and cyclones take...
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,...
Less oxygen in the ocean may mean more threats from fisheries for blue sharks
Blue sharks, as many pelagic species of sharks, are often found in the surface layers above the existing Oxygen Minimum Zones. Those layers might shrink due to climate change and the expansion of...
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...
3 Top Tips for using your Goniometer with Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray joined the Argos team in 2016 and has quickly become our go-to person on all things Goniometer. He brings ten years of sales and marketing experience in the underwater tech realm...
Lost Glider at sea found thanks to Argos and Goniometer
Gliders are valuable platforms in terms of equipment but also in terms of the vital information they collect. It is therefore not surprising that many of them are equipped with small Argos beacons...
How endangered species such as marine turtles use Marine Protected Areas?
Marine Protected Areas are one of the main instruments for endangered species protection. Argos can help in defining their outlines to have the best impact, especially when a large number of tracks...
Tracking plastic bottles from rivers to ocean
Plastic in the environment, especially in the ocean, is a major pollution concern currently. If it is well established that most of it comes from land through rivers, how far and by which path? A...
The Argos Goniometer Recovers Data of a Tagged Fish Eaten by a Predator
Scientists Chiang, Wei-Chuan (Riyar) & Shian-Jhong Lin, from Eastern Marine Biology Research Center of Fisheries Research Center, Taiwan and Michael K. Musyl from Pelagic Research Group LLC,...
Argos Data Provides Shocking Evidence to Legitimize Marine Protected Areas
Since 1978 the ARGOS System has been used to improve scientists’ knowledge regarding animal behavior. However, Whale Sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries of the Oceans but thanks to technology...
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...
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...
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...
Bowhead Whales, Auxiliary Oceanographers
Bowhead whales are crossing iced regions in spring. They dive along their path and the environmental parameters are recorded and transmitted if they are equipped with Argos satellite telemetry tags....
Olive Ridley Turtles Help in Ocean Climate Forecasting
Olive Ridley sea turtles live in the tropical oceans. They dive to feed, and, as all species of sea turtles, they are threatened these days. To help in understanding and protecting them, some are...
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....
An Argos Ocean Buoy Visits the Spanish Coast
An Argos ocean buoy deployed off the coast of Banyuls, France, in May 2019, has been visiting the Spanish coastline – along with approximately 30 million tourists this summer. The buoy, deployed...
Glider Recovery with the Argos Goniometer Back-Up Tracking
Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) is a national collaborative research infrastructure, supported by the Australian Government. The IMOS Ocean Gliders facility operates a fleet of...
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...
Ocean Data to Better Understand Marine Animals in Their Environment
Argos satellite tracking makes it possible to follow the paths of tagged animals. This tracking data is invaluable, but sometimes it raises more questions than it answers. Why is the animal making a...
Kids on Argos Tracks thanks to Argonautica
Among Argos satellite telemetry users, we have kids and teachers, thanks to the Argonautica STEM educational project from the French Space Agency, CNES. Representatives met last week to present the...
Argos at Ocean Business in Southampton
The CLS Telemetry team will attend the Ocean Business trade fair in Southampton, UK, one of the UK’s premier ocean science and technology events, from April 9th-11th 2019. Our teams will be present...
Monaco Blue Initiative: Putting MPAs on the International Agenda
The tenth edition of the Monaco Blue Initiative took place on March 24th-25th in Monaco under the presidency of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco. This edition, like the previous editions, was was...
What Argos Users Are Saying About MetOc Data on ArgosWeb
Since February 21st, 2019, all Argos users benefit from a 3-month free access to meteorological and oceanographic data via the ArgosWeb mapping function. This data is easy to display, and is...
Argos Buoys Help Clean-Up Efforts After the Grande America
The CEPPOL, the French Navy’s Practical center of expertise for pollution control, uses Argos buoys to track pollution when an oil spill occurs at sea. This has been the case in the Atlantic Ocean...
Argos Satellite Telemetry Services for New Low-Cost European WAVY Drifters
The Argos system made it possible to relay the first in-situ observations of the open ocean by satellite in the early 1980s and continues to be a relevant technology for ocean science today,...
White Sharks in Eddies and Meanders
Top predators play a key role in maintaining the health of open ocean ecosystems. Understanding how they relate to their environment is fundamental in order to monitor their populations and the...
Measuring CO2 in Faraway Regions of the Ocean
The ocean is one of the most important carbon sinks on Earth. Thus, accurate estimation of CO2 uptake by the ocean is important for predicting global climate change. Automated buoys with data...
Argos System Contributes to Argo Program Milestone
Last month, the international Argo program reached a very important milestone: Over 2 million ocean profiles have been collected by Argo since 1999, greatly improving the understanding of the...
Argos-3 Instrument Successfully Activated on EUMETSAT’s Metop-C Satellite
On 16 November 2018, EUMETSAT's control centre (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) successfully activated the Argos-3 instrument on the Metop-C satellite. The...
New Argos-3 Payload to Launch on MetOp-C Satellite in the Night of November 6th – November 7th
CLS is pleased to announce that a new Argos-3 (A-DCS) payload is in orbit, as of 0h47 UTC on November 7th. This new Argos instrument, designed by the French Space Agency (CNES), is launched onboard...
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...
Oceanographic Turtles: Integration of Sea Turtle Tracking With Ocean Observing Systems
At the European User Conference on Argos Wildlife (EUCAW), David March will present the “Oceanographic Turtles” project which aims to provide the scientific basis to support the development of risk...
When Deep Diving Seals Help us to Observe Rapidly Changing of Polar Oceans
At the European User Conference on Argos Wildlife (EUCAW), Christophe Guinet's presentation will focus on how polar seals are used to collect in-situ measurements of temperature, salinity,...
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,...
Tweeting Mediterranean Loggerhead Turtles as Oceanographers
Loggerhead turtle around Balearic Islands are equipped with Argos satellite tracking tags. Their data are used as oceanographic data source, and they also can be followed in real-time on Twitter, as...
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...