CLS Southern Africa: For Earth, from Space
Space-based solutions for studying, protecting the planet and sustainably manage its resources
CLS Southern Africa is a committed GreenTech company
CLS Southern Africa (SA) is a South African-based company that was founded in 2003. CLS SA is proud to be a B-BBEE Level 4 contributor and ISO 9001:2015 certified. Originally focussing on marine environmental and metocean services, CLS SA now delivers solutions in 5 strategic markets.
Since March 2021, CLS SA has joined the CLS Group, a subsidiary of the French Space Agency (CNES) & CNP.
The CLS Group is a worldwide company, and pioneer provider of monitoring and surveillance solutions for Earth since 1986.
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Committed experts based in South Africa and more than 1,200 worldwide
400
Satellites used daily in our solutions
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Planet to protect
Our Solutions
Environment & Climate Monitoring
Sustainable Fisheries Management
Maritime
Security
Mobility
Energies & Infrastructures Monitoring
Our Expertise & Equipment
CLS Southern Africa provides a complete marine solution from bespoke metocean instrument deployments to marine environmental consultancy services for application within the ports and harbours, energy, aquaculture, mining, governmental and infrastructure sectors!
Our company has experts in the fields of meteorology, physical oceanography, marine ecology, marine resources and biogeochemistry which make it unique and a key partner for institutions and industry.
Craig Matthysen, Managing Director of CLS Southern Africa
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