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Kineis, a CNES spinoff, is building a 25-nanosatellite LEO constellation for global IoT connectivity as the modernized successor to the Argos wildlife-tracking system dating to 1978.
ACTIVEKinéis is a French satellite operator, created in 2018 on the initiative of CNES and CLS to take over and modernize the Argos system (in service since 1978), that operates a constellation of 25 nanosatellites dedicated to global IoT connectivity.
Kineis emerged from the Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) organization, inheriting the legacy Argos environmental monitoring system. The new constellation dramatically increases the capacity and reduces latency of satellite-based IoT services for environmental monitoring, maritime tracking, agriculture, and logistics.
Rank 84 of 93 ranked companies, shared with 2 other companies on the same total. With the pillars we have not measured for this company filled at the 10th and 90th percentiles of the companies we did measure, and every other company held at its published total, the rank is likely between 69 and 92.
2 of 5 inputs measured · Medium confidence · 75% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Market value, Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
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PARC TECHNOLOGIQUE DU CANAL 11 RUE HERMES, Toulouse 31520
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Parent, Legal name
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1 private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
25-nanosatellite LEO constellation for global IoT connectivity, successor to the Argos environmental data collection system.
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Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 3 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Latest sourced round
Equity round: €100.0M (about $110.7M)
Lead recorded as CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites). Dollar figure converted at 1.1066 EUR/USD (ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates) on Feb 3, 2020
Source: SpaceNews
Announced Feb 3, 2020
Satellites owned or operated
25 in orbit of 25 launched
Latest: Kineis-4E
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation code KINEIS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 18, 2025
Satellites built
25 payloads launched, 25 in orbit
Latest: Kineis-4E
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation code KINEIS. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Mar 18, 2025
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). Kineis: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Kineis: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_kineis_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Kineis}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kineis},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites)
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